Had a quiet weekend. I'm loving our 10:30 a.m. church, just the right amount of before-and-after church time. We'll be getting a new bishopric next Sunday. I'm hoping for someone good. It's really a challenge to keep one's faith when so much (like 100%) of everything is focused on young people. I understand that the concern is losing the youth. And older people are more committed and less likely to leave. But every soul is valuable, right? Every person needs to feel wanted and cared for. Happens less and less the more and more years you have.
Ran down yesterday for a session at the Orem Temple. Finally managed to secure an appointment. The session was completely full and kind of different. The Husband had some of his clothes all twisted up - I helped him which I wasn't sure I was allowed to do. But I did and was glad I had. One guy apparently decided he couldn't sit still any more and finally got up and stood by the door. Odd. Hadn't previously ever been to the Orem temple and it's so lovely and beautiful. Tons of beautiful cherry blossoms used in the stained glass and the painted decor.
On the way home we were hit not once, but twice in the windshield by rocks. I'll not be surprised if we end up having to have some cracks/dings (though we couldn't really see much) repaired.
Dark this morning for our walk. Clear air. Yay for that! Saw an unusual amount of deer - first group was 6 or 7. Then we saw a group of ten (at least what we could see in the darkness) and then two more. We love seeing them. I love my morning walks and while I know in a couple months I'll be complaining about the heat, I love the lengthening days.
We're off today to lunch with our friends. I love that they want to keep doing lunch. I also understand that lunch is easier - frees up the evenings more, seems like fewer time / appointment conflicts. I'm so grateful for them both. Then tomorrow is a couple errands and Hale, friday a lunch with 4 other women from the ward (we're all old ladies so we understand the health / widowhood / etc. / conversations better). Then we'll have to find something fun to do on Saturday, it that's possible.
We still really need a trip, didn't go away from here a single time last year. It's harder and harder to do but good for us. I still need to figure out replacing that broken window, getting the gas fireplace fixed and having someone in to trim the branches on the pines along the back but somehow it just mostly feels overwhelming. I do my best (though it's a constant effort) to keep on top of the household finances, the laundry, the grocery shopping and meal prep and all the cleaning that never seems to end; in spite of the fact that I don't think either one of us is a slob. Stuff just needs doing. Those extras make me sigh with anxiety about having to figure out how to do them.
And there's yet again another large project going on next door. If it isn't some huge project, it's some huge gathering of infinite numbers of friends that park all along the street (often up on our grass along the street). I like when there's an extended trip for them, things are much calmer even if we do have to listen to the bragging afterward.
Today I'm grateful that so far the construction people next door have managed to not park too much in front of our house. We so often feel hemmed in by all the trucks and gear. It's been made very clear that we are considered difficult and too fussy. But whatever - I'm grateful that so far we've been spared too much fuss. (And I'm breaking a personal rule by even saying this much about the neighbors, I have a personal policy to not talk about them to anyone.) I'm grateful for clear air while at the same time wishing we'd have sufficient snow/moisture to last the summer. I'm grateful for something to look forward to this afternoon and tomorrow evening. And I'm grateful to feel a teensy bit of hope, I need it. And I'm grateful for repentance, I'll be doing some for the negativity that I've expressed this morning.
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