At this point in my month, my life decided to get VERY BUSY! It’s ok though, it keeps me on my toes and helps the time before pregnancy go by a little faster……
Thursday March 13 started out as any “normal†day would. We got up, did school, went to piano, did more school, did chores, then went to dance class. After dance class I was suppose to be in charge of the berry order for our stake (once a year our stake does a group order for berries from this farm in Oregon. One person usually takes charge and does all the ordering and corresponding with the company. The day the berries were to be delivered, she was not available so she called me and asked me if I’d take over, no problem…..). So I dropped off Jaime at dance class, ran a quick errand to the City of Fremont Recreation offices to sign Jaime, Alix and Milo up for a round of classes, then headed over to Kortnee’s house to pick up the information about “being in charge†of the berries. When I arrived she told me the company just called and the truck would be an hour late. So instead of coming at 6 they wouldn’t be there till 7. Well that was not going to work since everyone who ordered berries was suppose to be at the church at 6 to pick up their order (except for my ward. Since I was in charge of my ward’s order I told everyone I’d just bring the berries back to my house and that would save them a trip across town, since I had to be there anyway). So her and I went into calling mode to make sure that everyone knew to wait another hour before showing up at the church. This also meant that I needed some dinner for the kids. So I picked up Jaime from dance class, we grabbed something to eat and headed over to the church to have a picnic and wait for the truck. When I got there, someone was waiting and had been for 45 minutes. I felt awful, she didn’t get called and I was suppose to be the one that called her. She was very nice about it but couldn’t wait any longer, so I told her I’d just get the berries and drop them off later. We had our picnic and watered the bushes, since the church was locked up, and played for a few minutes. The truck ended up being another 20 minutes late. So by the time I got all the berries sorted, given out to the families and my van loaded, it was almost 8 pm. Scott had worked late but called me and said there were people waiting at our house for me. I told him I’d be there shortly. I made one berry drop off on the way home. We gave out the berries to our ward members and then Scott went and made two more deliveries. By the time we got the kids to bed, Scott got home from deliveries and we went to bed it was midnight. Friday would come early…..
Friday once again started out as a “normal†day. We did school and chores and went to the park. That is always fun for the kids and I. Scott got home and we put all the kids to bed and then I went and did my bread pick up. Every Friday night our Stake picks up bread from a local bakery so that it doesn’t get thrown in the trash. I am in the rotation and I pick up every 6 weeks. Then I open my home to anyone who needs or wants bread. It’s a nice system. The last time I picked up they gave me hard time about our church not picking up the bread on Friday’s. I told them I was just a pick up person and that I would inform the coordinator of the group of the problem. Apparently, there was no problem and all was sorted out. Still, I was a little apprehensive about going, but knew I needed to. When I showed up it looked as if someone else was picking up the bread. So I went up to the front counter and said ‘I’m here to pick up the bread.’ The employee gestured to the guy standing behind me (a 70 year old guy) and said ‘You’ll have to fight him for it’. At which point he comes right up to me and, in a VERY intimidating manner, says ‘Who are you’. I said ‘I’m here to pick up the bread’. ‘Where are you from?’ ‘The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ (I was pretty scared at this point that I was going to get a butt whoop’n from an old man). He looks at me a little softer and says ‘Oh, the LDS church? Give her the bread.’ I assured him I would rather he have the bread than cause any contention and he said he just wanted to make sure it was going to a good place, he didn’t want to see the bread get thrown away. And again they gave me the story about no one ever picks up on Friday nights so they told him he could come and pick it up. He was a pasture for a local Christian church. He then left and I loaded up the bread, still a little unnerved. I was driving home, thinking about the experience and wishing I had my cell phone with me when the guy in front of me decides he’s not going to stop for the red light. He acted as if he was going to, but changed his mind at the last second. I almost watched him get creamed by two cars that had the right of way. Not only that but it was an intersection that has traffic camera’s, so all these lights are flashing, tires are squealing, it’s dark every where else and I almost got my butt kicked by a 70 year old man. I was pretty unnerved the rest of the way home. Once I got home I called the “in charge†lady. She said that they only give me a hard time and no one else has ever had problems picking up the bread. I told her I’ve always been picked on, I’m used to it. By the time I got off the phone 7 different families had shown up to pick up bread. It was nice to be relieved of so much so quickly. They all finally left by 10:45pm. After cleaning up and me finally having the chance to tell my story to Scott we made it to bed sometime after 12:30am. Saturday was going to come early……
Saturday, March 15, Scott headed out early for the temple which left me in charge of Saturday chores. They seemed to go well and we got done as dad was coming home. We had three more families come for bread. On the way home, Scott got the rest of the stuff needed for the girls Science fair projects and we planned on working on them as soon as he got home. We did lunch and then plunged right into science. It was fun to work with the girls and get their write ups done and pictures taken. We finished just as the Buchanan kids showed up. We do babysitting exchanges with them and it was our turn to babysit. They have three kids the same age as our three youngest, just different genders. The kids all seemed to have fun playing and enjoying each other’s company. The parents came about 8 pm and picked up the kids. They seemed glad to see their parents. I had been planning that as soon as they left, I would start my sewing project I had volunteered to help with and needed to turn in Sunday morning. It would be early enough to get to still get to bed early. Just as the kids left the phone rang. It was the primary president. She needed me to do a last minute sharing time. Ok, no problem. Oh ya I had to go to the store too. So I went to the store and got what I needed for Sunday. Came back and did my sharing time. Realized I forgotten something at the store and so Scott ran out for me while I finished up my sharing time presentation. Scott ended up coming back empty handed though. O’well that was my own dumb fault! Then I started the sewing project. By now it was 11pm. I was to sew 7 pillow cases. Easy enough. It was an easy project, just time consuming. I put the final stitch on at 2 am. I was asleep by 2:15am. Sunday was going to come early…….
Sunday, March 16, was a good day. My sharing time went really good, I think the kids learned a lot. I ended up using a flannel board story (thanks grandma and grandpa Thompson). Right after church Scott was suppose to have a meeting so I ditched clean up crew and got my kids down to my car fast! Scott ended up not having his meeting and caught us just in time. We got home early enough to have lunch and put all the kids to bed before I went to do my visiting teaching. My partner and I got it all done and it was a good feeling to be done so early in the month. I got home in enough time to do some clean up before our guests arrived. We had 5 families over for dinner. They provided all the food, so it was an easy night for me. I volunteered to provide a chocolate fountain (thanks Steve and Joy) if they provided the stuff to dip in the fountain. It was a great success and fun to use. I’m all excited about trying new and different things in the fountain. Apparently those things are good for more than just chocolate. The guests all left by 8pm and I checked messages. There was a message from my late Sunday night movie group that said they wanted to meet at 9:15pm for a movie. So I cleaned up VERY fast and headed on over. We watched an 80’s flick about young Sherlock Holmes. It was pretty good, probably wouldn’t see it again though. Then we ended up talking. It was 2 am before I knew it and I came home. Monday was going to come early……
Are you all tired yet? I am!! Stayed tuned for more…….
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