It has been quite the week. Hold on to your seats and get ready....
Monday - Valentine's Day. Here are photos of the roses from Steve and of flowers from our sweet neighbor's, the Alarcon's and especially their ten-year old daughter Giselle. The bouquet was so large that I had split them up. The yellow chrysanthemums are on a shelf that I had Ricky Remus install when he was here last week.
Emily had a photo session in the morning so I drove over to hang out with Larkin and to take her to school.
I had PT that afternoon (progress is being made, happily, but I will be glad to be finished. It takes out such a chunk out of my day!) and Elizabeth Crippen arrived late afternoon. She stayed overnight so we could attend the temple Tuesday morning. Beckie joined Elizabeth and us for dinner and we played two good games of Scrabble that evening.
Tuesday -we woke up to no hot water! And when I called the plumber, I was informed that first, a repair person could not come until a week from Friday!!!!! And, second, our water heater is eleven years old and they don't typically repair units that old because the typical life expectancy for a water heater is 10-15 years. So, we were looking at a new one. They were able to send someone to measure and work out an estimate for the next day. Oh, this was horrible news that just tainted the rest of the day. We were considering showering at the Y because we have memberships (although we have never used them!). I called a woman in the ward who works at the Y to ask her about the showers and their availability and she asked what was going on. When I told her, she said "I am sending Ron (her husband) over right now to see what he can do". Well, Ron diagnosed the problem right away - the pilot light was out! And, now we have hot water again - HALLELUJAH! Yes, we will need to replace it but this buys us some time to pay off our heater/air conditioning payment AND the dental crowns I have recently had. Which brings us to...
Wednesday - and my new crown that was installed. The procedure went smoothly, like the last one I had back in December, but having someone grinding and grinding down a tooth for what seems like an eternity is still nerve wracking. I opted to listen to music via my phone and earbuds this time and I chose Beethoven's 3rd Symphony. The first movement played as I waited for the Novocain to make my mouth numb so it was during the slow, dramatic second movement when the drilling actually occurred and it was the PERFECT soundtrack! The next time you listen to it, imagine me getting my tooth drilled and you will know what I mean. By the third movement, all the preliminary work was completed and it was time to await the crown-in-a-day machine to do its magic so I watched an episode of The Book of Boba Fett. I actually never finished listening to the symphony. This all happened during the morning while Steve did the weekly grocery shopping. He took Fred along. After all my mouth trauma, I spent my afternoon kind of taking it easy and, just as I was getting dinner ready, I got a call from Sam, the young woman who we take to church every week. Her blood sugars were in the 500's and she needed to go to an ER. Barnes is closest but she was afraid she would have a huge wait time there so I drove her to Mercy Hospital down south. I initially thought I would need to stay with her but she seemed pretty chill with her emotional support dog, Blue, and she said I could go home. Good thing as she was there for about six hours! I stayed up and worked on finances while I awaited her phone call. I finally got to bed at 12:30.
Thursday - we had been having torrential rain since Wednesday evening as temperatures were dropping that morning but it was still just rain by my PT appointment at 10:15. As I was driving home an hour later, though, the rain was turning to sleet and it just got nastier as the day progressed....freezing rain, sleet, and a tiny bit of snow. So Steve and I just hunkered down at home. Evening activities were cancelled so we watched "Akeela and the Bee" which was a delightful movie.
Friday - our winter storm event was over and roads were good again so I went to pottery late in the morning and had a lovely time. I taught two lessons mid-afternoon and then Steve and I headed to pick up a few missed items from Aldi as well as to take advantage of a sale at Ruler after that. It was on our drive home that we were rear-ended as we were stopped at a red light. We got hit from behind and were pushed into the car ahead. We sustained hardly any damage to the front of the car (and to the car in front of us) but our back bumper is banged up. Happily, our tailgate and hatchback both open and close. The car that hit us was probably going at about 30 mph. It was driven by two young men, and they had insurance (not always the case here in the city). It did not fare so well in the accident. Both airbags deployed, the windshield was smattered, and the front end looks horrible. It was a 2003 Hyundai and I wouldn't be surprised if it was totaled. The boys looked un-injured and Steve and I just had a headache / stiff neck afterwards. We called the after-hours nurse hotline and it was decided that we didn't need to go to an urgent care. We filed an accident claim with Geico but being at the beginning of a three-day weekend, we have not heard anything from them yet. Below are photos where you can see that we really didn't seem to sustain much damage.
Saturday - Steve and I had our temple work in the baptistry so we left quite early. Elise left a bit later and we both finished at about lunch time. We drove over to Emily's where I gave the kids their piano lessons and Elise, Steve, Emily, and Joe visited. Lucy wanted to show me the piece she is working on in her school orchestra and then Quinn wanted to play Hot Cross Buns that he is working on. Noah then pulled out his cello and played some of the music he is working on in school. It was just wonderful!
And Larkin wanted to show me the bed she had created with her many stuffed kitties
We got back to our house at around 2:00. Elise stayed for dinner but then left for home soon after. Steve and I headed to the church even before she left. Steve needed to chaperone a youth dance and I had a string quartet rehearsal that had been rescheduled from Thursday night. All four of us are from the ward and are putting together a number for the ward talent show on March 5th.
Today - Sunday - was our first ward choir practice. Not terrifically attended but I guess many didn't pay attention to the announcement that was made last Sunday regarding this week's beginning. I have great hopes, though, going forward. Steve and I caught the final episode of "All Creatures Great and Small" tonight with sadness. It has been such fun to watch.
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