Riding

I'm in Logan, Utah

riding my bicycle

hoping to make it 46 miles.

I am more than a little

crazy.

freak out

Tomorrow is the day that I've been freaking out about ever since AGYG ended.

Tomorrow I ride a bicycle for 46 miles.

Crystal assures me that it won't be that hard, especially if we take it at a nice slow, even pace.

I think I would feel better if the forecast weren't so icky...39 at the start, maybe mid 60's by the end, chance of showers. I don't handle the cold well.

Oh well. Here goes!

learning curve

Remember the old Matthew Broderick movies "War Games"? My two boys watched it last night for the first time. They enjoyed it immensely. I know this because the last time I came down it was the end of the movie, WOPR had five out of ten numbers of the code to launch, the MB character was asking, "Can you make it play itself?", and my boys were yelling, "Learn!!! Learn stupid computer!!! Learn!!!"

Sometimes old movies are the best.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

What you say when you don't know what to say...

Normal life isn't that bad

I had a normal day.
I did laundry (my least favorite chore).
I gave blood (for the 21st time).
I read a book (Raven Rise; Pendragon book nine by DJ MacHale...I strongly recommend this series).
I taught lessons (some of them even paid on time).
I made dinner (spaghetti).
I read a goodnight story (Green Eggs and Ham; always a classic).
I folded laundry (too much piled on my bed to do anything but).
I watched a movie (Anxiously Engaged: A Picadilly Romance).
I went to bed.

Good thing I've got unusual plans for this weekend.
Normal life would bore me silly in about two days.

Onward...

This entire last week was absolutely crazy! I'm not certain anyone noticed, but I did post a few blogs that were a little bit strange. Oh well. What's done is done. From here on, at least for a few months, I expect life to be more like normal...crazy, but not crazy crazy!



Last Friday Rachael and I took some kids to the zoo. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and even though it was a little rainy, the rain mostly stopped and it was just nice and cool. In other words, it was a perfect day to be at the zoo.



I doesn't seem to matter how many times I've taken my kids past this elephant, they always want to ride the trunk and have me take a picture of it. This time Rachael and I thought that we would "encourage" Drew to be in the picture. Can you tell he was thrilled with us?


We had a great day! And in retrospect I'm so grateful that I had this one taking it easy day before all the craziness started. (Rachael, I have more pictures that I will post for you later.)



"Annie Get Your Gun" closed this last weekend. *sigh* I'm happy and sad all at the same time, and I think that's a great way to be when a show closes. If you're only sad, the show has closed too soon. If you're only happy, you may not have liked anyone in your cast and that is terrible! So, for me, this time at least, I'm glad not to have to perform anymore, but I'm missing the people I got to know during the run. I've spent much of my free time the last 3 1/2 months with the same people...it's a good thing I liked them so much.

Although there were three shows on Saturday, my cast only performed one of them (that's the MWF schedule). However, my double left for Aruba early Saturday morning and couldn't do her last two shows. This left me to do her shows as well as my own (five shows in two days...but I'm alive!). Something strange happened to me when my cast left. In spite of the fact that I like the other cast, and I have some really good friends there, I felt a little bit deserted. What a strange sensation! I almost cried! I didn't realize how much I enjoyed performing with my cast until they were gone. Isn't that always the way of it?

Still, I'm so grateful I had this opportunity...now if I could only get the rest of the mic tape residue off my neck...

Imagine my surprise when I walked into my room Friday night after the cast party (it was really late!) and found long strands of hair on my floor. Yes, Ella decided she wanted short hair and took the matter into her own hands. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I wanted to cry because she had the longest hair for a four year old, down to her waist, but it was really funny because that's just like Ella to do something like that. Well, in the end I decided to laugh. It wasn't as if she had shaved her head or even cut too close. I just figured she was going to get the short haircut she wanted.

I called Cindy Johnson early Saturday morning (she assured me I didn't wake her up)and begged for a favor...after all, it was an emergency. May I just say: CINDY IS A GENIUS!!!!!
(proof positive)

My little girl, however, is a ham.

Well, that's that. It's time to get dressed, get going, and move onward...ever onward.

What if the Book of Mormon had been written by Dr. Seuss?


Nephi: Of goodly parents I was born
I've never drunk, I've never sworn
This is Lehi, he's my dad
Laman, Lemuel, they are bad
And who is this? Why this is Sam.
Sam: Yes, this is Sam; Sam I am
Laman: That Sam I am, that Sam I am
I do not like that Sam I am
Sam: In a tent, my father dwelt
Laman: And it's so hot, I think I'll melt
Lemuel: Our father's brain is out of whack
Laman: Yeah, it's too hot, I'm going back
Lehi: Then go and get the plates my dear
Laman: On second thought, I'm staying here
Nephi: You said you'd leave and go away
Now all you want to do is stay?
Lemuel: That Nephi always gets his way
Laman: Here we are in this damp cave
Sam: We would not be here if you'd behave
Nephi: I will go and I will do
There's the angel, that's my cue
Laban's had too much to drink
Now he'll lose his head, I think
Nephi: Look what I found, a brother from the quorum
Sam: We will take him home, we will call him Zoram
Laman: Our gold and silver we have spent
I do not like it in this tent
Lemuel: I cannot read the Liahona
I must have drunk too much Corona
Laman: We hate it here, we have no lives
Lehi: Then go back to the city and get some wives
Lehi: A tree, a tree, I see a tree!!
The fruit is white, the fruit is free!
A floating building, could it be?
Why do they laugh and stare at me?
Laman, Lemuel, come and see!
Laman: We will not eat your precious fruit
Lemuel: We will not wear a tie and suit
Laman: We will not help you build your boat
Lemuel: We do not think that it will float
Laman: No not this boat, it will not float
Not even in a shallow moat
I do not care what Nephi wrote
Lemuel: We will not eat your fruit I say
Laman: We will not eat it on a tray
Lemuel: And we won't eat it in a tent
Not even if your clothes you rent
Laman: We'd rather have a can of spam
L&L: We will not eat it, Sam I am
Sam: You do not like it, so you say
Try it, try it, and you may
Try it and you may I say
Laman: Sam, if you will let us be,
We will try it, you will see
L&L: Say, we like this fruit of life
Sorry that we caused such strife
You've saved us from an awful jam
Thank you, thank you, Sam I am