It's Quiet Around Here This Week

So, Allie is a SOAR, a multi-cultural student college-prep program at BYU. Mel is at a week-long soccer camp at the high school that goes all day and into the night. Kamiko works everyday from 9:00 - 3:00, then works out til about 6:00. So, it's just me around her in the day. Don't worry. I'm not getting bored. Yesterday I exercised for 2 hours (jogged 6.5 miles and walked 4 miles). I did laundry and planned/mapped out our NYC trip. Today I walked with Sherie, then went to help Maria pack. I took her to get a J Dawg since she hadn't been there yet. She really needed to experience it before moving. She liked it and I was in heaven. Oh, how I love a good hot dog. I've also worked more on planning the trip, printing out maps, tickets, confirmation codes, etc. I've also blogged and plan to work on an apron to take to Liz in Brooklyn.

Hey, if you've got to get a picture taken of you eating a delicious, messy dog, this is a pretty good one. Thanks for a fun afternoon, Maria. I will miss you, friend!

Tomorrow, I'm going walking, then going to help a former student Adrienne Murray with her kids. Adrienne is a 27-year old mom and is one of our FACS graduates. She teaches part-time. She has Hodgkins Lymphoma and is undergoing chemo. She's wiped out a lot and has a 4-year old girl and 2-year old girl. Tomorrow Grandma Dana is going to show up to take them to the movie and perhaps to a park or the library afterward. Just giving Adrienne time to nap or do whatever she wants. Should be fun. I have a wedding reception and book club tomorrow night, too.

Friday is pretty open until 3:00, when I meet with my BYU trainer, Erica, for a workout. Then I clean up and go to the SOAR banquet. Saturday we pick up Allie and her friend Kawena at SOAR and I have another reception that night. Both receptions are for former students. Aprons are made and wrapped. I'm ready to go.

Kawena Murray has been adopted into our family the last couple of weekends. She's a friend of Allie from EFY last year at BYU-Hawaii. She is from Maui. She flew in a couple of weeks ago. She stayed with us for the weekend until we dropped her at EFY, then we picked her up at EFY and she spent last weekend here until we dropped her and Allie at SOAR. She will come back this weekend until she flies home. It's been fun to have her around. She's especially enjoying our watermelon. She says they never get fresh watermelon or pineapple unless it's a holiday, like Thanksgiving or something. In fact, when she got here, she looked at a pineapple on the counter and asked "They sell that here?" To which I replied: "Pineapple. Yes." I guess they don't buy it a lot at her house. Too expensive. Oh, I'm grateful for Utah!

What!? SOAR isn't all fun? We have to study?

Ok, we'll make the best of it. Kawena and Allie at SOAR orientation. Love 'em!