January 27, 2013

Dear Mama,

Howdy doo! It is late because of various circumstances and so this 
letter may be a little shorter than usual. Jay was able to get last 

Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) off from work. We spent the day 
together and really enjoyed the time since other things did not 
interrupt our day. Tuesday he took the day off again because he woke up 
with a sore throat. He spent the day gargling with warm salt water and 
by Wednesday morning he felt well enough to go back to work. His mom is 
really sick with congestion and coughing and he thought for sure he was 
catching what she has. But so far, he seems to have escaped it.

Wednesday I went to Clovis after dropping the boys off to school 
because I had gotten a call saying my glasses had come in. So, I drive 
the 90 miles to get there only to discover that only one pair of my 
glasses had come in. And they were my reading glasses. And when I 
tried them on, everything was blurry. So I hung around for the doc to 
come in to double check the prescription. Apparently, someone had made 
a mistake and put my "far" vision in my reading glasses. So, I got to 
drive another 90 miles home without any glasses. What a waste of a 
trip. I mean, Jay was to go to Clovis that morning also but only as 
far as the Science Research Station. He asked me to stop in on my way 
home to say "HI"! So, I did. As I drove up, none of the cars looked 
like his car. So I parked and asked some people standing outside if Jay 
was there and they said "no". So I went inside and used their phone and 
called his cell and he said that other things came up and he never got 
out there but was headed to Raton and would probably overnight there, 
but he would probably see me at home for lunch before he headed out. 
--Like I said, a waste of a trip. But that was okay...I got to see Jay 
before he took off.

Thursday, Jay had to cancel Young Men's because he was still out of 
town and he could not find anyone to go take his place for him. 
Meanwhile, Josh had a basketball game that night. It was an away game 
and he had to travel to Floyd which he said took a couple of hours to 
just travel there. So, by the time he called me to pick him up at the 
school it was about 10:30 at night. I had hoped they would have dropped 
him off again, but no, I had to drive out to San Jon. I did so, and 
they had won their game after going into overtime for another 4 
minutes. Anyway, we didn't get home until 11:30 and I was bushed. My 
body is used to my 8:00 bedtime. I told Josh he would have to get 
himself up for Seminary in the morning because I was gonna sleep in. I 
usually get up at 4:30, and I actually slept until 6, but didn't get up 
until 7 when Brenna and Josh took off for Seminary. (Brenna has 
graduated from Seminary, but on Friday's she goes with Josh because he 
is the only student and it is not fun to do scripture chases and such by 
yourself. This way, he has someone to compete with and play against).
Saturday was our day to clean the church again. We've got it down 
to being able to complete the whole thing in about an hour. Shayna 
called. She said that she turned in her paper about Plato and they had 
to read them aloud to the rest of the class. She went first and another 
guy went after her. Well, they got to arguing and the teacher had them 
debate it. By the time it was over, the guy was shaking in 
anger--Shayna had won. Her teacher--"Elder"-- said that that was the 
best asthetics class he'd ever been in. He asked Shayna if she ever 
took debate. She told him no and he asked her how she did this debate 
so amazingly well, and she said, "My father and four years of 
Seminary". She also said that there was a surprise "white glove" in her 
apartment. She got a head's up from some guy who already had gone 
through it. She quickly picked up her room, vacuumed, did the dishes, 
etc... She was the only one there (all of the other roommates were out 
of town) and they discovered some alcohol in her roommate's room. There 
is a fine of $100 for that and they were going to fine ALL of the people 
in their apartment. Shayna quickly put a stop to that, she told them 
she was a Mormon, and she doesn't imbibe, so that is a saving grace for 
her. Anyway, she sounds like she is doing okay although she is super busy.
One of our friends, Dennis Currell, had a heart attack this last 
Wednesday. He seems to be doing okay at the moment, but it was scary 
there for awhile. His wife, Pat, usually leads the music in church, but 
is with Dennis in Amarillo, so I subbed for her.

Well, that was our week in short. Hope all is well with you, and I 
am still awaiting your letter with your testimony of your conversion to 
the church. Hop to it! Here is a joke for you from Josh: There were 
these two muffins in a hot oven. One muffin says to the other, "Man, 
it's hot in here." The other muffin said, "Whoa! A talking muffin!" 
Hahahahaha! Love ya. Your 4th, Lisa