Daily Tender Mercies

I completed my CERT training today. It was uneventful really. During the mock disaster I was made the team leader over the medical unit. Basically I went around getting vicitim’s and information. I don’t know if what I did was “right” because I didn’t really get any feedback. Overall, I was pretty dissappointed with the training. I think I may take it again when in comes to Alpine in August. I did learn some stuff though and it was good to get some training.

Near the end of my working day I was pretty frustrated. It was Friday and I still had not received my W2 and my paycheck was late again. I wanted to quit or get fired of something. I thought about writing an email to my boss, but I thought, “what’s the point”. It seems nothing ever gets fixed. I did call the IRS to let them know my W2 was a month late.

After work I got a call from Neldon apologizing for paycheck mistakes. Later I got a call from Erik asking for some help. I expressed my frustrations to him. I felt much better after talking with him. It changed my whole weekend I’m sure.

I went to play some church basketball tonight and only one other person showed up. Fortunately we had 3 guys to jump in and play with us so I got a good workout and had some fun playing ball.

The snow has pretty much melted in our yard, except for the places that never see sun. So I decided to go play some Ultimate Frisbee during lunch. I found a group that plays in American Fork. It was good to get out and run around. I certainly miss the group I played with for 7 years in Murray, but I’m sure with time I’ll get to know these guys and have a bit more fun.

On Monday the first thing I did when I came downstairs is write out some goals on my white board that I wanted to accomplish this week. As I thought of things I wanted to get done, I was surprised at how many things there were! I ended up with 26 items on my list. Its no wonder I haven’t been able to focus very well. So far I have accomplished 15 of them, so I’m more than half done. It feels good to be getting things done – especially those little nagging things you know you have to do that aren’t difficult, but just take time.

After putting the kids to bed, Rachel and I want downstairs to watch the second financial peace university DVD. Occassionaly we heard some noise upstairs so we know someone was up, but we didn’t find out the extent of it until we went upstairs. I came up a little later after putting the DVD away. Whe I got upstairs I say Gehrig sitting on the floor in the middle of the hallway with his head down. His hair was all wet and slicked down. Rachel as staring at him with the “you’re in big trouble” look. She explained that he had been playing in the lotion. It was all over in his hair and we could see it on the carpet. The problem was he knew he was in trouble and neither of us knew what to say. Gehrig really looked funny and could tell Rachel was trying not to laugh. Then Gehrig farted and that’s when we both couldn’t contain the laughter any more. I cleaned up the carpet while Rachel cleaned out his hair. He went right to be after that.

I found out last week that I do actually have a home teaching assignment now (I never asked because I didn’t want to press the issue . I think my companion just had back surgury or something. I tried calling but there was no answer, so I took Gehrig with me to see one of our families (the elders quorum president actually). Shortly after we arrived my companion showed up (I think to get or give some recipe ingredient that someone needed). So we met and it worked out well. I basically shared the Joseph Smith story on a 5 year old level. Before we left, I was asked to assist in giving a blessing. It was nice. It’s been a few months since I have participated in a blessing.

I had CERT (Citizen Emergency Response Team) training all day today. It was in Holladay (Salt Lake City). I had to arrive at 7:45 and I left at 9:15. Most of the time was sitting. I think I about fell asleep a few times during the lecture sessions, but overall it was good. I have finish the course next weekend. It was good training to get and I’m sure it will help me feel more confident in my calling.

I went into Salt Lake today to have a meeting about our software. I found out on the way there that we were meeting at paradise cafe instead of the office. So I got a nice free meal as part of our meeting. Lunch was great. Afterwards I dropped in to see my mom & Harvey. They had a computer problem for me to fix but apparently it worked itself out so I didn’t have to do anything.

I got a deposit in my account today for all the overtime I put in a couple of weeks ago. It was actually more than I expected so hopefully it wasn’t a mistake.