Dad and Michael (the Michael associated with our Mary) returned safely from Oregon, arriving about 1 pm on Friday with the two large (26 foot) Penske trucks filled with the remainder of our belongings from Oregon. I met them at the new house in South Jordan but had to leave right away to keep my doctor's appointment.
Drove myself there (proud of myself for that), made it into the hospital building and made my way through some very new to me techniques of "checking in." Guess I should have expected in Utah for things to be very automated:). Once I checked in a real person called my name fairly quickly and pointed me the right direction. I didn't wait very long to be escorted into a room, then was met by a PA who spent quite a bit of time going over my records, asking questions, etc. I guess his job is to find out what is most relevant to the doctor - a cardiologest whose name we were given by one of the counselors in the bishopric of our new ward. The PA went out of the room and about 5 minutes later I met with the cardiologist and we had a good visit, the end result of which was to come back in a year for another echo-cardiogram just to make sure all was continuing well. It feels good to be connected to someone here...I felt comfortable with him and think I am in good hands. Now need to get some recommendations for a general practitioner.
When I left I made my way to a 5 Guys hamburger place and bought 3 hamburgers to take back to the house so we would all have a little lunch:). When I got there I found that Michael had gone down into the basement and fallen asleep in one of those bedrooms (where he slept the night before they left on the airplane) downstairs, which at least has carpeting on the floor. Dad had been outside doing yardwork of various sorts. We woke up Michael to come and eat the hamburger (I will remember no onions and no tomatoes next time)...I asked him if Dad had worn him out - and he smiled and said yes. After eating he helped Dad with a few things until Mary arrived - at which point we all went out for dinner. Of course, by then, I really was not hungry - so even though we were at the Olive Garden all I had was one (very good) bowl of soup. We ordered pumpkin cheesecake to share, but I only ate 2 small bites of that. Then, we went back to the house, Mary and Michael headed for Provo in Michael's car (since Mary no longer has one), and I started some laundry and we puttered around the house a little moving this and that til we went to bed. Soooo very tired.
Saturday morning members of the Highland 2nd ward came over at 9 with their kids to help unload those two giant trucks...and finished an hour and a half later - those people are really fast:)! We did have donuts (4 dozen) from a local store plus OJ and Apple juice - still had over a dozen left when all had had their fill, so donated those to the high priests in the ward for Sunday:).
I have to admit I was more than overwhelmed with it all. So much stuff - where in the world will it all go and how in the world will we ever have time to go through it all????? It is a very good thing that we DO have a basement! We did manage to do a number of things, then left to take the trucks back, one at a time - Dad driving and me following in the Prius. It takes about 30 minutes start to finish to check the truck back in, probably the most laborious part of the whole procedure start to finish. We are really impressed with the Penske trucks and would probably never go back to a U-Haul truck again; the people were just so very helpful and accomodating and both times they gave us sizable discounts for different reasons. A very good experience. And - we have moved everything for thousands of dollars less - a LOT - than if we had done it any other way. Having Michael go back with Dad to help drive the second truck back out was a major part of that! Feeling blessed:).
Planning to go back up on Wednesday or Thursday and devote another day to working there. Holly and Steve will be happy to know the guest bedroom is now outfitted with a bed/dresser/etc. We also have the baby porta crib ( I know that is not what you all call them now, but it serves the same purpose) which actually fits in the room - amazingly. Haven't found sheets/pillows/etc. yet, but hopefully will before their visit December 4th through 11th:)! It is OK to pray for our success with that:)!
Sara has been doing well - tho she does too much on her own in her mom's eyes. Went by herself on Monday to pick up hay, 60 bales of it, then was really sore on Monday and said she needed to get stronger. I think more help might be a better answer. She has a new rescue horse to care for and one to "break" - a brood mare that has never been ridden but was a $200,000 halter horse (I think that is what she said) before becoming a brood mare. The horse is owned by Margaret up in Heber - who has a lot of those expensive kinds of horses. Then, she 's expecting two more soon that she bought from North Dakota, because she sold two others. I am glad Dad is back to help at least a little with the work - like feeding - and hope that makes life a little easier for her.
Church today included talks by two returned missionaries - both of which were very good. One served in Brazil and I think the other was in Hawaii or someplace similar (he was wearing a lei). This ward always sings the EFY medley of As Sisters in Zion and Army of Helaman as a congregation - I think when missionaries leave AND when they return. I still cannot get through it without crying as it brings back the Spirit so strongly that we felt as we sang it for our missionary arrivals. It was a good sacrament meeting, only marred by the absence of our bishop. We learned that a daughter of his died this week and he was wherever she was (didn't get the exact location)...it was sudden, tragic and unexpected and must have been a horrible week for him. So glad we have gospel knowledge to lighten that load at least a little. Perhaps we will know more as time goes on. Our RS challenge for this week is based upon the lesson given from Elder Randall L. Ridd, Second Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency given at conference, The Choice Generation. It is a WONDERFUL talk and well worth our time to study and ponder. Choosing to become aware of the choices we are making each day - each minute, each hour of each day - and what direction those choices are leading us. That is so vitally important. Hope each of you will take time to go read it or re-read it:)!!!
Guess I will close for this week; weather is supposed to cool down about 20° tomorrow and the next day, but so far we have not had anything bad or hard to deal with. Much warmer than normal according to the natives, and of course, we are hoping it will stay that way:)!
Love to all - love hearing from you in any way, shape or form! Oh YES - IF YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY E-MAIL ABOUT WHO YOU GAVE OR RECEIVED SIBLING GIFTS TO OR FROM LAST YEAR, PLEASE DO IT NOW - I REALLY NEED YOUR INPUT!!! Thanks so much!
Oops...PS: If one of you can instruct me as to how to set up another blog based upon our new location, I would greatly appreciate it. I don't want to lose all that has been posted on the Treasure Valley one and I have the impression that you can only have one per an e-mail address??? Let me know:)!
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