Got a new bishopric today

Our old Bishop Duane Jess and his counselors Mark Brousseau and Boyd Roberts were released and our neighbor David LeCheminant was put in as Bishop with Paul Metcalf ( who incidentally lives on the other side of the LeCheminants) as 1st C and Boyd Roberts as 2nd C. The Jess's found a house in the 29th ward (that meets in our bldg) so are selling theirs and moving. Can't believe it's been 5 yrs already! Garn says we'll have to really watch what we do since we'll have 2 of the bishopric members on our street! ( What do we do anyway?) Garn and I are thinking that Mark will probably be called as the new Young Men's Pres since John Solomon was put in the High Council last week. We'll see.....

GLAD THAT'S OVER!

Just finished the R-ball Tourney and won but I picked up a bug and was weak and shaky the whole time. I didn't eat anything this morning but still was in the bathroom all morning before the match. Garn was sick too last night with the same thing. I hope it's only a 12 or 24 hr thing cuz I feel like crap and could hardly get my breath in the stifling hot court.

UPDATE

I was lucky enough to win my R-ball games last night so today I play in the finals. I still had the steri strips on my incision so Garn encouraged me to pull them off even though the Dr said to wait til they come off on their own. The ones that came off easily were in the area where the skin had closed off. The ones that I had to force off still had a gap in the skin. I found some steri strip tape in our medicine supply box so I reapplied the strips where the skin was not quite closed yet. Next time I think I'll heed Drs. orders!

1ST WEEK OF SCHOOL IS OVER...

I didn't start til Tue so I worked today but normally I'll have Fri off. That's good! I'm exhausted just testing and trying to move students around to get them in the correct classes for tutoring. A few got lost and I had to track them down. Switching one student's class is like watching dominoes. One class change requires 10 more!

I feel sorry for the refugees. One family had their father and 3 siblings killed in their country's war and the rest moved from country to country til they arrived here and then the mother dies and the older sibling is trying to raise her 4 plus 8 of her siblings! They have nothing. I feel so sorry for them and so blessed to be where I am and have what I need. I'm doing all I can to ease their entry into school but they face an uphill battle just to survive.

In other news, I play my 2nd r-ball match tonight. I won my 1st on Wed and have another Sat at 2pm. We'll see.....

BACK TO SCHOOL

Fall will soon look like this in Utah We had a 2 1/2 hr mtg with our new director over ESL and he seems to be great. There is another director that will be traveling to the schools to help us out and 2 tutors who will travel too. A lot of people thought I had retired completely but I just retired from early morning spanish not ESL tutoring. I'm actually working more hrs at RJH now and there's lots to do! I have to make sure all the ESL kids are grouped together in the same English classes according to grade so I can work with them and I'm trying to get all the ESL kids grouped in the same Science and History classes so I can work with them too. I spent most of my day tracking down new move-ins so they can be tested. It's been a full day!

I start my r-ball tourney tomorrow night. Last night I played in a co-ed league and had 4 games to 21. It was exhausting but fun.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDY!

Some things about Mandy:

She's very generous

She's sensitive to other's feelings

She makes great choc chip cookies ( I'd ask you for the recipe but they wouldn't turn out like yours so I'm just eating the choc chips you left!)

She's very creative

She puts 110% into all the projects she does

She's great at exercising and can keep up with the instructor even when it's 100 outside with 85% humidity. ( I still haven't recovered from that outdoor class!)

She reads to her children and makes sure they have lots of books

She'll try going to new places in a new state

She tries new recipes

She'll go shopping with me even though she doesn't really enjoy shopping. (where did that come from?)

She's given me 3 grdaughters so I'll always have someone to shop with

She loves her family

She loves the gospel and teaches it to her children

She's a great friend

She friendships new people to her area

She supports her husband in all his endeavors

She's a great soccer player

She's also great at basketball

She supports her kids in school and sports and dance and drama

She supports her friends

She loves getting together with the whole family and will travel long distances to do so

I wish I could be there with her today but hope she knows my heart is there!

I hope your day is wonderful! I love you!

Our new frog fountain

Garn put in a new fence and gate this summer and landscaped the open area that was left. I think his frog fountain is so cute! I told him Sadie would love it since she has real frogs in her acquarium at home!

In other news I got my bandages and steri strips and stiches out today but the Dr put new steri strips back on. I was so tired of tub bathing for 3 wks that I'm going to shower even with the strips on! I'll cover them or something. The biopsies revealed both growths were squamous cell carcinoma but he got it all so now I'm cancer free!

Now, I've got to seriously start back to exercising! Too much laziness this summer! I start back to tutoring next Tue and shortly after R ball starts back up. Yay!