This has been a busy week. Last Friday night we picked up Seth & Lorie from prom and took Lorie to her house on our way back home. It sounds like they had a really good time at prom.
On Saturday I finished preparing my Seminary lesson for Monday and did most of the prep for Tuesday's lesson. Seth was busy preparing a talk for church and he worked that evening. Frank took him that morning to a local men's store to get the pants for his new suit altered. The suit arrived earlier last week, but the pants were too short. I do know how to unpick a hem and sew a new (shorter) one, but these pants look so professional that I don't want to mess with them (and finding matching thread would be a challenge, with no Jo Ann's here anymore). The hem isn't wide enough to add the full two inches we wanted to add, but they said they could add an inch and a half which is better than nothing. The pants should be done sometime this week.
Seth did a great job with his talk on Sunday. He's always been good at public speaking...he doesn't get nervous and talks very naturally, just glancing at his notes and looking at the congretation for the majority of his talk. Not sure where he got that from--definitely not me! That afternoon we went to a missionary openhouse for Seth's friend Jarom who left for the Provo MTC this week (he'll be serving in Sacramento, California). Then in the evening there was a stake youth fireside which was focused on this summer's upcoming youth conference which will be in Kirtland, Ohio. The fireside was really great with some awesome talks and some of the youth in our ward did a musical number. I'm glad we went, but it meant we got to bed late. That was kind of the theme for this week, actually...I got to bed late every night and didn't get any naps either until today (and a 15 minute power nap yesterday).
Both of my Seminary lessons went pretty well this week, although I ran out of time to do everything I wanted to do both days. That's okay, though--I do feel like we ended in a pretty good place both times and I was the only one who knew that there was supposed to be more. 😊 The boy in my Seminary class who was baptized in January needed a ride on Monday so I helped him with that (although actually he did the driving because he is working on getting his 60 hours of driving so he can take the driver's test and get his license). He said he liked my car better than any other car he has driven which makes me laugh because it actually has a really sensitive gas pedal which takes some adjusting to get used to.
I did a lot of quilting over the weekend and on Monday I finished quilting the flower block:
I'm still working on quilting the butterfly block, so they did not get done in time for the first day of May but hopefully I will get them done sometime in the coming week.
Seth worked on Monday evening and I picked him up when he finished so I got to bed late again. (He gets off at 8:00 and that is my bedtime).
Seth took the Security+ certification exam on Tuesday and passed it...hooray! To celebrate, I took him to get a milkshake on the way to the YM activity that evening. For the activity, they were collecting items from ward members to sell at a yardsale tomorrow (a fundraiser for camps this summer). Seth helped with this activity even though he isn't going to YM camp. It took longer than usual so that's why I was late getting to bed that night. (Frank was gone to the temple that evening, as usual.)
Frank had a dentist appointment early Wednesday morning. (Biannual checkup...his teeth look great.) He was on his way home from there at the same time that I was on the way home from Seminary. I had an appointment that morning to take my car to the dealer for a safety recall so we met there and dropped off my car and came home together. I wanted them to check a couple of other things on my car (low air warning light is always on, even after filling the tires and problems with being able to roll / unroll windows from the driver's seat) and I knew it needed an oil change and tire rotation and new windshield wipers so we just got all of that done at once. The window problem isn't fixed yet because they had to order a part but everything else is done. Of course, they found other things they recommended we fix and we did a few of those but not all of them. It still added up to a decent chunk of cash, but hopefully my car is good to go for several more years (besides basic maintenance like oil changes). Making decisions about the car took a lot longer than I would have liked but in the early afternoon I managed to sit down for a few hours and crank out plans for both of next week's Seminary lessons. I haven't done anything since then, but I should be able to finish them tomorrow.
Seth had a rough draft for a paper for his English class due on Thursday morning and he procrastinated and didn't get much done before Wednesday so I spent a couple of hours trying to help him with that on Wednesday. He also had a grocery store gift card that he got from his work at Christmas that expired that day and he hadn't used it yet so I took him to the store to use that too. (He got a chocolate cake from the bakery.) Another late night because of those things. I hope someday he learns that procrastinating is not a good idea! I'm certain he won't get a very good grade on the rough draft because he just ran out of time to do everything he should have done.
Yesterday I took Seth to a dentist appointment right after school (his teeth also look great, thankfully) and then I went straight from there to a tennis tournament (stopping to pick up a salad for dinner on my way). I went to the tennis tournament to support a couple of the kids in my Seminary class. It was a little hard for me to follow what was going on because there were multiple games happening at the same time and the players keep the score but don't always remember to change the score cards as they go, but I still enjoyed watching. The girl in my class didn't play until the end, though, so I was there until nearly 7:30 which meant I got to bed late again. It was a nice day, thankfully...warm with a nice breeze...so it was very pleasant to be outside and I was able to sit in the shade so I didn't get sunburned. I was also sitting with the parents of all the kids who were playing, so we were able to visit while we watched.
Today I had planned to go to the temple but unfortunately I woke up at 1:30 am and didn't go back to sleep and combined with all the late nights this week I knew I would be too sleepy to drive and / or stay awake during a temple session. After Seminary I took a two hour nap, and then I felt a lot better! I got the budget done and did some quilting and then took Seth to work. While Seth was at work, Frank and I went to a wedding reception for a boy in our ward. It was at a pavilion in a state park. It was really nice and we enjoyed visiting with other members of our ward there and eating yummy food from Olive Garden. However, sitting at the picnic benches for over an hour was really hard on Frank's back so he had to come home and lie down. His legs are still bothering him too but they are improving a little all the time.
Throughout the week I had a list of other items I was working on...I sent photos of Seth in for a slideshow they are showing at graduation, I filled out the application to renew my passport (getting a photo that would fit the qualifications was the hardest part), I signed up to do a "Fun Run" while I'm in Kirtland for the BFJ reunion, ordered t-shirts for the reunion, and I got Seth's graduation announcements mailed. I quilted whenever I could and I usually watched Madam Secretary episodes while quilting. I only have four episodes left, so I shouldn't have any problem finishing it before it leaves Netflix. I'm glad I'm almost done because even though I have enjoyed it, I feel like it has taken up way too much of my time the last few weeks! I keep forgetting that I have a book I should be reading for book club. It's a digital book on my iPad so I don't have an actual physical book sitting in front of me to remind me that I should be reading.
The weather has turned warm this week (sometimes even a little hot) but we have also had some rain and everything is green and beautiful. I guess summer is on it's way. 😊
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