various and sundry things

Andrew just got hired as a substitute teacher in the Provo school district! They even called to ask him to sub the next day but he was already scheduled for a shift at Subway, so he couldn't accept. His shifts at Subway will now be in the evenings, so he'll be available to sub. Good luck Andrew!!!

Hannah and I recently had a test in our health class. I made an 82 and Hannah an 88. I wasn't too happy about my grade (but the test was hard and covered 4 looong chapters) until I discovered that Hannah made the highest grade in the class (yea Hannah!). I was only 6 points behind, so I guess that isn't too bad.

Hannah helped with the high school's Academic Olympic's team this year by being the adminstrator for the team which included her cousin Joseph. I'm not sure exactly what being an administrator entails other than she attended the meets, but they came in second! Way to go team!

I started a marathon of the first four Star Trek movies yesterday. Eric joined me. He made it about 30 minutes into the first movie before he fell asleep. Admittedly, Star Trek: The Motion Picture is the slowest-paced movie ever made next to 2001: A Space Odyssey. So that kind of ended the marathon. That and the fact that we attended a Pi Day party last night given by Glen's brother. Games were played, pies were eaten (lots of delicious pies), and a good time was had by all.

Alex has found a new favorite game. It is a complicated game, of course. Alex seems to really prefer games that have many ways to earn points so that you don't know until the very end who the winner is. Terra Mystica is the new game of choice. I have finally learned not to stress when learning one of these games (too many rules freak me out) and I just ask Alex, quite often, what move he would suggest. I do like the game.

Alex enjoyed a little bonfire tonight. He had this holey shirt he loved to wear that I finally said it needed to go in to the trash. He then proceeded to tear it into shreads and then asked if he could burn the pieces. Glen supervised. Our lives are just full of exciting activities.

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Last week I forgot to mention something else Eric does with his time. Writing and posting to his two blogs:

http://dielikeadisneyvillain.blogspot.com/

http://thingsthatdontevencomebackaround.blogspot.com/

School work keeps him from writing as much as he would like, but he still posts occasionally.'

It may be this week when our niece will receive her mission call! Can't wait to see where and when she's going. Good luck Sarah! You'll do great wherever you are sent.

So, 2 weeks till the end of the quarter. Mentally, this is good. I'm almost to the half-way point. This is what I needed when I was in labor with Andrew--just tell me when the contraction if half-way done and I will survive.

More importantly, it's 5 weeks till our grandson is due. My feelings about this event is--I'm excited, but it still doesn't feel real, so I will wait till he's born to talk more about him. I just don't feel like a grandma.

Plus 6 weeks until Spring Break. Will I be here relaxing, working on lesson plans, or meeting my grandson? Don't know yet. But I'm looking forward to Spring Break.

Then 8 1/2 weeks until Ryan comes home (April 30th).  Wow. We have so enjoyed having Eric home again. I can only guess what it will be like to have 6 under our roof again. And that will only last a few weeks until Hannah heads to Oregon to be with my folks for the summer.

Then there's 10 weeks before my sister-in-law and her husband start their 2 year mission for the church! We are so excited for them. They will be in the Denmark Copenhagen Mission and serving in Iceland--in the town of Gullfoss where there is a branch of the church. Gullfoss is about 60 miles east of Reykjavik. Iceland is a fascinating place. Look it up. The hot water never runs out. Everybody has heated swimming pools. Northern lights. Waterfalls. Geysers. Beautiful wilderness. And they get to speak English. With a cool accent.

And right after that, in about 10 1/2 weeks, Eric should graduate with an AS degree from WNC--if we can get his application, which is due tomorrow, in on time.

And, lastly, it's 12 1/2 weeks until summer vacation...