Quarter

I was at the library today. They have these neat machines where you just slide your card and then place your books on a certain spot on the table (no idea where the scanner is) and it just "knows" which books you have. You can also pay for things like fines or movies. There was an old man next too me today. The librarian was walking him through the check-out process. He was checking out three movies. The librarian explained, "And your change will come out at your ankles." He bent down slowly and obviously painfully. He dropped a quarter (or maybe it was a Sacajawea) and I hurried and picked it up. I wish I would have helped sooner, but better late than never I guess. I take my body for granted.

Driving Miss Daisy

Drove my friends to FHE and lead our following car astray. Good times were had by all.

Visits

With one of my counselors I went around to visit some of the sisters in the ward. I'm very chatty.

Good times

Today was an easy day for service. I guess it's easy to find nice things to do when you have the whole day (as today was Saturday) to yourself.

I made breakfast for my roommate, because crepes on Saturday morning just sounds yummy.

My mom called and gave me bad news that a friend is seriously ill in the hospital and it doesn't look good. Along with my home ward I began a fast.

I went up to my mom's house to hang out with my four neieces and one nephew for the evening. Their parents and my mom all went to the BYU Homecoming game (which BYU lost, rather pathetically I hear). We had a picnic dinner, tooks baths (one BM rescued from the bath water, ew), and watch movies with popcorn and a seriously crazy amount of chocolate milk.

It's the people in our lives that make life so enjoyable. I had a good people day.

European Hot Chocolate

Got the craving for some european hot chocolate this evening. It's like a melted chocolate bar and it's served in a little espresso cup. Treated the roomie.

Seriously

I did dishes again. Starting to wonder if it's a cop-out nicety. Shouldn't I be doing them anyway?Not because it's nice, but because it's right.

Slow day

I checked-out some books from the library for some clients. It has to do with work, but it is a bit beyond the expected or required.

Ward Temple Night

It was ward temple night and I attended. It's fun to think about the person you are doing the work for. Tonight's guest was Johanna Nilsdtr Krog of Norway -- hard to say, but I think I was somewhat close. I think the middle name was an abbreviation of Nilsdittor, so that's how I pronounced it. Hope she accepts.

The two most powerful words.

Said Thank You.

The Weekend

Things get busy.

16. October

I was at a Relief Society retreat where the Stake Relief Society president spoke. She was talking about self confidence and security. A friend leaned over to me and said, "I don't have so much of a problem with that any more. And that's because of you."

17. October

I forgave a friend who really hurt me.

18. October

I went visiting teaching!

The Vacation

So I went on vacation which meant I couldn't post but here is the report of what I did.

8. October

I bought my friend some sheet music and took it to her. The music wasn't available to her where she lives (Toronto). This means that her ward choir will have some really nice music to sing... instead of homemade arrangements of the hymns.

9. October

I helped my traveling buddy stroll her luggage. She wasn't an invalid or anything - I was just being nice.

10. October

I let my friend sit in the front seat. This may not seem like a big deal but it is, because I'm usually subtly bossy and get my way. I also took photos for some fellow tourists so both could be in the photo.

11. October

I did the dishes for my host. I also got to chat with the local sister missionaries. I talked about my mission and how it wasn't super statistically significant. I think that made the one sister feel good. She said, "And you worked really hard right? That makes me not feel so bad."

12. October

I took my hostess out to "tea."

13. October

I offered to help a woman with a disability. She denied my offer, but I would have done it just the same. I also previously gave my friend a pass-along card which she passed-along today.

14. October

(I have returned home by this point but not blogged.) Today I talked to a really nervous mom. Now, I'm not sure work-related items really count, but I feel that today I went a little above and beyond and really tried to make this mom feel comfortable. I also made my friends dinner.

15. October

I've been grumpy tonight but I still took the time to write to a few friends, just to catch up and to let them know that I'm thinking about them. I want to be a good friend.

Part Two

I visited the sick again today. It was personally a little more upsetting because I leave for a trip to Canada soon and I might not see her again before I go. I'm just worried.

Visit the sick

My roommates appendix burst! She's going to be in hospital for a while. I visited her and stayed a while. Another friend and I washed her hair which was quite the adventure.

Yard work

My coworker offered to help me out by supplying a group activity my boys could participate it. Yard work for his mother-in-law. Awesome. We cleared her large garden and pruned some trees. I wanted to be industrious too, to set a good example and because yard work -- when done in moderation -- can be fun. And it was.

Partying Dishes

We had a lot of people over this weekend for General Conference. And they stayed for a long time. Like 8 hours. So lots of food happened. My roommate, who was really doing all the work, felt a little ill by the end so I did all the dishes for her.

Programs

The only thing I did today wasn't super altruistic at all. I'm a little disappointed. I went to a BYU women's soccer game (us 2 them 1) and I put my program next to some other trash so that it would be easier for the clean-up people.

Maybe another nice thing I did was invite a friend to watch conference.

Appointments

Today I took a sister in the ward to an appointment. She has breast cancer and no car. She came from a rough background in Arkansas and moved to Utah with just $20 and faith that "if the Church is true, things would work out." Gutsy.

Dishes

I had just an hour or so between jobs. And the dishes needed doing. My roommate would be home soon to make her annual October 1 pumpkin bread and cider. I thought she'd probably like to start with a clean kitchen. And I really don't do dishes often at all. I rationalize that I use very few dishes. But I did the dishes tonight -- even the couple things needing hand washing.