SO I’VE BEEN REALLY BAD LATELY AT POSTING ABOUT SOME BASIC STUFF IN MY LIFE, WHICH I USUALLY POST ABOUT, SO I CAN TYPE IT JUST ONCE, & ADDRESS BUNCHES OF PEOPLE. SO, THIS MAY BE A BORING POST, SINCE RATHER THAN ANSWER 100S OF EMAILS SEPERATELY, I’LL ANSWER LOTS RIGHT NOW, W/THIS POST:

1. LAST SPRING, R WARD SPLIT. WE WERE SENT 2 A NEW WARD. MY PARENTS & A DIFFERENT BRO. & HIS FAM. WENT THERE ALREADY…

I GOT A NEW CALLING AS ASST. WARD MUSIC CHAIRPERSON. IT’S VERY INTERESTING 2 SHARE THIS CALLING, BUT SEEMS WELL SPLIT. I BASICALLY FIND THE SPECIAL MUSICAL #’S 4 EACH SACRAMENT MEETING.

2. 4 HALLOWEEN, WE DRESSED AS:

FIA—½ ANGEL, ½ DEVIL (SHE PICKED IT OUT)
JESS—R CAT, TIGER
ZACH—INDIANA JONES
ME—DOROTHY FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ (I HAD ACTUALLY BOUGHT THE NON-REFUNDABLE COSTUME & EVERYTHING LAST YEAR, ONLY 2 DISCOVER IT FIT LIKE A BABY DOLL DRESS–& THERE’S NO WAY 2 SIT IN THAT ALL NIGHT! MY MOM DOES WELL W/COSTUMES, SO SHE FIXED IT UP 4 ME)

R PUMPKIN WAS ENORMOUS: JESS & FIA FIT INSIDE!

3. ABOUT THANKSGIVING:

THANKSGIVING WEEK WAS BUSY & FUN, W/LOTS OF RELATIVES & ACTIVITIES. THE ACTUAL DAY, WE HAD TURDUCKEN (TURKET STUFFED W/DUCK, STUFFED W/QUAIL), SAWA BIG FIREWORK SHOW THAT NIGHT & THERE WAS LIKE 48 PEOPLE AT MY PARENTS–MOST OF 3 FAMILIES: MINE, MK’S, & MY IN-LAW’S FAM.

FRI. WE HAD FAM. PICS. I WAS SO EXCITED 2 GET A PIC. W/MK’S FAM. & MY FAM.–IT’S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME THING.

4 THE 1ST TIME EVER, I WAS THE “COOL AUNT.” WHO’D HAVE GUESSED? MY 4 YR. OLD NEPHEW (AN AGE USUALLY SCARED 2 DEATH OF ME), & I, WERE INSEPERABLE.
WED., HE’D SEEN ME, & JUST CLIMBED IN MY LAP. HE HADN’T SEEN ANY1 CLIMB IN MY LAP, (& NO1 EXCEPT MY GIRLS, AT HOME, EVER HAD CLIMBED IN MY LAP). THE OTHER KIDS WERE BUSY PLAYING W/COUSINS, BUT HE JUST SAW MY W/C, & WANTED A RIDE. I’M COOL W/THAT.
BY THURS., HE WAS “MY BUDDY” & HUGGING ME. I THOUGHT HE JUST LIKED ME 4 MY W/C, BUT HE FOUND ME 2 SAY HI AT FAM. PICS, INSISTED 2 SIT BY ME, & HAD ANNOUCED EARLIER 2 ME: “I JUST WANTED U 2 KNOW I’M HERE!”
BY SUN. NIGHT, 2 NIECES GOT BRAVE, HOPPED ON ME, & FOUGHT 4 TURNS!
I WAS ABLE 2 SAY BYE W/O CRYING, BUT WHEN I GOT 2 THE DOOR, HE HOPPED ON & SAID HE WANTED 2 GO HOME W/ME…I BURST INTO TEARS…
GIVING W/C RIDES MAKES ME A COOL MOM, APPARENTLY AT LEAST, JESS & FIA SAY SO.

IT WAS FUN, BUT EXHAUSTING! I HAD NOT CONSIDERED HOW THE WEEK WOULD AFFECT ME! AT 1ST, I THOUGHT EVERY NEW RELATIVE’S ARRIVAL, TIRED ME OUT. BUT, EVERY NEW RELATIVE’S ARRIVAL, MEANT THAT MY FINGERSPELLING INCREASED, & WAS SLOW & TAXING. (THINK OF IT THIS WAY: ON AN AVERAGE DAY, I DON’T FINGERSPELL MUCH, SO LET’S REPRESENT IT BY #1. EACH NEW RELATIVE’S ARRIVAL, IS ANOTHER #1. “#1” I COULD HANDLE, BUT “1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1” WAS HARD! BY FRI., (MIND U, I ONLY NAP IF SICK OR EXHAUSTED, & ONLY SLEEP LIKE 6 HRS. AT NIGHT) I WAS SO TIRED, I WENT 2 BED AT 7:30, & WAS ON THE VERGE OF “TIRED TEARS.”

4. I’M NOT SURE WHAT ALL WE’LL DO 4 X-MAS, BUT I’LL BE PERFORMING AS AN ANGEL (JESS IS HELPING ME) AT R WARD ACTIVITY ON DEC. 13. I DON’T NECESSARILY FEEL UP 2 IT, BUT HAVING JESS THERE ODDLY STRENGTHENS ME, & I’M HOPING 2 DEAL W/ANY PBA ISSUES NOW, SO I HAVE NOTHING THE DAY OF THE PERFORMANCE. PART OF IT MEANS THAT I CAN’T SHARE MY THOUGHTS NOW ABOUT IT—I NEED 2 TEMP. REPRESS ANY TRIGGERS 4 TEARS! HOWEVER, I NEED EXTRA STRENGTH 2 DO THAT, & I’VE FELT STRENGTH B4, THROUGH OTHERS PRAYERS…SO, MAY I ASK U 2 PRAY 4 JESS & ME?