*Monday Memos*

*MONDAY MEMOS*

   

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Weekly recap of my rather crazy, insane, but fun and rewarding life!

POSTING THIS EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T POSTED THE BOSTON MARATHON RACE REPORT OR BOSTON TRIP YET.

dear wednesday, didn't sleep much.  I do think Mr. Cat is miffed at me.  He is ignoring me since I got home to punish me for leaving him.  I decided to make him wait to come in and see it that changed his disposition any.  Nope.  Still miffed.  

I got up and practiced and headed to harp. All my make-up, curling iron, etc was in my luggage and so I wore a hat and my Boston shirt. I headed to my lesson and it was okay considering I hadn't practiced all week.  I then went and got Bryce from the airport.  Luckily, they let him grab my luggage!  When I pulled up to get him, he said, "Hey, can we give this guy a ride?"  I looked to the side of him and it was a guy in a suit and Bryce told me he was from Kenya. He lived on 3500 South in SLC.  So typical of Bryce.  That kid has the kindest heart.  He would give the shirt off his back to anybody. He just overheard this guy on his phone talking to his buddy to get a ride and Bryce just freely offered him one.  He has more compassion in his little finger than most people do in their entire body.  He is amazing. I just had to smile.  The guy was very nice.  He came here as a refugee and now is studying at the U of U. I took him to get some lunch and then we came home and I tried to unpack and do laundry.  I am still feeling so caught up in the whole Boston experience. I did a lot of reading about other's stories on the FB group page. I can't get enough of hearing about everyone's experiences.  Someone posted their mantra list:

Taylor and McKay both showed up.  Taylor brought me a Swig cookie!  Ahh...  How nice is that?!  I love those cookies so much!  I fed them dinner and then McKay headed back but Taylor spent the night. 

dear thursday, I woke up to loud wind and I seriously felt some anxiety!  I think that race has traumatized me for life! haha  At first I thought there would be no weather to run in that would ever bother me after that, but I think it has made it more of a fear now because I don't want to go through that again!  It was nice to not feel pressure to run this morning!  I love the after marathon vacay from running.  I do want to get a massage though because my muscles are really tight.  I am walking really well though.  I finished unpacking and did some grocery shopping.  We took dinner into Dave's parents tonight (a roast and all the fixins'). They were very grateful.  His Dad asked me if I knew my picture was in the paper while I was gone.  I told him that I had heard that. Haha  I am so far behind on this blog, I may never catch up!  After big vacations is when I struggle the most!

The Boston Marathon results were published in the Ogden Standard this week though:

HERE is the link on the website.

dear friday, I went on a short walk to loosen up my muscles this morning.  I then went to Ogden for a much needed massage. I just googled a place and ended up going to my mom's best friend's daughter's place called Therapeutix without knowing it at the time.  She knew who I was and introduced me to the staff telling them I just ran the Boston marathon.  The therapist said I got special treatment of the apricot oil because I was a family friend of the owner.  It was nice.  I felt like she worked a lot more on my back than my legs, because I told her my back was hurting pretty bad during the race. I am sure it was because I was so cold and so I tensed up.  I would have preferred more on the legs and feet though.  I wish it would have lasted about another eight hours!  I love massages!  It was a nice place.

I ran some errands after and then was going to visit my parents but they had taken off to Layton to a nursery to get some stuff to plant.  I came home and Dave and I went to dinner at El Toro.  We then went through a car-wash to wash the car and HOLY!  The sounds and the effect of the water, brought back memories of Monday!  It truly was like running in a car-wash and the sounds were so similar. Great! I am having PTSD going through a car-wash!  LOL  I had to laugh!  Too funny! 

We rented the new Star Wars movie. I fell asleep after about an hour.  Not my fave.  I was beat anyway.

dear saturday, I heard more wind this morning. Yikes!  LOL  I headed out on a walk.  It was pretty nice. It felt so good too.  I worked on my lesson and piano and tried to get some cleaning done.  Sky and crew showed up in the afternoon and Sarah and I went to Smiths and Kents to grab some of their stuff on sell.  Carson was so cute.  He brought me a whole stack of "presents" he made for me. I sure do love that little guy! 

 With my "presents"....

 He loved his Boston shirt and SPIKE I brought him from Boston.  

They took a few four wheeler rides.  So nice to have warm temps again!

I made Twix Bars for my SS class treat and for Sarah because she really wanted me too because she loves them.  It was a gorgeous day.  Carson made his potions while I worked in the kitchen.  

 He loves making his potions. He had about every ingredient in the kitchen today!  

Taylor and McKay were here. Bryce took off for Wendover to a concert. We had a great dinner of ribs. 

Carson played in the sink for a while and then we watched the rest of the Wizard of Oz and hit the hay.

dear sunday, I got up early to work on my lesson. I got a text from Troy asking me to meet with Janzen before church. I am sure it means I am being released.  Oddly enough, I had just told Dave I was getting tired of preparing the same lessons over and over.  My guess is I will be called to the Primary.  I finished my lesson prep and headed over.  Sure enough, I was being released from SS and my RS piano job (lucky them!) and called to be the Sunbeam teacher.  I am actually excited! I love Sunbeams.  Carson will be in my class. I hope that is good.  I have to say I am a little sad though because I have been teaching the 16-17 year olds for seven years!  I have loved it.  I will miss it.  I love working with the youth.  When they announced it in Sacrament, Holli (who is 20 something but in my class because she is mentally about 10-11 and has been coming to my class for several years) said very loudly, "That's not fair!"  She wasn't happy.  I will miss her a lot.  And the class I have this year is one of my favorites. I just love them.  A couple of the mom's told me their kids are very sad I am being released.  That made me feel happy and sad at the same time!  I was also told by three other people that they tried to get me in callings for so long and they were always told no.  Hmmm....  Glad to know I was at least wanted. I know when Dave was Bishop he wanted me working with the youth so that might be why.  Either way, I haven't been in Primary for years and years.  It will be a fun change. You do kind of get lost in there but I am still going to love it.  

I taught for the last time in SS. They all wanted to know about the marathon and so I told them a bit about it.  I took them to the stage for an object lesson. I needed it to be really dark and our classroom isn't dark. Bro. Matheson was visiting (in SS Pres) and he said how sad they are to lose me. He has told me so many times how much I am loved as a teacher and some very nice things.  That just makes it harder to go!  But, I am actually ready for a change!  I will not mourn the piano job at all even though it has been nice that I have been forced to practice.  But, I won't miss it!  I played for the last time in RS and it actually went well.  Until I dropped my book on the piano keys.  A nice farewell send off!  Haha  The lesson was given by Lindsey on the talk By Divine Design and it was really good.  She did a good job.  Jen made a comment about how the Lord puts people in our lives when we need them and then she brought up how when we were in the RS Pres together, she felt that it was by divine design. She said some really nice things including how I helped her with her parenting when Abby was a bit of a challenge. I don't even remember that.  She said that I taught her to not label our kids because they live up to their labels and she said how I told her about what we did with Bryce when he was very mischievous and so we called him Angel (she actually said she thought we called him Devil....that made me laugh).  I tried to explain how by calling him that, he lived up to it and it really helped change his behavior.  It really was amazing the change we saw in him after doing that.  And she was so sweet and said some other really nice things about me. I wish I had been on top of things and shared how when her flowers arrived four months late, that had to be by divine design as well.  But it came to me after.  After we found each other and hugged and both told one another how much our friendship means and what a blessing we both feel to have it.  Her friendship has truly been a blessing to me. We both needed each other at a time when we were able to help each other through.  Tender mercies.  

I found Carson and then talked to Heidi about my class.  She told me she had to beg for me and was so happy the Bishop finally consented when she explained to him why. She never told me what that why was.  I wonder if I should be worried??  Maybe they are a difficult class???  But, it should be fun even if they are.  Sunbeams!  Yay! I just love little kids so much!  It will be fun.  When I got home, Linda, Lynn, Tanae, Denver, and new baby Brynlee were all here. I hadn't met her yet and so I was so happy to finally get my hands on her.  She is adorable. She has a cast on one leg due to her club feet, but she is handling it well.  

They stayed for an hour or more and when they left, we all helped get dinner ready. Dave was at a meeting and we had to wait and wait for him. We were ready to start without him and then he showed up.  We had a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. It was so good.  Then I watched a movie with Carson. His tummy was hurting and so I rubbed it and gave him a heating pad. We watched Sleeping Beauty and then they headed home.