Sunday
March 15, 2015
4:01 pm
Well, obviously having a computer is not a guarantee
that I am going to write every day or that I’m going to post every day.
Right now I need hot chocolate. I think it’s really
good thing that I don’t drink (you know, other than water and milk and
sometimes juice or the occasional smoothie) because I think I’d like to make my
hot chocolate strong. You know, it’s just one of those days.
Which isn’t to say it’s a bad day. Church was good. I
got about an inch knit on the toe of the first sock for Seth. That’s nice
because I really want to finish with it and start on the second sock. My goal
is to finish them before winter is over so I really need to get a move on.
The lesson in Young Women was about faith and I think
it was good. We talked about examples of faith in the scriptures and one of
them was Hebrews 11. That’s just one long list of nothing but people who had
faith. Then we read in James about not just having faith but needing the works
to go with it because, as it says in verse 17, “Even so faith, if it hath not
works, is dead, being alone.” I used garden seeds as an example. You can hold a
seed in your hand forever with all the faith in the world but that won’t make
the seed sprout and grow. That seed needs us to provide some work and plant it
in a place where it can have good soil, water, and sunshine. Works.
We came home and had chili beans that I’d done in the
crock pot and salad that we brought home from church. That was nice other than
the fact that I don’t like the way the beans turned out.
I finished reading The
Hunger Games trilogy for the second time yesterday and now I want to watch
the movies again so I can critique them more. Not really, but sort of. I
actually went so far as to start the first one but then I got sidetracked with
other things like checking my email and responding to one that needed it. And
then Facebook.
There I found out that my Aunt Uwanna died last night.
Or, if you ask Amena, this morning since it is three hours later here than in
California. Still, after I went to bed and before I got up this morning. So,
during the night. Sort of. I have some good memories of Aunt Uwanna and I’m
sure that she and those of her siblings who preceded her and their parents are
having a lovely reunion. It just reminds me of how much I miss some of those
who have left us. You know. Like my dad. Papa. Daniel. The list goes on and on
and on.
And the drumbeat carries on. . . .
Thursday
March 19, 2015
6:37 am
Good morning! I got up at 5:00 as usual to tell Amena
and Cedric that it was 5:00 and then went back to bed. At that point I realized
there was a Joseph in bed. My alarm went off again at 5:30 and I spent
seventeen minutes waking up the rest of the way and getting up. Then I told
Amena and Cedric that it was almost 6:00 and they both finally got moving. I
fed Kitty and the dogs and got lunches together. I started working on the
dishes and then went to stand as bus lookout. It got to the top of the hill and
Amena came downstairs. I gave her her lunch and she went in the bathroom to
brush her teeth. Are you kidding me!? There’s no time for that! The bus is
approaching. The bus is here. She’ll have to go that way and run. She did.
Then I started working on the dishes again and Cedric
asked for some help with math. He’s working on areas of parallelograms. I like
that stuff. Since I was sitting here, I decided that I would get some words
down here because maybe it’s partly because I haven’t been doing any writing at
all that I don’t feel like doing any writing. Maybe if I get something done
here, I’ll feel like getting something done elsewhere. I’ll let you know how it
turns out. Well, most likely.
Yesterday was a fun day. Usually the Boy Scouts meet
on Tuesday nights. This week was a Court of Honor and I knew that Cedric was
getting his Second Class and that he and Seth had both earned a merit badge so
of course I wanted to go (I always go anyway, but it’s always better when they
have earned something). Tuesday night we drove up to the Pinecrest Lodge where
the meetings are held and there was no one there and no one arrived during the
ten minutes we were waiting. I checked my email and Facebook because I had a
nagging suspicion that the meeting had been moved to Wednesday. Sure enough, it
had. Wednesday?! Are you kidding me?! Yikes! I didn’t have enough to do already
at 7:00 Wednesday.
Joseph had scouts and the Young Women were going to be
watching Cinderella at the theater. Hmmmm. Now Cedric and Seth had a Court of
Honor as well. I called Julia who had to call back and explained the situation.
She was already going to pick Jessica Adams up but offered to pick Amena up as
well. That was great and more than I’d hoped for; I just wanted to make sure
there were going to be two adults there because I really like the scout
requirement of two deep leadership and think YW should have the same. I could
just drop Joseph off on the way to the Court of Honor. All was good.
Yesterday morning Cedric had an appointment with the
dentist at 8:45 so the three boys and I took off about 8:15. We made it on time
and Cedric got right in. We were out by 9:17 and I don’t know what the deal is,
but it only took as long to get to the school (which is three miles beyond
where we turn on Pitcherville) as it did to get to the dentist. Actually, it
took longer to get from home to the dentist. We were going to stop at the
Hubbardston Library but it wasn’t due to open until 10:00 and I didn’t feel
like sitting and waiting for 15 minutes. It was cold yesterday. (It’s cold
today.)
We went home and did some math and a little after
11:00 went to Gardner to go to that library. It was closed. It should have been
open. At least I was able to stop at the bank and change the pin for my debit
card. I didn’t feel like driving back to Hubbardston so we went home and had
lunch. Then Julia came over and we visited and I made bread and she helped fold
some clothes. Then Amena came home and Julia had to go home to get some things
done before watching the movie because she was going to be going to her parents’
house after the movie because one of them has an appointment this morning with
a doctor.
Then Cedric came home and Seth and Joseph finished
their math and we read for 25 minutes. We have about 50 pages left of Laura’s
book, Nightfall. She needs to get
busy and finish the next.
That’s actually been interesting because I’ve been
reading Nightfall to the boys for
school and I’ve been proofreading the next one (is it Daybreak?). Sometimes I’ll forget which one I’m reading and think
it’s the other and will think, “Didn’t he already go to the Lietha Well? Oh,
yeah, in the book.” Fun.
We had tacos for dinner because Paul had gotten some
hard shell taco shells (I don’t like them) that are nacho cheese flavor and
have wide bottoms (I really don’t like these—they’re greasy and don’t taste
that great). I got that all cleaned up and Julia called to say she’d missed the
turn she needed to take and was stuck in Fitchburg traffic getting to Jessica
and so she wasn’t going to be able to pick Amena up and make it to the theater.
No problem. I could drop Joseph off, take Amena to Gardner, and get to the
lodge hopefully before it started at about 7:10 (supposed to start at 7:00 but
it isn’t just Mormons who can’t start on time).
I’m not sure how it happened, but we left to drop
Joseph off at 6:15 by the time we got everyone and everything out to the car.
We got to the Court of Honor fourteen minutes early. According to googlemaps,
it should have taken 37 minutes and including stopping-to-drop-off times, it
took less than 30. Wow.
And right now I’ve got to finish the dishes and feed
the goats and take care of some laundry but I am not finished so I’ll be back.
8:21 am
Took a little longer than I thought to get here
because the woman from the repair place called to say that the part came in
yesterday and to see if I’d be home this morning. I certainly will and I do
understand that yesterday was a long, late day. Anyway, the point is that I had
to add cleaning the stove to my list of things to do. It’s done, the dishes are
done, the goats are fed and watered, and I did what laundry I was going to do.
Life is good. Which is funny because it’s an LG electric range that needs
fixing and it’s an LG drier that is currently drying towels.
So, we got to the Pinecrest Lodge early enough that I
got my pick of seats which was nice because I like to sit in the back by the
door. It was an emotional night, and not just for me. Patrick was stepping down
as Patrol Leader and he reminds me so much of Daniel. When his younger brother
gave him a hug, I lost it. Quietly. Major allergy attack. That was bad enough.
Also, Charlie is aging out on May 22 and is working to get his Eagle project
finished before then. He doesn’t remind me of Daniel exactly physically, but he
appears to have ruled the boys with a loving iron fist and that is very much
like Daniel. Charlie’s mother did her best to lose it and I had another allergy
attack. They can be really bothersome, especially when people look at me and
want an explanation. No one did, so that was good.
Cedric got his rank and merit badge, and Seth got his
merit badge and that was all good. Cedric is now as far as Daniel got. The only
thing that kept Daniel from getting 1st Class was the swimming and
Cedric has that. Daniel would be proud of him.
And now is not a good time for another allergy attack
because the repair guys could be here any time.
But that’s all I wanted to say so I’m good and
hopefully you are, too.
Have a splendiferous day!
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