Saturday, February 7, 2009

A very out of the ordinary Saturday! Out of the house by 9:00 to pick up Roger's mom. We drove to Salt Lake for Roger's uncle's memorial service. Uncle Ralph passed away about a week ago. They had a funeral for him in California, but he was being buried in Salt Lake where he grew up, so they had another service here. Uncle Ralph's son is married to President Uchdorf's daughter, and President Uchdorf was at the service and shared a few of his memories of Ralph. That was a special treat. I'm glad we took Jack with us. On the way home we stopped at the King's English bookstore to visit with friends who work there and to buy a couple of books for Jack. Then after a lunch stop, we dropped some paintings off to one of the artists in last fall's show. He and his wife recently moved to a home in Draper which is on the historical register. Very cool house! It looked just like a house he'd paint in a book! Another stop at Costco where Roger helped his mom pick out a new television. Then a stop at Roger's parents where he set the new television up. Finally home and into pajamas. I am so not 100%, but I'm trying to pace myself.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Got Jack to school on time, but didn't head up to school like I originally planned to grade papers. I am officially in procrastination mode on that front. Instead I came back home and spent some time getting organized - cleaned out my school bag, scrubbed the kitchen and took care of some emailing. In class I had my students write about the way Martin Luther King Jr. used language in his "I Have a Dream" speech and what it reflects about him, his purpose and his intended audience. It's one of my favorite assignments--students pick up on so many interesting things. Did many errands on the way home: post office to mail orders, pharmacy to pick up a prescription refill, museum to get the point of sale software registered (it worked this time!) and to pick up some pieces to take to one of the artists tomorrow. Came home and took it easy until Jack came home. We went to pick up Johnny and Benny, then later after we took them home, Roger, Jack and I went out to grab a snack. Jack and I started reading Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl the other night, but stopped cold after Danny learns his father poaches pheasants. Jack refused to continue reading a book in which innocent birds get killed. I can support him in that.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Sheesh! Another week has slipped by and here I am, trying to remember what actually happened. I've been sick (I think I've had a bit of a relapse because I caught a cold) so I've tried to get good rest and eat lots of vitamin rich food. I missed two days of work. I'm feeling a bit better today, but am frustrated because I'm so behind on so many things. I could write more about what I've put off in the past week than I can write about what I did! Some memories: Jack and I had fun putting in a couple of last minute bids for a set of "rare" Bionicle masks on ebay. We spent $1 more than we planned to, but we got them! A bit of an adrenaline rush. I better not do that very often! I was talking to a man and his daughter in my guitar class and discovered that I actually knew his family in Mass. I actually babysat for him at least once! I finally posted my 25 things on facebook (I had to write them twice because they accidentally got deleted). We went out for Mexican food at our favorite restaurant, Mi Ranchito. On the way home we visited with Roger's parents, who had news that Roger's uncle had passed away. All of a sudden we're having a lot of conversations with Jack about death (his friend Josh's grandfather died, Johnny and Benny's grandmother died, and now Uncle Ralph--all in the past few weeks). I spent 15 minutes on hold with a very nice Indian customer service rep who ultimately couldn't help me register the software because their servers were down. I got home from school on Monday just in time to watch Hilary Clinton get sworn in as Secretary of State. I like her. I hope she does a good job. We really need her to.