I stayed home today because I had to go to the doctor at 4 o'clock, not 2:30. I was hoping to see a psychiatrist but instead they made me talk to a therapist for thirty minutes, which wasn't bad but I still didn't get my medicine prescribed. His name was Randy and he was a nice guy. I felt like I could talk to him about anything. So I gave him my history and he wrote everything down and told me that Kaiser would be calling me later. But I never did get a call, at least not today.
Sarah and I got dental insurance. We went through a girl name Sonia. She got everything wrong. But it worked out in the end.
Sarah and I got callings! Well, Obispo Garcia extended the calling of second counselor of the Young Men's Presidency. It encompasses a lot of things that have to do with the youth, including Boy Scouts and Scout Camps and Mutual and Activities and Baptisms and Lots of Other Things. Sarah got called as a teacher in the primary but it also encompasses a lot of things. We have our work cut out for us. I support my wife in everything that she does and I hope I can support her in this.
We met the Young Men's President. His name is Jesus Noriega. Sarah thinks he's young, which he is. He's only three years older than me, just like Sarah's only three year's older than me. He seems to be pretty cool. The youth were playing volleyball against the Sierra Ward.
I was at Grimes yesterday, roving. I got some water from a water cooler and then I spilled a third of the water on the floor when I dropped the water bottle. I made sure that whoever was walking by didn't slip while I got paper towels to clean it up. Originally I was supposed to go to two classes, but they sent me to like four, including SDC, Kindergarten and Fifth Grade. In the fifth grade class, one of the girls asked me if I had taught at Lewis for Mr. Huill's class and I did and she said "I just moved here from that class. That was a bad class, weren't they?" And I said "worse than this class, for sure."
Anyways, good day. That's enough.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Monday, January 29, 2018
1/29 Bill Paying and a Vision Board
Well, Sarah and I have paid most of our bills for February. That's a load off of my shoulders, however, I still have some unresolved qualms about money that I needed to get out and pray about. We talked about them in family council and FHE for our financial vision board along with paying the bills, which took a while.
We got Miguel's Monday.
I also got an email from Jacob about how Federer won the Australian Open and how excited he was about the 20th Grand Slam title.
I went to the gym by myself after work. I wasn't too motivated to run really far. I ran 1.25 miles in 23 minutes.
I was at Birney today. I'm getting kinda sick of subbing there so I'll probably look for different places to work beside that place.
We got Miguel's Monday.
I also got an email from Jacob about how Federer won the Australian Open and how excited he was about the 20th Grand Slam title.
I went to the gym by myself after work. I wasn't too motivated to run really far. I ran 1.25 miles in 23 minutes.
I was at Birney today. I'm getting kinda sick of subbing there so I'll probably look for different places to work beside that place.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
1/28 Letter #53
Hey Jacob...
It's been a pretty crazy week, busy. Saturday was no exception We had two doctor appointments then, and I have a psychiatric appointment on Wednesday, all at Kaiser Permanente, our new insurance provider. Sarah's appointment was a PT appt, (Physical Therapy) for her ankle, which is doing really well now. They gave us a bunch of foot exercises to do, which were cool. Despite what they tell her, Sarah wants to do a lot of working on her foot so she can run, and perhaps do some half or full marathons in the future. She's going to do her best to get full function of her ankle. I admire her for that.
Our travels home went by without a hitch.
Now Federer's match against Cilic. You won't believe it, but I stayed up to watch the match with started at 12:30am.Today
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As you can see, it went to five sets. The first set Federer won easily without any backlash from Cilic. The tie breaker in the second set was barely won by Cilic. It was super close. The rest of the sets run together in my mind, because it was like 1:30am before they were done, and, true to form, I was falling asleep. In fact, I thought the match only went to four sets. It was great to see that Federer, as old as he is, is still kicking butt on the court. It was also fun, waking up Sarah in the middle of the night and telling her of his victory. It also was cool telling mom and dad the news at Stake Conference today. Sarah tried to stay up to watch with me, but she succumbed to the night.
I know you are going to the college tomorrow, if you hadn't already done it. Good luck. You make me so proud to be called your brother. I'm grateful that you've been doing so good with Elder Lin. He seems to be making you a happy missionary. I'm glad things are going well with you two. Snow in Provo was enough of winter that I wanted to see. It made my car so dirty, we had to get a car wash once we got home. I don't envy you at all. In fact, the undercarriage of our car was touching the ground, and on that Sunday we drove around Provo looking for a mechanic that could help us. We were running out of luck, until we bumped into a Hispanic named Hermann outside. He said he would help us out of the kindness of his heart, so he got out the crank and cranked up our car and fixed it in the cold. We thanked him and gave him some cash for his troubles. But it was definitely a blessing to be helped by him. No coincidences. Angels from above.
Sarah and I just got back from the Stake Center in Rancho a few minutes ago. We decided that we are going to participate in the second wave of self reliance courses. Fortunately, this time around, I don't have to be a facilitator (not that doing so was hard). I am going to participate in the Education for Better Work class, and Sarah is going to do the class for Starting Her Own Business. At first she was going to join me, but she felt prompted to do this work. My class is from 3-5pm on Sundays and hers is from 5-7pm on Sunday, starting next week. At first I was reluctant to commit to another 12 weeks, like getting up early in the morning. But Sarah persuaded me to do it again.
Life at work has been relatively hard this last week. I was asked to teach fifth grade twice, once as a courtesy and the second time because I was roving...both times I almost strangled some of the kids I was teaching. Fortunately, the first day was a minimum day, so I was ready to see them off when the time came. The other instance, I could rely on a teacher for a little bit of help, and also, I was asked to teach a different class after the 5th grade teacher was done doing dibels. It was just at the right time, because one of the boys tripped up on closed hard instrument cases. He was complaining of lost of feeling in his back and legs. That's how crazy kids are that I have to deal with sometimes.
Other classes were better, but by friday, the kids and I were just done.
We had Sarah's mom stay here with us Saturday night and Sunday through the afternoon. We picked up a whole chicken from Kikyriki, plus some fries and some salad. Although, Sarah noticed that the salad is not worth the price. It was good. We ate at the table. Then we went to Walmart, picked up stuff, including a three-shelf bookshelf. It was my project to put it together. It was confusing at first, but after careful inspection, I was able to put it all together, using Sarah and her mom when I needed them the most. I watched the basketball game at the same time. We also did some laundry.
We went to a Stake Conference. The biggest take away was that it is not where you serve, but how you serve. D. Todd Christofferson presided at the meeting. President Stacey talked about Self Reliance. I was wondering if they were going to announce classes, but they didn't. I don't know when Fontana is going to adopt the classes. The talk is what reminded us about going to the Rancho kickoff. We also took away that it is good to give back to the Lord what is rightfully his, and he will bless us.
Life is good. I hope you are well. Thanks for the line you sent last week...it's always good to hear from you. I was grateful for your praise of me and how I hide my anxiety...I think I'm learning everyday how to deal with it. It doesn't come all at once. Sarah and I are going to the gym at least three times a week. We also go to the temple on Wednesday. We're not going this week because our bishop asked us to come to church that night. We expect new callings from our meeting with him. We are wondering if it's the same calling, like nursery, or separate ones. Whatever they are, we are willing to serve.
As we know you are.
Love you bud.
John
1/26-1/27 Several doctor's appts and Kykyriky with Sarah's mom
It's been a nice fulfilling day.
It's started out hard because I wouldn't get out of bed...which made Sarah sad. But, finally, I did, and we sang Welcome Welcome, Sabbath Morning and we read from the Book of Mormon and we prayed.
Sarah had a PT (Physical Therapy) appointment today at Kaiser Permanente. It was pretty good, in that three men talked to her about exercises she could do to strengthen her feet core. She was told she has no arches (flat feet) and that the way she walks is hard on her knees. She was also told that running marathons is something she probably shouldn't do. She was pretty upset about that, but read things later that encouraged her to try anyways. And I think that is awesome. Like John Locke (in LOST), you can't tell me what I can and can't do. They don't let us set appointments at the desks; we have to do it over the phone.
We were somewhat hungry after the doctor. So, we were going to try Starbucks, because we had a gift card, but then we saw Popeye's and we got popcorn shrimp with tons of sauce. We then went to a Target discount store for a little bit, but we had to leave pretty quick because Sarah had a second doctor's appointment in Ontario. She had to get an ultrasound of her pelvic area. They stuck a machine in hard to get to places.
After we were done, we had time to kill, before Sarah's mom was going to be with us. Sarah tried calling her several times but she had her phone off because of a funeral she was playing at. We went to the Ensign Books and Beehive clothing. We didn't buy anything at Ensign's, but we did get a lot of other stuff at Beehive, including an Ensign subscription, a Spanish Bible and ordered a Spanish Triple, a subscription for her mom, and some Garment tops for Sarah.
We called her when we were in Beehive and it turns out she was already at our house. So, instead of meet her at Kykiriky, like I wanted to, and take Sarah to one of my favorite parks, we ordered it by phone and picked it up and drove to our house. We met her there, and then we ate. It was super good, if I do say so myself. Definitely worth it. Then we decided to go to Walmart, where we picked up many things for the house, including command hooks to hang up pots and pans, spatula, measuring cups, a bookshelf to be made, some plastic drawers, et cetera.
Sarah and I, with her mom's help, organized our house even more. I did my side project of putting the three level bookshelf together, which was confusing at first. Fortunately, I had the tools to do so, thank you dad. I enlisted the help of Sarah and her Mom at some crucial parts. I did a good job. It looks nice. And then I helped Sarah with food things and other things that we needed to put away.
She also did her laundry. Sarah's mom was skeptical of how safe the laundromat is, but we assured her that this building laundry is super nice and secure.
I called mom tonight and talked to her for a bit. We're going to invite them over for dinner. They have missionaries tomorrow, so we are going to schedule it tomorrow at the Conference.
Yesterday's day at work was good. Somewhat hard, because I had the teacher walk in every now and again. At least I didn't have to teach 5th grade; that was a huge blessing.
We went to Shaunna's house to clean it as part of date night. It was nice talking to her and sharing a fruit and vegetable smoothie.
We had King Taco quesadillas for date night dinner.
It's started out hard because I wouldn't get out of bed...which made Sarah sad. But, finally, I did, and we sang Welcome Welcome, Sabbath Morning and we read from the Book of Mormon and we prayed.
Sarah had a PT (Physical Therapy) appointment today at Kaiser Permanente. It was pretty good, in that three men talked to her about exercises she could do to strengthen her feet core. She was told she has no arches (flat feet) and that the way she walks is hard on her knees. She was also told that running marathons is something she probably shouldn't do. She was pretty upset about that, but read things later that encouraged her to try anyways. And I think that is awesome. Like John Locke (in LOST), you can't tell me what I can and can't do. They don't let us set appointments at the desks; we have to do it over the phone.
We were somewhat hungry after the doctor. So, we were going to try Starbucks, because we had a gift card, but then we saw Popeye's and we got popcorn shrimp with tons of sauce. We then went to a Target discount store for a little bit, but we had to leave pretty quick because Sarah had a second doctor's appointment in Ontario. She had to get an ultrasound of her pelvic area. They stuck a machine in hard to get to places.
After we were done, we had time to kill, before Sarah's mom was going to be with us. Sarah tried calling her several times but she had her phone off because of a funeral she was playing at. We went to the Ensign Books and Beehive clothing. We didn't buy anything at Ensign's, but we did get a lot of other stuff at Beehive, including an Ensign subscription, a Spanish Bible and ordered a Spanish Triple, a subscription for her mom, and some Garment tops for Sarah.
We called her when we were in Beehive and it turns out she was already at our house. So, instead of meet her at Kykiriky, like I wanted to, and take Sarah to one of my favorite parks, we ordered it by phone and picked it up and drove to our house. We met her there, and then we ate. It was super good, if I do say so myself. Definitely worth it. Then we decided to go to Walmart, where we picked up many things for the house, including command hooks to hang up pots and pans, spatula, measuring cups, a bookshelf to be made, some plastic drawers, et cetera.
Sarah and I, with her mom's help, organized our house even more. I did my side project of putting the three level bookshelf together, which was confusing at first. Fortunately, I had the tools to do so, thank you dad. I enlisted the help of Sarah and her Mom at some crucial parts. I did a good job. It looks nice. And then I helped Sarah with food things and other things that we needed to put away.
She also did her laundry. Sarah's mom was skeptical of how safe the laundromat is, but we assured her that this building laundry is super nice and secure.
I called mom tonight and talked to her for a bit. We're going to invite them over for dinner. They have missionaries tomorrow, so we are going to schedule it tomorrow at the Conference.
Yesterday's day at work was good. Somewhat hard, because I had the teacher walk in every now and again. At least I didn't have to teach 5th grade; that was a huge blessing.
We went to Shaunna's house to clean it as part of date night. It was nice talking to her and sharing a fruit and vegetable smoothie.
We had King Taco quesadillas for date night dinner.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
1/25 Out of Control 5th graders and Las Hermanas
What a day at work! It was not fun. I went to Lewis roving today and they put me in a fifth grade classroom, Mr. Huill. There were four kids: Jesse, Damien, Abel and ______. They all gave me a run for my money. Fortunately, the teacher was there, so I relied on him for a bit, but just a little bit. I'm one of those subs that does their best to handle themselves without help. Sometimes that gets me in a predicament. Like today, Jesse was complaining of bullying, so I let him sit outside to cry and stuff. When he came in, he got in a scuffle with a few boys and was pulled or pushed into a pile of instruments on the floor, where he tripped and hurt his back, and complained that he couldn't feel his lower back and extremities, but I knew wasn't seriously that because he was walking. I sent him to the office right before lunch and when lunch came, I went to the office to make sure the right story was told, even though I didn't see it all. The principal questioned me, so that was interesting because I didn't have all the information. Even with the four kids out of the classroom, it was still very hard to take control of the class afterwards, because I think the kids thought I was a joke, which in this instance was pretty true.
By lunch time, I was about to pull my hair out. Sarah called me and I told her all my woes. She later texted me that she was praying for me. When I got the text, I had been changed assignments. I almost burst the last half hour I was with the kids. But tender mercies. I was put in a class that had a teacher that was in charge and another sub
Wee had las hermanas over for dinner. Sarah made this awesome caulifflour and she gave me a recipe to make corn bread. It all turned out so good. The Hermanas names are Hermanas Franco, Decker and M_____. We had stimulating conversation. What's weird is that the Elders showed up out of nowhere, right when we were telling the how we met story. Elders Houskeeper and Brower.
We shared our favorite Book of Mormon scriptures.
I'm hoping for a good day tomorrow at Birney. One thing I don't want is for them to put me in that same 5th grade class I was in on Wednesday.
By lunch time, I was about to pull my hair out. Sarah called me and I told her all my woes. She later texted me that she was praying for me. When I got the text, I had been changed assignments. I almost burst the last half hour I was with the kids. But tender mercies. I was put in a class that had a teacher that was in charge and another sub
Wee had las hermanas over for dinner. Sarah made this awesome caulifflour and she gave me a recipe to make corn bread. It all turned out so good. The Hermanas names are Hermanas Franco, Decker and M_____. We had stimulating conversation. What's weird is that the Elders showed up out of nowhere, right when we were telling the how we met story. Elders Houskeeper and Brower.
We shared our favorite Book of Mormon scriptures.
I'm hoping for a good day tomorrow at Birney. One thing I don't want is for them to put me in that same 5th grade class I was in on Wednesday.
1/24 Birney 5th grade woes and Temple Endowment
I'm not ever going to teach 5th grade at Birney...not that I was going to teach them anyways. I got there intending to teach first grade, but the sub manager switched it on me. I was really, really, really happy that it was minimum day...however, I almost didn't survive until lunch. Also, the sub manager didn't give me full day when I left at 12:30. So, I'm not going to teach there again on a Wednesday.
We went to the temple for the 6:30pm session. Brother and Sister Harris were there and it was a nice time for sure. Sarah and I prayed together in the Celestial Room.
We went to the temple for the 6:30pm session. Brother and Sister Harris were there and it was a nice time for sure. Sarah and I prayed together in the Celestial Room.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
1/21 Letter #52
Hey man!
As I'm writing, I searched Roger and I'm seeing that he's playing live right now against a guy named Fucsovics in the round of 16. It barely started, so it's hard to tell who is going to win. But I'll update you when I found out. I haven't really been watching the first week of the Australian Open, but I'll probably get way into it as it comes to a close at the end of this week...and especially if the finalists are Roger and/or Rafa.
It's been a fun, crazy, and super busy week. The craziness has been in the last four days or so. Why? This weekend was our Utah Open House for our wedding. The craziness was that Utah had their first Utah snow storm since the beginning of winter of 2017/2018. Our open house was on a Saturday, and that whole night before it just poured...some people even getting a foot of snow. That said, it didn't stop all people from coming. Andrea Palmer brought Sarah, even though she said she probably wouldn't come because of the snow. I was so happy, it almost made me cry. Sarah and Andrea were 2 of the 3 people that came for me and not Sarah, my wife. The other person was Aunt Linda Aune, from Sandy. She had to apologize because Arnie was sick with pneumonia, and Corrinn had something going on that couldn't be missed. It was so great having those people show up for me. Sarah, on the other hand, had probably tenfold as many people as me. It didn't bother me because I was able to meet many new people, like a previous Chicago Illinois mission president who also works as a sealer for the Payson Temple...and a lot of other people. Although, from previous trips up to Utah, I did know a good amount of Sarah's friends and had pleasant conversations with them.
All in all, it was a grand old time. Afterwards, we were treated by two of Sarah's friends at Olive Garden.
We stayed with Granny on the way up and on the way down. We left extremely late on Thursday evening because of a physical we got at Kaiser Permanente (our new medical insurance provider). It was late because they had us run labs for ever. They gave me a tetanus and flu shot. We left so late that we didn't arrive in Hurricane until 1am utah time. Granny was sleeping on the recliner when we got there. We quickly went to sleep right after. I tried the driving at night, but I just couldn't handle it after a while because of my mental capacity. I couldn't do it also because it was just too focused on driving with red headlights in front of you and using headlights to make sure I followed the white dashed line. It was just too much after a while. So I had Sarah drive most of the way up, me falling asleep every now and again, etc.
I did all the driving from Hurricane to Provo and on the way back from Provo to Hurricane. That said, I did not drive in the snow at all. I mean, I can do it, but I decided to let Sarah help me out by driving carefully all over a snowy provo. And she did a good job. I wasn't scared one bit while I was with her. We were going to stay up with Aunt Linda, but since Corrinn was in town, she didn't have any room for us. So, our back up plan was to stay with Sarah's cousin Lynda and Victor, who have had us before at their house.
We beat the storm coming up. We had arranged to meet with Sarah. We told her we could get some pizza. Well, Sarah called us and asked Sarah and I to get her some shin guards and soccer socks, because she had just joined an intramural soccer team. There wasn't anybody at the Big 5 we went to so we got excellent service. We stopped by Costco after we called in an order. It was fun being with Sarah in the evening, just talking about everything going on in her life. She's an awesome girl.
I'm at Granny's right now, Sunday, and Uncle Dana and Aunt Susan came by for dinner. Aunt Kristen, Kent, Aryn, and Jade and Zayne also made it. We had a nice time talking with them as well.
My week has been good, in addition to a great trip that will end tomorrow morning.
I bet you are excited as the whole rest of the LDS church with the announcement of Russell M. Nelson as President of the church with Dallin H. Oaks as his first counselor and Henry B. Eyring as second counselor. I think the church is in good hands. I'm anxious to see who the new apostles are going to be. I think we are in need of 2 new ones. I'm wondering if I should do the same thing as I did last time and predict in tweet who I think the next ones will be. I did get 1 out of 3 right...I'm pretty sure it was Ronald A. Rasband.
I can't think of any funny things in class that happened. Except, one girl was singing We are Never Getting Back Together at her desk and I joined her in singing and she kept on singing afterwards.
Now that I'm almost done, I'll check roger's score. Roger is winning 6-4, and they are in the second set 4-4. Hopefully Roger pulls it off. I don't think he's lost a set in a long time.
Love you man. Drop me a line.
John
As I'm writing, I searched Roger and I'm seeing that he's playing live right now against a guy named Fucsovics in the round of 16. It barely started, so it's hard to tell who is going to win. But I'll update you when I found out. I haven't really been watching the first week of the Australian Open, but I'll probably get way into it as it comes to a close at the end of this week...and especially if the finalists are Roger and/or Rafa.
It's been a fun, crazy, and super busy week. The craziness has been in the last four days or so. Why? This weekend was our Utah Open House for our wedding. The craziness was that Utah had their first Utah snow storm since the beginning of winter of 2017/2018. Our open house was on a Saturday, and that whole night before it just poured...some people even getting a foot of snow. That said, it didn't stop all people from coming. Andrea Palmer brought Sarah, even though she said she probably wouldn't come because of the snow. I was so happy, it almost made me cry. Sarah and Andrea were 2 of the 3 people that came for me and not Sarah, my wife. The other person was Aunt Linda Aune, from Sandy. She had to apologize because Arnie was sick with pneumonia, and Corrinn had something going on that couldn't be missed. It was so great having those people show up for me. Sarah, on the other hand, had probably tenfold as many people as me. It didn't bother me because I was able to meet many new people, like a previous Chicago Illinois mission president who also works as a sealer for the Payson Temple...and a lot of other people. Although, from previous trips up to Utah, I did know a good amount of Sarah's friends and had pleasant conversations with them.
All in all, it was a grand old time. Afterwards, we were treated by two of Sarah's friends at Olive Garden.
We stayed with Granny on the way up and on the way down. We left extremely late on Thursday evening because of a physical we got at Kaiser Permanente (our new medical insurance provider). It was late because they had us run labs for ever. They gave me a tetanus and flu shot. We left so late that we didn't arrive in Hurricane until 1am utah time. Granny was sleeping on the recliner when we got there. We quickly went to sleep right after. I tried the driving at night, but I just couldn't handle it after a while because of my mental capacity. I couldn't do it also because it was just too focused on driving with red headlights in front of you and using headlights to make sure I followed the white dashed line. It was just too much after a while. So I had Sarah drive most of the way up, me falling asleep every now and again, etc.
I did all the driving from Hurricane to Provo and on the way back from Provo to Hurricane. That said, I did not drive in the snow at all. I mean, I can do it, but I decided to let Sarah help me out by driving carefully all over a snowy provo. And she did a good job. I wasn't scared one bit while I was with her. We were going to stay up with Aunt Linda, but since Corrinn was in town, she didn't have any room for us. So, our back up plan was to stay with Sarah's cousin Lynda and Victor, who have had us before at their house.
We beat the storm coming up. We had arranged to meet with Sarah. We told her we could get some pizza. Well, Sarah called us and asked Sarah and I to get her some shin guards and soccer socks, because she had just joined an intramural soccer team. There wasn't anybody at the Big 5 we went to so we got excellent service. We stopped by Costco after we called in an order. It was fun being with Sarah in the evening, just talking about everything going on in her life. She's an awesome girl.
I'm at Granny's right now, Sunday, and Uncle Dana and Aunt Susan came by for dinner. Aunt Kristen, Kent, Aryn, and Jade and Zayne also made it. We had a nice time talking with them as well.
My week has been good, in addition to a great trip that will end tomorrow morning.
I bet you are excited as the whole rest of the LDS church with the announcement of Russell M. Nelson as President of the church with Dallin H. Oaks as his first counselor and Henry B. Eyring as second counselor. I think the church is in good hands. I'm anxious to see who the new apostles are going to be. I think we are in need of 2 new ones. I'm wondering if I should do the same thing as I did last time and predict in tweet who I think the next ones will be. I did get 1 out of 3 right...I'm pretty sure it was Ronald A. Rasband.
I can't think of any funny things in class that happened. Except, one girl was singing We are Never Getting Back Together at her desk and I joined her in singing and she kept on singing afterwards.
Now that I'm almost done, I'll check roger's score. Roger is winning 6-4, and they are in the second set 4-4. Hopefully Roger pulls it off. I don't think he's lost a set in a long time.
Love you man. Drop me a line.
John
1/23 Ill-fated SDC talking in RSP and another Good Day
Good day. Kinda non-eventful, but good nonetheless. I was at Rogers Elementary roving, although, I was in RSP all day, which was definitely a good fit for me. I need to take more RSP classes. What's cool is in the classroom, another RSP teacher was there, but I knew her from somewhere else. That somewhere was Jurupa Vista. It was Mrs. Frost, the previous 5th/6th grade SDC teacher before the ill-fated Mr. Martin, and the hundred or so subs that have taken his place. She asked about Freddie, which is this big kid. I thought it was funny that of all the kids she could have asked about, it was Freddie first. She also asked about the state of the class since she left last year. She told me she was a teacher there for only a year and a half and she has been treated well at Grand Terrace and Rogers, where she works at. I told them about Mrs. Raymondo's kid, Jayden, who is causing terror in the Jurupa Vista SDC circles, and another RSP or something teacher said she knew him and that he came from Rogers. I guess the reason Mrs. Frost left Jurupa Vista is because she didn't like the administration, mainly the principals, because they didn't get things done like they should. It kinda reminded me of Mom's beef with Mrs. Duquette/Myers at Poplar.
The day went by really well today. I especially liked working with a 6th grade girl named Natalie at the end of the day, because she was on point, getting all the questions right. She even made this stair case out of blocks that was super cool. I was falling asleep a bit at some points of the day, but, I was mostly doing good the rest of the day.
Sarah and I went to the gym today. We just ran for a half hour. She is doing her Mentoring with Kirsten right now.
I did my laundry and a bit of cleaning the house, including cleaning out our fridge.
Life is good. I think I'm going to call mom for a bit right now. We'll see what she says.
The day went by really well today. I especially liked working with a 6th grade girl named Natalie at the end of the day, because she was on point, getting all the questions right. She even made this stair case out of blocks that was super cool. I was falling asleep a bit at some points of the day, but, I was mostly doing good the rest of the day.
Sarah and I went to the gym today. We just ran for a half hour. She is doing her Mentoring with Kirsten right now.
I did my laundry and a bit of cleaning the house, including cleaning out our fridge.
Life is good. I think I'm going to call mom for a bit right now. We'll see what she says.
Monday, January 22, 2018
1/22 Hermann on Sunday and end of Traveling
Tired.
We made it home in good time.
Went to Walmart, the car wash, Chase, Target, Wells Fargo, and home.
We cleaned and organized our apartment with the time remaining.
I was reminded to write about a man named Hermann who helped us with the undercarriage of our car when it was dragging on the ground. This was Sunday, and we were looking for a shop near Center St in Provo. We couldn't find one but we noticed a man outside and he told us the shop was closed but that he would do our car. He got out a house lifter and did it in the snowy cold. We were so blessed and we gave him $10 for his trouble.
It's been a good day. Back to the grindstone tomorrow.
Sarah went to the Gas station by herself without her cell phone and I was worried about her when she didn't come back 10 minutes later. She was helping the homeless at the gas station.
Jocelyn called me tonight to congratulate me and Sarah.
We made it home in good time.
Went to Walmart, the car wash, Chase, Target, Wells Fargo, and home.
We cleaned and organized our apartment with the time remaining.
I was reminded to write about a man named Hermann who helped us with the undercarriage of our car when it was dragging on the ground. This was Sunday, and we were looking for a shop near Center St in Provo. We couldn't find one but we noticed a man outside and he told us the shop was closed but that he would do our car. He got out a house lifter and did it in the snowy cold. We were so blessed and we gave him $10 for his trouble.
It's been a good day. Back to the grindstone tomorrow.
Sarah went to the Gas station by herself without her cell phone and I was worried about her when she didn't come back 10 minutes later. She was helping the homeless at the gas station.
Jocelyn called me tonight to congratulate me and Sarah.
Saturday, January 20, 2018
1/20 Our Utah Open House and Sarah, Andrea, and Aunt Linda come
Our Open House was today. It was good. Three people showed up for me, and probably 10 times that much for Sarah. Aunt Linda, Andrea Palmer, and my sister Sarah showed up. I took a picture with her.
We didn't see the movie Coco this morning.
We slept in and when we woke up and ate breakfast, we drove straight to the place that the reception was going to be at. The host asked us to pick up lemons and limes for the water. She made like 6 different types of brownies for us.
After the Open House (it had snowed all night) we went to Olive Garden with Shane and Sylvia Masudo. Our waitress was super cool and nice. The conversation was cool too.
Then we went to Sabina's and talked with her.
My car's bottom is falling off its rocker. The bottom was scraping. I think it's caused by the snow. Except, when we drive fast, it doesn't sound like it is scraping. We need to get that fixed.
It was awesome meeting all of Sarah's friends. Highlights were the Roaches, Sarah's mission president, and Sylvia, but I was so happy that Aunt Linda came and Sarah wasn't going to come but Andrea really loves us and her to bring her.
Friday, January 19, 2018
1/18-1/19 Eating Costco with Sarah and Two days of Travelling
We left super late in the day after our doctors appointments because they kept wanting us to go do labs and EKGs and stuff at Kaiser Permanente.
So we arrived at Granny's at like 12am Cali time.
Had a good breakfast with Granny and talked for a little while before we left and got to Provo in one piece, before the huge storm came that everyone has been warning us about.
Dropped by McDonalds for lunch (because we have a gift card from Chris Chandroo) and then we went to Victor and Linda's house, who we are staying with and talked with them for a while.
Then we visited Sarah, after we got her shin guards and soccer socks and Costco pizza, pepperoni and sausage because they don't do three meat.
It was nice hanging out with Sarah for a bit and eating pizza with her. We talked about movies and how when I'm mad, I just leave the room. She offered us her ROC passes for tomorrow's basketball game. I am really excited for that, except it's going to snow all night and the roads are going to be slick, and it'll be cold. But I'm still looking forward to it.
Sarah cancelled watching Coco with Justin tomorrow because we need our sleep, and plus, we've got a lot planned for tomorrow, since it is our open house.
We watched three episodes of The West Wing tonight.
Now it's bed time.
So we arrived at Granny's at like 12am Cali time.
Had a good breakfast with Granny and talked for a little while before we left and got to Provo in one piece, before the huge storm came that everyone has been warning us about.
Dropped by McDonalds for lunch (because we have a gift card from Chris Chandroo) and then we went to Victor and Linda's house, who we are staying with and talked with them for a while.
Then we visited Sarah, after we got her shin guards and soccer socks and Costco pizza, pepperoni and sausage because they don't do three meat.
It was nice hanging out with Sarah for a bit and eating pizza with her. We talked about movies and how when I'm mad, I just leave the room. She offered us her ROC passes for tomorrow's basketball game. I am really excited for that, except it's going to snow all night and the roads are going to be slick, and it'll be cold. But I'm still looking forward to it.
Sarah cancelled watching Coco with Justin tomorrow because we need our sleep, and plus, we've got a lot planned for tomorrow, since it is our open house.
We watched three episodes of The West Wing tonight.
Now it's bed time.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
1/17 The Flash Trial and Early Minimum Day
I got to work this morning, and I was like, wow, today's a minimum day. It's so early that I bet I'll get out by 12, which happened. No one got lost today, which was a plus, and the principals were perturbed that there was extra subway sandwiches when in the morning they had a potluck. It was so early this morning, and tomorrow is going to be an early morning as well.
The class was good. Just missed doing a few things.
After work, I drove to Kaiser Permanente to scout out the place because I had never been there before. It was a bit confusing but after some trial and error, I found the place.
Sarah asked me to pick up the stuff from the wedding that my mom collected. Unfortunately, it didn't have everything she had bought, mostly the tea lights. Mom said that Sarah's family took it. It was good to talk to mom about everything happening in my life.
I made macaroni and cheese at Sarah's request while finishing watching The Flash, where he gets sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Sarah and I went to the temple. We skipped out on an Endowment but did Initiatories instead. Four names. We forgot to call Arno to tell him we weren't going to do an endowment. Then we sat in the Celestial Room and talked about the Washing and Annointings, and then we prayed in the temple together.
We then went to Target where Sarah sat in an extremely handicapped cart and we got food for tomorrow's journey.
Now it's time for bed.
The class was good. Just missed doing a few things.
After work, I drove to Kaiser Permanente to scout out the place because I had never been there before. It was a bit confusing but after some trial and error, I found the place.
Sarah asked me to pick up the stuff from the wedding that my mom collected. Unfortunately, it didn't have everything she had bought, mostly the tea lights. Mom said that Sarah's family took it. It was good to talk to mom about everything happening in my life.
I made macaroni and cheese at Sarah's request while finishing watching The Flash, where he gets sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Sarah and I went to the temple. We skipped out on an Endowment but did Initiatories instead. Four names. We forgot to call Arno to tell him we weren't going to do an endowment. Then we sat in the Celestial Room and talked about the Washing and Annointings, and then we prayed in the temple together.
We then went to Target where Sarah sat in an extremely handicapped cart and we got food for tomorrow's journey.
Now it's time for bed.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
1/16 2nd/3rd Grade Combo and a the new 17th President of the Church
I've had a good day today.
Sarah helped me make a red wine vinegar sausage with sliced potatoes. We're going to eat after she is done talking to her mentor. We're also going to watch the new Middle episode, the farewell season.
I was at Grimes Elementary today, teaching Mrs. Cortez's 2nd/3rd grade combo. I was pleasantly surprised by how good the students were. The sub notes were detailed and at first I thought I wouldn't like teaching the class, because the class got a bit confusing during the time when both grades were in, but everything ran really smoothly.
One girl was singing Taylor Swift (her old stuff) while she was doing her work, I think her name was Arianna. She was singing "We Are Never Getting Back Together."
There was also an assembly today for a half hour. It was to promote a fundraiser that the school was putting on for the Ontario indoor soccer team. I learned that an indoor team had 6 players, a thing not one of the students could get right, and that they played in the Citizen's Bank Arena; let's just say that they couldn't get anything right. They didn't even humor us with the professional soccer player dribbling or juggling the soccer ball. That would've been nice.
Sarah wanted to get her face done in preparation for our Open House this Saturday, but the place she does it at doesn't do it after 5, which is the time she gets out of work.
Getting up this morning was super hard for me this morning. So much so that it weighed down on Sarah throughout the day. I mean, we did do everything we planned to do, like pray, read our scriptures, and sing, but I was not all there. I'm sorry I hurt Sarah. She's processing it the best she can. I think we are going to be okay.
Something crazy interesting that happened this morning is that the Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chose a new prophet today, and he chose two new counselors. The new 17th President of the church is President Russell M. Nelson, and his first counselor is Dallin H. Oaks and his second counselor is Henry B. Eyring. Historic. The third president I can remember in my lifetime.
Sarah helped me make a red wine vinegar sausage with sliced potatoes. We're going to eat after she is done talking to her mentor. We're also going to watch the new Middle episode, the farewell season.
I was at Grimes Elementary today, teaching Mrs. Cortez's 2nd/3rd grade combo. I was pleasantly surprised by how good the students were. The sub notes were detailed and at first I thought I wouldn't like teaching the class, because the class got a bit confusing during the time when both grades were in, but everything ran really smoothly.
One girl was singing Taylor Swift (her old stuff) while she was doing her work, I think her name was Arianna. She was singing "We Are Never Getting Back Together."
There was also an assembly today for a half hour. It was to promote a fundraiser that the school was putting on for the Ontario indoor soccer team. I learned that an indoor team had 6 players, a thing not one of the students could get right, and that they played in the Citizen's Bank Arena; let's just say that they couldn't get anything right. They didn't even humor us with the professional soccer player dribbling or juggling the soccer ball. That would've been nice.
Sarah wanted to get her face done in preparation for our Open House this Saturday, but the place she does it at doesn't do it after 5, which is the time she gets out of work.
Getting up this morning was super hard for me this morning. So much so that it weighed down on Sarah throughout the day. I mean, we did do everything we planned to do, like pray, read our scriptures, and sing, but I was not all there. I'm sorry I hurt Sarah. She's processing it the best she can. I think we are going to be okay.
Something crazy interesting that happened this morning is that the Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chose a new prophet today, and he chose two new counselors. The new 17th President of the church is President Russell M. Nelson, and his first counselor is Dallin H. Oaks and his second counselor is Henry B. Eyring. Historic. The third president I can remember in my lifetime.
Monday, January 15, 2018
1/15 Sleepy MLKJ day and Errands
I slept in til 10am this morning after I said bye to Sarah and prayed, sang and read scriptures. It didn't feel good though. So, I got up and did the things I said I was going to do. I went to Valvoline in Rancho and got an oil change. Then I went to the grocery store to pick up a grocery list of items, except for Portabello Mushrooms, because Food 4 Less doesn't sell those. Then I came home and washed the dishes and ate left over enchiladas and a burrito while watching HIMYM I then tried taking a nap and I talked to Sarah about getting a vacuum, which I did with our two Amazon gift cards.
Then, after the nap, I decided to go to Stater Bros to get the mushrooms. Then I went to Target. Looked for canisters that Sarah wanted but didn't find them. Watched the big TV and read from Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Then I waited in the Planet Fitness Parking Lot for Sarah, but then she called me and asked me to pick up her gym bag because she forgot to bring it.
We did ellipticals in the gym.
Then we went to Miguels for Miguel's Monday. We decided to eat there tonight because Sarah was feeling not so good for not eating. She also was feeling sad for a memory of the mission that was coming to mind. She had to do some visualizations and other things, like cry it out. I gave her a blessing when she came home and we had FHE. She shared about how small and simple things brings many great things to life. And she mentioned all the things I do for her on a daily basis.
She called Justin, and I played her Connect 4 and beat her 3 times.
Then, after the nap, I decided to go to Stater Bros to get the mushrooms. Then I went to Target. Looked for canisters that Sarah wanted but didn't find them. Watched the big TV and read from Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Then I waited in the Planet Fitness Parking Lot for Sarah, but then she called me and asked me to pick up her gym bag because she forgot to bring it.
We did ellipticals in the gym.
Then we went to Miguels for Miguel's Monday. We decided to eat there tonight because Sarah was feeling not so good for not eating. She also was feeling sad for a memory of the mission that was coming to mind. She had to do some visualizations and other things, like cry it out. I gave her a blessing when she came home and we had FHE. She shared about how small and simple things brings many great things to life. And she mentioned all the things I do for her on a daily basis.
She called Justin, and I played her Connect 4 and beat her 3 times.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
1/14 Letter #51
Hey Jacob!
I know, I know...tomorrow starts the beginning of the round of 128 of the Australian Open. I saw that Roger plays at midnight our time on Tuesday. I wish I could watch it and other ensuing games, and I just may watch some but life is so hectic around here that I need to get my beauty sleep. I'll do my best to update you on at least Roger, and probably also the news from Rafa and Andy and Djokovic. I agree with you, though, I hope Roger gets the title. It'll be something for sure to write you about.
Life here has been good. It rained on Monday and Tuesday. I started work this week and got everyday. (I need to get everyday now that I am married). Got monday off, and I will get tomorrow off as well because of MLKJ day. Also, I won't be able to work on Friday because Sarah and I are travelling to Utah starting Thursday afternoon for our Open House in Spanish Fork.
Week two of being married has been pretty great. We rented the movie Singin' in the Rain from the Bloomington Branch Library and finished watching it today. I loved the line "I can't stand him." She really liked the movie. We went to Newport Beach today because a professional BYU/UC Irvine college essay reader was giving a fireside on those specifics, and since I will be writing essays soon, we both thought it was good that I attend the fireside. BYU Alumni sent the email, and dad forwarded me the email as if to spark an interest in going. The fireside was pretty informative. I'm glad I went, and that I could go with Sarah made it even better.
One funny thing from this week is I was teaching a first grade classroom. Randomly, in the middle of the day, they started singing Christmas songs with Gusto. They even sang all twelve verses of The 12 Days of Christmas. Really, one girl knew all the verses, so she prompted everyone in singing all 12 verses. It was crazy. But cool, too.
Sarah and I went to the gym a couple times last week, as part of our goals, and we will go to the gym several times this week. We did treadmill and the elliptical and some weight machines. We even did Miguel's Monday, yum.
El Obispo of the Juniper ward invited us to a Juniper Ward temple day on Saturday. It was a whole day affair, but it was good. We got there when the sun was out and left in darkness. I did one initiatory and together we participated in several sealings. Then we did an endowment in Spanish with English subtitles. It was pretty fun. We've made a goal to go every week. We've decided to dedicate our Wednesday's to going, but since we were invited to this event, we changed it for this week. The session and the rest of the temple was full. I sat with the Parisi's and Brother Nieves and Sarah and I did the prayer circle. It was a good experience. I was thinking that now that I am married, the temple workers can choose us to be witness couple now. I look forward to it.
We had a pretty good day in our ward today, the Spanish ward. They announced us as new members of the ward and had us stand up and everything. The Mondragon's were all excited to have us in the ward. Nahomi and Josh were asking about you. I also made friends with some of the members and the teachers and deacons. I also met Obispo's son Isaac, who is a pretty swell dude. He showed us around the church to make sure we got to right places. We still don't have callings yet. Looking forward to that, except, we won't be in church next Sunday because of our Open House, and the following week is a regional stake conference. So, we've done our attendance for the month of January.
We're looking forward to our Open House. Granny and Dana for sure will be there, along with a bunch of Sarah's friend. We're having brownies and ice cream.
Well, I hope you are doing well, my brother. I love you lots. You are a great inspiration to me!
I love you.
John
I know, I know...tomorrow starts the beginning of the round of 128 of the Australian Open. I saw that Roger plays at midnight our time on Tuesday. I wish I could watch it and other ensuing games, and I just may watch some but life is so hectic around here that I need to get my beauty sleep. I'll do my best to update you on at least Roger, and probably also the news from Rafa and Andy and Djokovic. I agree with you, though, I hope Roger gets the title. It'll be something for sure to write you about.
Life here has been good. It rained on Monday and Tuesday. I started work this week and got everyday. (I need to get everyday now that I am married). Got monday off, and I will get tomorrow off as well because of MLKJ day. Also, I won't be able to work on Friday because Sarah and I are travelling to Utah starting Thursday afternoon for our Open House in Spanish Fork.
Week two of being married has been pretty great. We rented the movie Singin' in the Rain from the Bloomington Branch Library and finished watching it today. I loved the line "I can't stand him." She really liked the movie. We went to Newport Beach today because a professional BYU/UC Irvine college essay reader was giving a fireside on those specifics, and since I will be writing essays soon, we both thought it was good that I attend the fireside. BYU Alumni sent the email, and dad forwarded me the email as if to spark an interest in going. The fireside was pretty informative. I'm glad I went, and that I could go with Sarah made it even better.
One funny thing from this week is I was teaching a first grade classroom. Randomly, in the middle of the day, they started singing Christmas songs with Gusto. They even sang all twelve verses of The 12 Days of Christmas. Really, one girl knew all the verses, so she prompted everyone in singing all 12 verses. It was crazy. But cool, too.
Sarah and I went to the gym a couple times last week, as part of our goals, and we will go to the gym several times this week. We did treadmill and the elliptical and some weight machines. We even did Miguel's Monday, yum.
El Obispo of the Juniper ward invited us to a Juniper Ward temple day on Saturday. It was a whole day affair, but it was good. We got there when the sun was out and left in darkness. I did one initiatory and together we participated in several sealings. Then we did an endowment in Spanish with English subtitles. It was pretty fun. We've made a goal to go every week. We've decided to dedicate our Wednesday's to going, but since we were invited to this event, we changed it for this week. The session and the rest of the temple was full. I sat with the Parisi's and Brother Nieves and Sarah and I did the prayer circle. It was a good experience. I was thinking that now that I am married, the temple workers can choose us to be witness couple now. I look forward to it.
We had a pretty good day in our ward today, the Spanish ward. They announced us as new members of the ward and had us stand up and everything. The Mondragon's were all excited to have us in the ward. Nahomi and Josh were asking about you. I also made friends with some of the members and the teachers and deacons. I also met Obispo's son Isaac, who is a pretty swell dude. He showed us around the church to make sure we got to right places. We still don't have callings yet. Looking forward to that, except, we won't be in church next Sunday because of our Open House, and the following week is a regional stake conference. So, we've done our attendance for the month of January.
We're looking forward to our Open House. Granny and Dana for sure will be there, along with a bunch of Sarah's friend. We're having brownies and ice cream.
Well, I hope you are doing well, my brother. I love you lots. You are a great inspiration to me!
I love you.
John
Friday, January 12, 2018
1/12 Four class rover and Chili's date night
I couldn't handle getting up this morning. So, Sarah let me read like 5 verses of a scripture and then go to sleep, at least until I had to get ready to go, which was also early this morning. She actually took the time to pack me a lunch with a note in it. I truly loved it.
I taught three different grades today. 2nd, 3rd, 1st and Kinder in that order. The first hour and a half in the 2nd grade classroom dragged on. Same with the first grade class. The third graders were easy to handle because they had to be quiet because they were taking a test, or actually, several tests. I really had to pray hard about the first graders, Mrs. Vizcaino's class, because, last time I taught them, I caused a lot of the kids to cry. It seemed like she was in over her head when I walked into her classroom this afternoon. During recess, one of my boys, Louie, clocked one of my other boys in the mouth with his elbow while they were playing. He had a bloody cut up lip so one of the teacher took him to the nurse and he came back with a bag of ice to his lip.
Kindergarten was actually surprisingly easy because I only had to handle 8 kids, five boys and three girls. I had a lot of fun with those kids. The only difficult thing was when I took them out to the gate so they could go home. They all got onto the playground equipment and wouldn't get down when I asked them to get down. They finally listened to me, and I was able to let them go and go myself.
Sarah prayed for me throughout the day, especially in the morning, when the 2nd graders were giving me a run for my money. I was glad to be let go when the teacher finally came back.
We were going to clean Shaunna's house today, after date night, but she never got back to us on time. We decided to go to Chili's in Rancho. We were going to go to King Taco, but the aforementioned activity stopped us from doing such a thing. We got the 2 for $22 deal, which came with an appetizer of cheesy fries and Sarah got half a rack of baby back ribs and I got a chicken fajita. We shared our meals, of course, and had a super great night together.
We are both extremely tired. And after this, I am going to retire to bed.
I taught three different grades today. 2nd, 3rd, 1st and Kinder in that order. The first hour and a half in the 2nd grade classroom dragged on. Same with the first grade class. The third graders were easy to handle because they had to be quiet because they were taking a test, or actually, several tests. I really had to pray hard about the first graders, Mrs. Vizcaino's class, because, last time I taught them, I caused a lot of the kids to cry. It seemed like she was in over her head when I walked into her classroom this afternoon. During recess, one of my boys, Louie, clocked one of my other boys in the mouth with his elbow while they were playing. He had a bloody cut up lip so one of the teacher took him to the nurse and he came back with a bag of ice to his lip.
Kindergarten was actually surprisingly easy because I only had to handle 8 kids, five boys and three girls. I had a lot of fun with those kids. The only difficult thing was when I took them out to the gate so they could go home. They all got onto the playground equipment and wouldn't get down when I asked them to get down. They finally listened to me, and I was able to let them go and go myself.
Sarah prayed for me throughout the day, especially in the morning, when the 2nd graders were giving me a run for my money. I was glad to be let go when the teacher finally came back.
We were going to clean Shaunna's house today, after date night, but she never got back to us on time. We decided to go to Chili's in Rancho. We were going to go to King Taco, but the aforementioned activity stopped us from doing such a thing. We got the 2 for $22 deal, which came with an appetizer of cheesy fries and Sarah got half a rack of baby back ribs and I got a chicken fajita. We shared our meals, of course, and had a super great night together.
We are both extremely tired. And after this, I am going to retire to bed.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
1/11 Drowsiness and Roving at Jurupa Vista
Today started drowsily. But ended on a good note. We ended up skipping our gym appointment and making food (spaghetti) with great seasoned ground beef. Then we cleaned up the living room mess that has plagued it since we moved all our stuff in.
I was at Jurupa Vista this morning. I parked my car in my parking spot at my parent's house and walked to the school. I was roving. They put me in to help Kindergarten with all their menial tasks. They always have a lot of menial things to do. I was putting cutouts of bears with cut outs of hearts and 30 different types of stickers, all in preparation for the 100th day of school, which I have been told is coming soon. Then I spent like an hour and a half creating Popsicle sticks glued together in a triangle. I got through 30 of them. Then I was asked to go to Mr. Lieu's class. I met a brand new sub named Sarah and she asked me about the ropes. I told her some stuff.
Veronica, the office manager, and good friend, wanted to see pictures of the wedding, so I showed her highlights. I also shared them with Mrs. Martin, who was super excited to see them. She's a good friend of mine. After lunch, I went to Mrs. Raymondo's class, SDC, to take over while she went to an IEP. The principal came in to observe Jayden, a defiant out of control little boy who is very mean and always gets his own way. She observed, except, we're still not sure if she was even paying attention, because she hardly did anything to stop his outbursts. We went to PE after recess and he was still at it, even with her supervision. She finally took him back to her office.
After work, I went to my parent's house, where we talked and mom called me a puppy dog because I came to her at the door waiting.
Waited for Sarah, made food with her help, while she was driving home.
We had a fun night, eating and watching the BYU vs Pepperdine game.
Got a lot of the living room done.
I was at Jurupa Vista this morning. I parked my car in my parking spot at my parent's house and walked to the school. I was roving. They put me in to help Kindergarten with all their menial tasks. They always have a lot of menial things to do. I was putting cutouts of bears with cut outs of hearts and 30 different types of stickers, all in preparation for the 100th day of school, which I have been told is coming soon. Then I spent like an hour and a half creating Popsicle sticks glued together in a triangle. I got through 30 of them. Then I was asked to go to Mr. Lieu's class. I met a brand new sub named Sarah and she asked me about the ropes. I told her some stuff.
Veronica, the office manager, and good friend, wanted to see pictures of the wedding, so I showed her highlights. I also shared them with Mrs. Martin, who was super excited to see them. She's a good friend of mine. After lunch, I went to Mrs. Raymondo's class, SDC, to take over while she went to an IEP. The principal came in to observe Jayden, a defiant out of control little boy who is very mean and always gets his own way. She observed, except, we're still not sure if she was even paying attention, because she hardly did anything to stop his outbursts. We went to PE after recess and he was still at it, even with her supervision. She finally took him back to her office.
After work, I went to my parent's house, where we talked and mom called me a puppy dog because I came to her at the door waiting.
Waited for Sarah, made food with her help, while she was driving home.
We had a fun night, eating and watching the BYU vs Pepperdine game.
Got a lot of the living room done.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
1/10 Singing Christmas Songs in January and a Mormon or two at Lewis
We got up super early this morning, like 5am, because Sarah had a mentoring appointment with someone at 6am. We did our routine: wake up, sing a hymn at random, read from the scriptures, and pray. Then, I went back to sleep for a while, until Sarah was done and I walked her to her car. Then I got up, took a shower and drove to Lewis, where I taught a 1st grade class, Mrs. Cary's.
When I got there, the office manager, Julie Barrios, asked me if I had a good vacation. Of course, I said yes, because I had gotten married. She congratulated me and asked where I had gotten married. I told her Redlands, and she asked if I was Mormon, which I said yes to. She then told me she was Mormon, too. I said really? And I asked her where she was from. She said Yucaipa, and I told her then she lived really close to the temple and that she must go there often. She said she didn't because she wasn't an active member. She told me that her parents had been married for about 60 years or so already. It also sounded like she was previously married but that something happened to her marriage. I mentioned that I knew another member that worked there. And that was the extent of our conversation. But during lunch, I sat by her and she had already told the member that I had gotten married and they (there were more teachers than her) congratulated me on the marriage.
I also saw the SDC aides today in passing during recess outside. The asked if I had gotten married and I showed them the ring and they were happy for me.
Also, kids from a male first grade teacher's class that I previously subbed for said hi to me.
The class that I taught today was really good. The day went by speedily. Two funny moments:
1. I was teaching the kids about what tales were and I asked them if they knew any tales. I mentioned Cinderella and Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. But then I mentioned Coco, the new Pixar movie that just came out, and they went wild for that "tale." They were all saying that this part made them cry and they were all in spoiler mode, but fortunately I stopped them.
2. Just randomly, in the middle of the last part of the day, the kids started singing. Not just singing anything, but Christmas music, haha. They even sang all 12 verses of The Twelve days of Christmas. I caught some of them on tape. They obviously all didn't know all the words, but one girl (I think her name was Valerie) prompted everyone on the verses. They sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Santa Claus is coming to town. It was quite the spectacle to behold. I tried to incorporate as much music as possible because it makes the days fun. So we sang the Hokey Pokey and Once There was a Snowman and Popcorn Popping.
After work I got the money order of $950 for rent, and took it to Monica.
Sarah made a lentil something that I cooked and kinda burnt.
We went to Planet Fitness, where we were going to take a class, but it was cancelled. So we worked on the elliptical.
We watched The Goldbergs while eating the rest of our food in Nachos. The episode was funny.
Now we are very tired and will probably get up early tomorrow.
When I got there, the office manager, Julie Barrios, asked me if I had a good vacation. Of course, I said yes, because I had gotten married. She congratulated me and asked where I had gotten married. I told her Redlands, and she asked if I was Mormon, which I said yes to. She then told me she was Mormon, too. I said really? And I asked her where she was from. She said Yucaipa, and I told her then she lived really close to the temple and that she must go there often. She said she didn't because she wasn't an active member. She told me that her parents had been married for about 60 years or so already. It also sounded like she was previously married but that something happened to her marriage. I mentioned that I knew another member that worked there. And that was the extent of our conversation. But during lunch, I sat by her and she had already told the member that I had gotten married and they (there were more teachers than her) congratulated me on the marriage.
I also saw the SDC aides today in passing during recess outside. The asked if I had gotten married and I showed them the ring and they were happy for me.
Also, kids from a male first grade teacher's class that I previously subbed for said hi to me.
The class that I taught today was really good. The day went by speedily. Two funny moments:
1. I was teaching the kids about what tales were and I asked them if they knew any tales. I mentioned Cinderella and Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. But then I mentioned Coco, the new Pixar movie that just came out, and they went wild for that "tale." They were all saying that this part made them cry and they were all in spoiler mode, but fortunately I stopped them.
2. Just randomly, in the middle of the last part of the day, the kids started singing. Not just singing anything, but Christmas music, haha. They even sang all 12 verses of The Twelve days of Christmas. I caught some of them on tape. They obviously all didn't know all the words, but one girl (I think her name was Valerie) prompted everyone on the verses. They sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Santa Claus is coming to town. It was quite the spectacle to behold. I tried to incorporate as much music as possible because it makes the days fun. So we sang the Hokey Pokey and Once There was a Snowman and Popcorn Popping.
After work I got the money order of $950 for rent, and took it to Monica.
Sarah made a lentil something that I cooked and kinda burnt.
We went to Planet Fitness, where we were going to take a class, but it was cancelled. So we worked on the elliptical.
We watched The Goldbergs while eating the rest of our food in Nachos. The episode was funny.
Now we are very tired and will probably get up early tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
1/9 Returning to Birney and Failed Obituaries
First day back to work went by really well, even though I was at Birney. I took the job yesterday evening and was expecting the worse since the last time I taught there I was told off by another 1st grade teacher for having the kids mess up her book library. I was unsure of her name, until today. Her name is Mrs. Sexton, and she teaches first grade as well. I taught first grade today, not sure how it would go, but it actually wasn't all that bad. I established rules with them, and I improvised some parts of the day. Like, it was raining, and so the kids were inside for first recess and PE, so we played silent ball in a circle, which was her request, and then I improvised with a game of cat and mouse in a circle. We used a bean bag and a piece of tissue. The funny thing, is they were really enjoying it, and the same guy lost twice in that game. There were a lot of kids that needed to go to the nurse for different reasons. I had to tell some of the ailing kids that I wasn't going to send them to the health office. There were funny kids, like Audrey and Mark, who sat across from each other. But overall, besides progressing noisiness, the day actually went by fine. Even Mrs. Sexton didn't say anything bad to me all day, which was nice. One teacher was like, we haven't seen you in a while and was wondering what I was up to, which was nice of her.
Sarah and I decided not to go to the gym today because Sarah had her mentoring appointment with Kirsten, plus some homework that she had to get done.
So, I decided to go to the gym by myself after work, which ended at 2pm, which was so nice. Oh, I was almost pretty late to work today because of traffic. But there wasn't any traffic coming home. The gym was less full today. I did 13 minutes worth of running, recorded the time in my phone. I ran a 10 minute mile today. Then I did some arm workouts and an ab workout. Sarah called me when I got there, and asked me to go to DI to see if they had an immersion blender, which they didn't, and to also call Kaiser Permanente, which I did, to see if we were getting the cards anytime soon and to see if we could look for doctors already. We have to see the primary care physician to be referred to specialists, in Sarah's case, a gynecologist, and in my case, a psychiatrist. I locked myself out of an account because I didn't answer a personal question right. Oh well.
Sarah and I made some nice noodle salad for dinner. It was super good.
Now Sarah is talking to Kirsten (she got all her homework done before) in the other room. I ate some sherbet punch for dessert. We are going to watch the newest episode of The Middle on TV at 8pm, when she's done talking.
I did call mom to see if they had the cards from Kaiser Permanente. She didn't. She told me about a petition going out to New York Times about the obituary of President Monson's life. The petition is to ask for a better obituary to be printed, because they focused on the negative instead of the good. Mostly about LGTBQ rights. Mom is not signing the petition, but she considered it. There were about 100,000 signatures on it already.
Sarah and I decided not to go to the gym today because Sarah had her mentoring appointment with Kirsten, plus some homework that she had to get done.
So, I decided to go to the gym by myself after work, which ended at 2pm, which was so nice. Oh, I was almost pretty late to work today because of traffic. But there wasn't any traffic coming home. The gym was less full today. I did 13 minutes worth of running, recorded the time in my phone. I ran a 10 minute mile today. Then I did some arm workouts and an ab workout. Sarah called me when I got there, and asked me to go to DI to see if they had an immersion blender, which they didn't, and to also call Kaiser Permanente, which I did, to see if we were getting the cards anytime soon and to see if we could look for doctors already. We have to see the primary care physician to be referred to specialists, in Sarah's case, a gynecologist, and in my case, a psychiatrist. I locked myself out of an account because I didn't answer a personal question right. Oh well.
Sarah and I made some nice noodle salad for dinner. It was super good.
Now Sarah is talking to Kirsten (she got all her homework done before) in the other room. I ate some sherbet punch for dessert. We are going to watch the newest episode of The Middle on TV at 8pm, when she's done talking.
I did call mom to see if they had the cards from Kaiser Permanente. She didn't. She told me about a petition going out to New York Times about the obituary of President Monson's life. The petition is to ask for a better obituary to be printed, because they focused on the negative instead of the good. Mostly about LGTBQ rights. Mom is not signing the petition, but she considered it. There were about 100,000 signatures on it already.
Monday, January 8, 2018
1/8 Laundry, Work out, and First FHE
Last day of vacation. It was raining today.
We got up early...and we did our scripture study and prayer. We took a shower and then I helped Sarah fix a lunch for herself. After I walked her to her car, I went back to sleep for a couple of hours. Then I took the whites to the laundry, where I waited for them to be finished, while reading two articles in the conference Ensign. I also loosely prepared my lesson. I did some more organizing while eating like three bowls of soup for lunch. Walked to the Bloomington Branch Library which is about a 10 minute walk. Stayed for an hour, while talking to Sarah on the phone at her lunch time. I walked back home.
I read a Flash comic about the race between Superman and the Flash. Then mom brought over a microwave and took me back to the library so that I could print out the insurance cards and contract that Ryan Hiatt had me sign for the insurance of our cars and renter's insurance. 13 ten cent papers later and I walked back to our home.
Sarah and I went to Planet Fitness to work out. I did a 18 minute run and then we did some machines for our arms. At the same time as I was running, I was watching the Alabama vs. Arizona game, National Championships. Arizona was winning.
Then Sarah and I drove to Miguels to pick up burritos for today and for lunch tomorrow. We started our FHE on the drive there. Sarah shared her spiritual thought from 1 Nephi 4 about dwindling in unbelief and from John 11 about putting on the garments of God. Then we played name a song and continue the chain from the last word as we were driving back home. Then we finished our food and FHE where I shared a lesson about knowing our spiritual gifts by reading our patriarchal blessings. Ending with Elder Holland's talk about being perfect eventually.
I was able to love Sarah and shower her with kisses. I do love my wife.
We got up early...and we did our scripture study and prayer. We took a shower and then I helped Sarah fix a lunch for herself. After I walked her to her car, I went back to sleep for a couple of hours. Then I took the whites to the laundry, where I waited for them to be finished, while reading two articles in the conference Ensign. I also loosely prepared my lesson. I did some more organizing while eating like three bowls of soup for lunch. Walked to the Bloomington Branch Library which is about a 10 minute walk. Stayed for an hour, while talking to Sarah on the phone at her lunch time. I walked back home.
I read a Flash comic about the race between Superman and the Flash. Then mom brought over a microwave and took me back to the library so that I could print out the insurance cards and contract that Ryan Hiatt had me sign for the insurance of our cars and renter's insurance. 13 ten cent papers later and I walked back to our home.
Sarah and I went to Planet Fitness to work out. I did a 18 minute run and then we did some machines for our arms. At the same time as I was running, I was watching the Alabama vs. Arizona game, National Championships. Arizona was winning.
Then Sarah and I drove to Miguels to pick up burritos for today and for lunch tomorrow. We started our FHE on the drive there. Sarah shared her spiritual thought from 1 Nephi 4 about dwindling in unbelief and from John 11 about putting on the garments of God. Then we played name a song and continue the chain from the last word as we were driving back home. Then we finished our food and FHE where I shared a lesson about knowing our spiritual gifts by reading our patriarchal blessings. Ending with Elder Holland's talk about being perfect eventually.
I was able to love Sarah and shower her with kisses. I do love my wife.
Sunday, January 7, 2018
1/7 Letter #50
Hey man!
You're probably wondering how I am doing since last I wrote you, because it's been almost two weeks or so since. I AM A MARRIED MAN! And I'm loving it a lot...everything except for the whole I have bills to pay stuff, which we're dealing with, especially at the beginning of this month. With all the stuff, like 10x more insurance besides health, and the biggest expense:rent. So yeah.
The wedding was pretty great. Everyone is saying that it lasted like minutes, but obviously it felt longer to me, because I had to be there like 2 hours before the ordinance. It was great getting her new name at the veil...very sacred. I think I messed up some of that stuff, but they didn't mind. Then walking in with my bride into the sealing room was amazing, seeing all the people there to support us. President Sears was there, which was special. All the people that were there were special to us. The Parisi's, the Harris, the Ellsworths, the O'Neil's, the Johnsons, and my previous Bishop and his wife the Taylors.
We took pictures outside of the temple when we finished. They changed the place you walk out of. Instead of walking out of the front door, you walk out a side door. But it was no less special. We had so many people outside the door, and a good majority of them were Sarah's family.
The reception was good. Sarah's friend Melanie caught the bouquet. I know she really wanted to catch it. Dad gave a toast, heartfelt, and Sarah Rebecca sang a song to me. All in all, it was a good reception.
The honeymoon was great. Short, but good. I will spare you the details and talk about this week.
So, we had already been moving furniture in an apartment here in Bloomington. It's close to the Swap Meet, on the same road. Since I didn't have to work, I did all of the moving things and organizing of my stuff. Sarah had to work this whole week. So, I spent most of my days moving boxes and gathering things from home and Sarah's previous apartment. Also, for date night (this might sound lame) but we went to Cafe Rio and then I helped Sarah do the cleaning finishing touches of the room Sarah stayed at.
I also have been making food for Sarah and me. She made food for me too. I made a huge pot of my specialty: beef soup. We had to improvise on how to make it the first day because we didn't have a ladle. We have ton of left over utensils and Sarah was innovative about connecting some stuff and using them. We still have leftovers. Also, we've been really good at getting up early and reading our scriptures and praying. You'd be proud of me. I am actually coherent after a few prods to get up and turning off the alarm.
Which reminds me, for Christmas, I got a Google Home Mini, and we've been having lots of fun using it. Probably the biggest command we use is for it to play us music from Spotify. It's really nifty. Also, since we couldn't watch all the BYU Men's basketball games, we ask it for updates on the games. We only asked it about games they lost this week.
We didn't have WiFi for two days. So the world ended, obviously, for those two days. But I kept busy, for sure.
Our apartment feels like home now. We just got to organize all our junk...and then it'll be a home where a mom can walk in. We found a dresser and a tv stand at DI for $40, a steal. So we're doing really good here. Mom and Dad helped me pick up those items with the van. They were super quick to help, which was a blessing. You know how DI furniture is in and out of that place if you don't pick it up fast.
We had our first Fontana Stake Conference the past two days. Messages were shared about keeping the Sabbath day holy and using Family History as a missionary tool. Even Christina Parisi was asked to give a talk. I just can't believe that girl is 18, and soon she's going to go on a mission if all goes as planned. We sat next to the parents on Saturday and next to Sister Harris today. Sister Harris asked for a blessing at Sarah's suggestion because she had a cold. It was nice, because Tyler Hudrlik was there to anoint and me to seal the anointing. I felt good about the blessing, and Sister Harris was grateful.
Sarah's mom came over to bring some of Sarah's stuff and we offered her dinner. Of course, we used the soup and bread and butter. We had left over sherbet ice cream and some of the wedding cake from the wedding. We just sat and talked for a while.
All in all, good weeks.
Like always, I hope you are doing good, and if you have a minute, drop me and Sarah a line. We'd love to hear from you. I love you soooooo much.
Your brother,
John
You're probably wondering how I am doing since last I wrote you, because it's been almost two weeks or so since. I AM A MARRIED MAN! And I'm loving it a lot...everything except for the whole I have bills to pay stuff, which we're dealing with, especially at the beginning of this month. With all the stuff, like 10x more insurance besides health, and the biggest expense:rent. So yeah.
The wedding was pretty great. Everyone is saying that it lasted like minutes, but obviously it felt longer to me, because I had to be there like 2 hours before the ordinance. It was great getting her new name at the veil...very sacred. I think I messed up some of that stuff, but they didn't mind. Then walking in with my bride into the sealing room was amazing, seeing all the people there to support us. President Sears was there, which was special. All the people that were there were special to us. The Parisi's, the Harris, the Ellsworths, the O'Neil's, the Johnsons, and my previous Bishop and his wife the Taylors.
We took pictures outside of the temple when we finished. They changed the place you walk out of. Instead of walking out of the front door, you walk out a side door. But it was no less special. We had so many people outside the door, and a good majority of them were Sarah's family.
The reception was good. Sarah's friend Melanie caught the bouquet. I know she really wanted to catch it. Dad gave a toast, heartfelt, and Sarah Rebecca sang a song to me. All in all, it was a good reception.
The honeymoon was great. Short, but good. I will spare you the details and talk about this week.
So, we had already been moving furniture in an apartment here in Bloomington. It's close to the Swap Meet, on the same road. Since I didn't have to work, I did all of the moving things and organizing of my stuff. Sarah had to work this whole week. So, I spent most of my days moving boxes and gathering things from home and Sarah's previous apartment. Also, for date night (this might sound lame) but we went to Cafe Rio and then I helped Sarah do the cleaning finishing touches of the room Sarah stayed at.
I also have been making food for Sarah and me. She made food for me too. I made a huge pot of my specialty: beef soup. We had to improvise on how to make it the first day because we didn't have a ladle. We have ton of left over utensils and Sarah was innovative about connecting some stuff and using them. We still have leftovers. Also, we've been really good at getting up early and reading our scriptures and praying. You'd be proud of me. I am actually coherent after a few prods to get up and turning off the alarm.
Which reminds me, for Christmas, I got a Google Home Mini, and we've been having lots of fun using it. Probably the biggest command we use is for it to play us music from Spotify. It's really nifty. Also, since we couldn't watch all the BYU Men's basketball games, we ask it for updates on the games. We only asked it about games they lost this week.
We didn't have WiFi for two days. So the world ended, obviously, for those two days. But I kept busy, for sure.
Our apartment feels like home now. We just got to organize all our junk...and then it'll be a home where a mom can walk in. We found a dresser and a tv stand at DI for $40, a steal. So we're doing really good here. Mom and Dad helped me pick up those items with the van. They were super quick to help, which was a blessing. You know how DI furniture is in and out of that place if you don't pick it up fast.
We had our first Fontana Stake Conference the past two days. Messages were shared about keeping the Sabbath day holy and using Family History as a missionary tool. Even Christina Parisi was asked to give a talk. I just can't believe that girl is 18, and soon she's going to go on a mission if all goes as planned. We sat next to the parents on Saturday and next to Sister Harris today. Sister Harris asked for a blessing at Sarah's suggestion because she had a cold. It was nice, because Tyler Hudrlik was there to anoint and me to seal the anointing. I felt good about the blessing, and Sister Harris was grateful.
Sarah's mom came over to bring some of Sarah's stuff and we offered her dinner. Of course, we used the soup and bread and butter. We had left over sherbet ice cream and some of the wedding cake from the wedding. We just sat and talked for a while.
All in all, good weeks.
Like always, I hope you are doing good, and if you have a minute, drop me and Sarah a line. We'd love to hear from you. I love you soooooo much.
Your brother,
John
1/6 Auto Pictures for Insurance Purposes and Stake Conference
Today has been good.
We got up and Sarah made us breakfast in bed. Scrambled eggs mixed with bell peppers that were really good. We went to the collision auto repair store to get pictures taken of our cars, after we went to the car wash. Our cars looked like new, which was really nice.
We then split up. I went to the church to pick up left overs of stuff from the wedding, which consisted of two pieces of cake and a large container of rainbow sherbet. Sarah went to Walmart to put money on her card for the insurance that we are purchasing through Ryan Hiatt. All in all it was about $400 because we are paying first months car insurance and all $100 or so $ of renter insurance. She also bought a rug, a mirror, and command hooks and a calendar and a can opener, and several other stuff I can't remember at this time.
We ate the soup I made yesterday for lunch. Then we began to organize our things. We did that until we couldn't do it anymore. We tackled it and got a lot done. For dinner Sarah made a type of nacho that were super good. And we began The West Wing until we had to get ready for Stake Conference.
Stake Conference adult session was really good. President Stacey had a panelist of 6 people, Sister Garcia, Sister Martinez, a bishop, a sister, Aisea Hansen, and emeritus president Young. They were asked questions about how they keep the Sabbath Day holy. That was the best part for me. The Seventy just reemphasized everybody's talks. I knew exactly where Mom and Dad wanted to sit, and we found his stuff, but not him, at the benches. It was nice talking to Mom and Dad.
Sarah and I said hi to President Sears, Sister Harris, and Obispo Garcia. Obispo Garcia was super nice and I enjoyed talking with him. He invited us to the temple next Saturday for a ward activity. Sealings, initiatories and an endowment.
We went to try the Jacuzzi, but Monica did not turn it on. So we were disappointed. We finished the West Wing episode.
Good day!
We got up and Sarah made us breakfast in bed. Scrambled eggs mixed with bell peppers that were really good. We went to the collision auto repair store to get pictures taken of our cars, after we went to the car wash. Our cars looked like new, which was really nice.
We then split up. I went to the church to pick up left overs of stuff from the wedding, which consisted of two pieces of cake and a large container of rainbow sherbet. Sarah went to Walmart to put money on her card for the insurance that we are purchasing through Ryan Hiatt. All in all it was about $400 because we are paying first months car insurance and all $100 or so $ of renter insurance. She also bought a rug, a mirror, and command hooks and a calendar and a can opener, and several other stuff I can't remember at this time.
We ate the soup I made yesterday for lunch. Then we began to organize our things. We did that until we couldn't do it anymore. We tackled it and got a lot done. For dinner Sarah made a type of nacho that were super good. And we began The West Wing until we had to get ready for Stake Conference.
Stake Conference adult session was really good. President Stacey had a panelist of 6 people, Sister Garcia, Sister Martinez, a bishop, a sister, Aisea Hansen, and emeritus president Young. They were asked questions about how they keep the Sabbath Day holy. That was the best part for me. The Seventy just reemphasized everybody's talks. I knew exactly where Mom and Dad wanted to sit, and we found his stuff, but not him, at the benches. It was nice talking to Mom and Dad.
Sarah and I said hi to President Sears, Sister Harris, and Obispo Garcia. Obispo Garcia was super nice and I enjoyed talking with him. He invited us to the temple next Saturday for a ward activity. Sealings, initiatories and an endowment.
We went to try the Jacuzzi, but Monica did not turn it on. So we were disappointed. We finished the West Wing episode.
Good day!
Friday, January 5, 2018
1/5 Shaunna's house cleaning and Dresser getting
I did a lot of posting on Facebook today of pictures from our wedding.
Turns out, Shaunna was home when we went there to start cleaning her house. She had just gotten home from going to Food 4 Less. I helped her bring the groceries in and afterwards, she took me outside because she didn't want me to be alone with her since I was a married man. We sat outside and looked at pictures from the wedding. She was so excited to see them. Then Sarah came. Shaunna said we could go on a date before we cleaned her house. So I took Sarah to Cafe Rio. We bumped into a brother from the temple and his wife, and we also bumped into Suzette Swallow and friend.
Afterward, we cleaned Shaunna's house. Sarah volunteered us to clean her house in the future. Shaunna said that if we did that, she would pay us $25 a week, so $100 a month. I was so-so about the idea, but Sarah brought up some good points about getting as much money as possible to pay off bills and debts.
I picked up a dresser and a TV stand at DI today for $40 all together. Mom and Dad helped me bring it to the house. They both look really good. The dresser is nice. Has a few kinks that need to be worked out, but overall, it goes well with every thing. I also picked up a ladle for our soup for $2. We picked up blue jeans for Sarah later on because her previous blue jeans ripped. She really likes her new ones.
I was wrong about President Monson's funeral being today. It's actually next week. I went home to pick up some stuff. Talked with Mom and Dad for a while before they had to go somewhere.
Sarah and I picked insurance through Ryan Hiatt of the single's ward for car and renter's. We have to take both cars tomorrow so that they can have their picture taken for insurance purposes.
Turns out, Shaunna was home when we went there to start cleaning her house. She had just gotten home from going to Food 4 Less. I helped her bring the groceries in and afterwards, she took me outside because she didn't want me to be alone with her since I was a married man. We sat outside and looked at pictures from the wedding. She was so excited to see them. Then Sarah came. Shaunna said we could go on a date before we cleaned her house. So I took Sarah to Cafe Rio. We bumped into a brother from the temple and his wife, and we also bumped into Suzette Swallow and friend.
Afterward, we cleaned Shaunna's house. Sarah volunteered us to clean her house in the future. Shaunna said that if we did that, she would pay us $25 a week, so $100 a month. I was so-so about the idea, but Sarah brought up some good points about getting as much money as possible to pay off bills and debts.
I picked up a dresser and a TV stand at DI today for $40 all together. Mom and Dad helped me bring it to the house. They both look really good. The dresser is nice. Has a few kinks that need to be worked out, but overall, it goes well with every thing. I also picked up a ladle for our soup for $2. We picked up blue jeans for Sarah later on because her previous blue jeans ripped. She really likes her new ones.
I was wrong about President Monson's funeral being today. It's actually next week. I went home to pick up some stuff. Talked with Mom and Dad for a while before they had to go somewhere.
Sarah and I picked insurance through Ryan Hiatt of the single's ward for car and renter's. We have to take both cars tomorrow so that they can have their picture taken for insurance purposes.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
1/4 INTERNET and Spicy Italian Subs and Beef Soup
We have been really good the last two days of getting up at 6 am, really three days, because on Tuesday we got up super early so we could leave our honeymoon destination for Sarah's work. We read our scriptures and said our prayers. Then I walked Sarah to her car.
I stayed home so that the spectrum cable guy could come and install everything so we could have internet, a phone line, and our provided cable. He was super fast. AND NOW WE HAVE THE INTERNET, which is a blessing, and TV. I read a conference talk while he was here.
I decided to leave at a certain time. Sarah and I had arranged so that we could meet up at her lunch time at Shaunna's house, so we could clean out all of Sarah's stuff, and enjoy a meal together. I picked up some Spicy Italian Subs at Subway for us to eat, with hot cheetos and blueberry pomegranate vitamin water. I got Sarah one with tomatoes and cucumbers and mine had cilantro on it, which was actually a nice touch. I loved it. We then looked at the cupboard and fridge, and upstairs in the bathroom and picked up all that we needed to pick up from Shaunna's house. Sarah left me and I packed the stuff in our car. Then drove it home, after I picked up eggs and a large pot and a scrubber from Food 4 Less.
All the while, I was downloading the wedding pictures to my computer, and sending some for the family to see. Briana, Jacob, and Granny really wanted some. They were taking a very long time to load, and Facebook wouldn't even accept them, so posting to Facebook was spoiled.
I've been messing around with my new Google Home Mini. My favorite command is Google, tell me about my day.
Sarah came home and we had a super good time. We finished the West Wing episode from yesterday that we stopped because it was using too much data. Then I cooked beef soup for Sarah, without a ladle. It turned out really good. We had to be innovative in our preparation because we had little to nothing. We don't have real knives, nor a cutting board. It was really interesting. I used Sarah's Salad Master. (And hey, I didn't cut myself). Masel Tov.
After the dinner, we finished the BYU Men's Basketball game against San Francisco. We won by ten points. Sarah was falling asleep.
Then we brushed our teeth, flossed, and said prayers.
1/3 Fixing the Apartment and Temple Initiatories with my Wife
Today was full of great things.
We had prayer and scripture study at 6AM this morning. It was probably one of the nicest things I’ve ever done with someone else. We decided that we are going to study the Book of Mormon with the BoM365 people that Instagram puts out since it is a manageable amount of reading that can be done. We read todays and discussed it. Sarah couldn’t find her clean garments because she left a bag of them at Shaunna’s house. So, when I went to pick up the rest of her stuff, I made sure to grab them.
I took a shower after Sarah left, and when I got home I noticed that Sarah was calling me. She was calling me to tell me that she got into a car accident off the 4th street off ramp, but that it wasn’t her fault; the other guy ran into her. After assessing the damage, they decided that that it was negligable. So they didn’t pursue further action. I was happy that she was okay and that no one was hurt.
I went to Shaunna’s house to pick up the rest of Sarah’s things. It was a lot of walking up and down the stairs, but it went by alright. I filled up my car with things and it had just a little bit of room left to spare. I then went to my parent’s house. Talked with mom and watched the newest The Middle with mom. Then, I picked up all my toiletry items from the shower and cleaned up the sinks a bit. Said bye to Sarah because she is leaving tomorrow morning by plane. Mom and Dad are taking her.
Oh, this morning, while looking for the BoM365 I noticed that President Monson had passed away last night at about 10PM. It was sad news to hear in the early morning. He was a great man. One to emulate and be like. He was a superb prophet of God. He lived his life almost perfectly. I love our prophet dear. So that means that President Russell M. Nelson is going to be the next successor. I wonder who he is going to choose as couselors? I am excited to see the changes.
I brought the stuff back home after I visited the family. I also picked up my music that was by the piano. It was a lot of music. I actually spent some time organizing it and putting each song into page protectors and a white binder. It all barely fit in there. That was the last thing I did before Sarah got home today.
I went to the grocery store after dropping off all of Sarah’s stuff through the window. I got stuff for soup and yogurt for the morning and butter at Sarah’s request, and fruit.
We had prayer and scripture study at 6AM this morning. It was probably one of the nicest things I’ve ever done with someone else. We decided that we are going to study the Book of Mormon with the BoM365 people that Instagram puts out since it is a manageable amount of reading that can be done. We read todays and discussed it. Sarah couldn’t find her clean garments because she left a bag of them at Shaunna’s house. So, when I went to pick up the rest of her stuff, I made sure to grab them.
I took a shower after Sarah left, and when I got home I noticed that Sarah was calling me. She was calling me to tell me that she got into a car accident off the 4th street off ramp, but that it wasn’t her fault; the other guy ran into her. After assessing the damage, they decided that that it was negligable. So they didn’t pursue further action. I was happy that she was okay and that no one was hurt.
I went to Shaunna’s house to pick up the rest of Sarah’s things. It was a lot of walking up and down the stairs, but it went by alright. I filled up my car with things and it had just a little bit of room left to spare. I then went to my parent’s house. Talked with mom and watched the newest The Middle with mom. Then, I picked up all my toiletry items from the shower and cleaned up the sinks a bit. Said bye to Sarah because she is leaving tomorrow morning by plane. Mom and Dad are taking her.
Oh, this morning, while looking for the BoM365 I noticed that President Monson had passed away last night at about 10PM. It was sad news to hear in the early morning. He was a great man. One to emulate and be like. He was a superb prophet of God. He lived his life almost perfectly. I love our prophet dear. So that means that President Russell M. Nelson is going to be the next successor. I wonder who he is going to choose as couselors? I am excited to see the changes.
I brought the stuff back home after I visited the family. I also picked up my music that was by the piano. It was a lot of music. I actually spent some time organizing it and putting each song into page protectors and a white binder. It all barely fit in there. That was the last thing I did before Sarah got home today.
I went to the grocery store after dropping off all of Sarah’s stuff through the window. I got stuff for soup and yogurt for the morning and butter at Sarah’s request, and fruit.
I then started organizing all of the boxes that were in the closet so we could walk in there and everything else that was mine. I listened to music as I did so using my small phone and Sarah’s speaker.
Sarah came home and we had some fun. We then got ready to go to the temple after Sarah took a shower and we ate stuffing that I had prepared.
The temple was amazing. We bumped into Bishop and Sister Ellsworth, who were there to do the Wednesday night endowments with the singles. We just went to do Initiatories.Brother Hardy greeted us at the door. He was so happy to see us and commented on how we were smiling from ear to ear, as a newlywed couple of four days.
We had decided to do 5 names in initiatories, but Bishop and his son Spencer cut in front of me to do two names each before their session. So I got through 3 names, and then the temple workers had to go to the veil for about 10 minutes. Well, by that time Sarah had already been finished. So, she was waiting a long time.
Most of my names were from Ohio, one, named John was from Canada. When the temple workers, left for the veil, I studied about Sarah’s name. It was a fascinating read. One piece of information, I come to find out, that Sarah did not know.
Sarah and I got home, and we watched The West Wing using Mobile Hotspot, but stopped because Data was running low like crazy.
Good night, all in all.
We’ll have internet tomorrow, YAY!
Sarah came home and we had some fun. We then got ready to go to the temple after Sarah took a shower and we ate stuffing that I had prepared.
The temple was amazing. We bumped into Bishop and Sister Ellsworth, who were there to do the Wednesday night endowments with the singles. We just went to do Initiatories.Brother Hardy greeted us at the door. He was so happy to see us and commented on how we were smiling from ear to ear, as a newlywed couple of four days.
We had decided to do 5 names in initiatories, but Bishop and his son Spencer cut in front of me to do two names each before their session. So I got through 3 names, and then the temple workers had to go to the veil for about 10 minutes. Well, by that time Sarah had already been finished. So, she was waiting a long time.
Most of my names were from Ohio, one, named John was from Canada. When the temple workers, left for the veil, I studied about Sarah’s name. It was a fascinating read. One piece of information, I come to find out, that Sarah did not know.
Sarah and I got home, and we watched The West Wing using Mobile Hotspot, but stopped because Data was running low like crazy.
Good night, all in all.
We’ll have internet tomorrow, YAY!
1/2 Lying Side by side with my Girl
Today was really good. We got up super early to drive home to Shaunna’s house. I was really drowsy. Sarah noticed.So she asked if she could drive and I willingly accepted the offer, and slept most of the way to Shaunna’s house. After we slept for a few more minutes Sarah left for work. I then slept for longer and when I got up, from a scary dream, I started washing the dishes and cleaning up the mess we made in the kitchen before the wedding.
Tired so, took some more of Sarah’s boxes to apartment, unpacked them, then went to the parent’s house. Then shared info about briana and car insurance., etc. We packed dad’s car and my car and now all of my stuff, brought in a few small things.
Novella
Miguels
Present opening
Lot’s of money to pay rent/car etc.
Target and home depot
Installing a shower curtain rod on my own
Target with Sarah
Sarah upset
Blessing
Time for bed.
Tired so, took some more of Sarah’s boxes to apartment, unpacked them, then went to the parent’s house. Then shared info about briana and car insurance., etc. We packed dad’s car and my car and now all of my stuff, brought in a few small things.
Novella
Miguels
Present opening
Lot’s of money to pay rent/car etc.
Target and home depot
Installing a shower curtain rod on my own
Target with Sarah
Sarah upset
Blessing
Time for bed.
Monday, January 1, 2018
Our 2018 Family New Year's Resolutions/Goals
Family Goals
Focus on Health
Read Scriptures everyday
Write in Journal everyday
Go to temple weekly
Do Genealogy once a month in FHE/2nd Monday-including indexing
Pray every day morning and night and at meals
Work Everyday
Home teach/Visit teach every month-get to know the people
Do your calling to the best of your abilities
Practice Piano and Guitar
Continue improving emotional and mental health
Preside in the home-John
Get accepted to a university and do well academically
Work on expanding Sarah’s business
Get Pregnant
Save money and and do well financially
Read Scriptures everyday
Write in Journal everyday
Go to temple weekly
Do Genealogy once a month in FHE/2nd Monday-including indexing
Pray every day morning and night and at meals
Work Everyday
Home teach/Visit teach every month-get to know the people
Do your calling to the best of your abilities
Practice Piano and Guitar
Continue improving emotional and mental health
Preside in the home-John
Get accepted to a university and do well academically
Work on expanding Sarah’s business
Get Pregnant
Save money and and do well financially
1/1/18 An Excellent Mall and a Wonderful Gondola ride
It was a grand last day of our honeymoon. We got up early so we could have some continental breakfast. Sarah and I shared biscuits and gravy and half a waffle cooked in front of us. We then went back to sleep until check out time. We decided to skip on Idyllwild and head towards Huntington Beach. Sarah did some research and found a company called Sunset Gondola. We decided to book it for 6pm this evening.
On our way, we stopped at a mall, a huge one, called _________. It was pretty snazzy. It was divided into three large sections with three stories each and separated by bridges, one that went over a major street. They had humongous Christmas trees that reached all three stories. We went to Croft and Barrel, which is this really nice store that has furniture in it that is extremely overpriced. Like, we saw a firewood stand that was literally 4 bars and a base for over $50. Then I heard someone ask an information lady if there was a Microsoft store, so I naturally wanted to go see it. We learned more about Microsoft Office, but other than that, that's all we did. Then we went to H&M to see there clothes because Sarah heard good things. While we were walking, Sarah bumped into people she knew and even gone out with in the past. Then we went to Victoria Secret; only my 2nd time going in there.
Then we headed to Target to see if they had Martinelli's, which they didn't, of course, but we got grape Welch's type martinelli for the Gondola ride. We also picked up some nasal strips, because I snore.
The Gondola ride was pretty cool. It wasn't in the sunset because it's winter, but our guide Beppy, or Tim, was very nice and rowed us. We talked about the Venetians and about Hail Mary's and about raising kids. He sang to us in Venetian under a bridge. It was very romantic.
Then we drove back to our Air BNB, almost getting into a car accident.
We had some more fun and watched an episode of West Wing and ate our Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory, where we went for a late lunch/early dinner. The food there was excellent.
On our way, we stopped at a mall, a huge one, called _________. It was pretty snazzy. It was divided into three large sections with three stories each and separated by bridges, one that went over a major street. They had humongous Christmas trees that reached all three stories. We went to Croft and Barrel, which is this really nice store that has furniture in it that is extremely overpriced. Like, we saw a firewood stand that was literally 4 bars and a base for over $50. Then I heard someone ask an information lady if there was a Microsoft store, so I naturally wanted to go see it. We learned more about Microsoft Office, but other than that, that's all we did. Then we went to H&M to see there clothes because Sarah heard good things. While we were walking, Sarah bumped into people she knew and even gone out with in the past. Then we went to Victoria Secret; only my 2nd time going in there.
Then we headed to Target to see if they had Martinelli's, which they didn't, of course, but we got grape Welch's type martinelli for the Gondola ride. We also picked up some nasal strips, because I snore.
The Gondola ride was pretty cool. It wasn't in the sunset because it's winter, but our guide Beppy, or Tim, was very nice and rowed us. We talked about the Venetians and about Hail Mary's and about raising kids. He sang to us in Venetian under a bridge. It was very romantic.
Then we drove back to our Air BNB, almost getting into a car accident.
We had some more fun and watched an episode of West Wing and ate our Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory, where we went for a late lunch/early dinner. The food there was excellent.
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