Feb 13 07

February 13, 2007

We woke up this morning to a heavy snowstorm. We really had no plans for the day, since we had expected to meet Ray in Globe for lunch but that didn’t work out. The Elders stayed last night but said they were leaving early this afternoon. So we decided to have hot chocolate and a nap after they left. Why do we do that to ourselves? As soon as we do it we know it’s going to be a wild day.

We cooked eggs, English muffins, hash browns and sausage for breakfast. Then we fixed lasagna for lunch and had it ready at 12:30. But when the Elders came home they wanted to wait until 2:00 for lunch, so that pretty much used up the whole afternoon. They were pretty disappointed because Gilbert told them he doesn’t want to get married. But they found a new contact who is very interested, so that was good.

Nothing really big happened, it just seemed like we had a million interruptions. Cheryl called, Alma called, Verbena called. Robert had to go look up Verbena’s membership number at the church so she can get her temple clothes. President Bonito came by twice and the Elders were in and out all day. So we never had a block of time where we could really catch up on any of our own stuff. But it was good. We did the things we needed to do.

At 4:00 we left to go to Show Low to a community meeting about meth. We stopped at Wal-Mart first and then had to go to Walgreens because Wal-Mart was out of valentines. Now why did we need valentines? Because President Bonito has been a single parent all week and he’s a man. Translated, that means he’s looking for valentines for his kids to take to school the night before Valentine’s Day. So when he found out we were going to Show Low that seemed just the ticket for him.

The meth meeting was boring beyond description. If you weren’t using drugs you would be shopping for them by the end of the meeting. We did learn some things. For instance, Navajo County, where we live, has the highest drug use among young people ages 18-25 in the state of Arizona. Also they talked about symptoms of meth abuse. That was good information. Then they had a panel consisting of some policemen, mental health workers, recovering addicts and a mother whose son had used meth. There were about 8 panel members and the 1st woman took 10 minutes to introduce herself. We’re not real bright, but we can do that math. Rather than sit there until midnight we left, got an ice cream cone at Dairy Queen and headed home.

It was snowing hard in Show Low when we left. We said we’d stay overnight if the weather was bad, but by the time we left Show Low the snow stopped and the roads were clear. It’s snowing again right now but we’re past Carrizzo and almost to our turnoff so should be OK.

More good family news. Cade took the GRE today and got a great score. Congratulations!