Today was what I would call a recovery day. Lily and I both were somewhat productive, but we had enough down time in the day to feel like we were finally exhaling.
With Georgia being taken care of and in good hands, Lily’s attention has turned towards how to make sure our children are having the best upbringings possible. That focus propelled her to sign the kids up for various activities, including soccer for Ammon.
Lily only signed Ammon up yesterday or the day before, but already today was his first game. I was definitely not feeling ready to get out of bed to make it to his 9AM game, but again, fortunately Lily has the morning energy and she got everyone ready while I used every strand of energy just to get my own self clean and ready.
The game was so fun to watch. Ammon has never attended a practice and knows very little about soccer. But he was out there running and being with other boys his age. We are loosening up a little bit about Caronavirus (not completely for sure) now that Georgia is not living with us (because elderly people are at much higher risk for dying from Covid) and we’ve felt for a long time Ammon needs more physical activity and socialization.
Even though he didn’t know much of what he was doing (he did score one goal on the wrong goal), he walked right in the game with his typical confidence and had a great time. Here are some videos and pictures. He is number 8.
After the soccer game we all went to Utah Lake. I biked there on Wednesday on my new road bike (after 30 minutes of figuring out how to get my shoes and clip-in pedals to work) and I wanted to show the lake to my family since none of them had been to the shore of Utah Lake before (nor I before my bike ride). By the way, I LOVE my new bike and can tell that I will quickly become obsessed with road biking.
After the lake, we got Mary a new laptop and cute flower mouse for her online schoolwork. We then went to Jimmy John’s which is funny because all the kid’s jerseys had the Jimmy John’s logo on them, and that made us want to eat there for lunch. My tuna sandwich was amazing!
Then we went and visited Georgia and Jan who met us there. It used to be that we could have met Georgia outside in-person, but a staff member was just diagnosed with Covid, so they have now made the rules more strict and we could only talk to Georgia through her window. She was not feeling well, and was reclined in her chair speaking very softly, and there was a big AC unit next the window, and the sun was hitting the screen making it very hard for us to see or hear her. It was not a very effective way to meet, unfortunately, so we kept it very brief, but that may have been for the best since Georgia was very tired and also not up for visiting very much. We sure love her and look forward to when we can have a more intimate way to visit with her. Lydia in her night prayer tonight said that she missed Georgia.
Then Lily visited with Jan a bit. Jan has been so sweet and supportive through this process, and I completely forgot to mention her daughter Chelsea who has been a complete angel to us. Chelsea has visited at least twice, brought us over lunch, sat with Georgia while she was over, bought her new garments, has given us good input (given her medical background), and has just cheered us up with her bright spirit.
Another person I forgot to mention in all this is Olivia. She is a nurse and she gave me a lot of great consultation about home-care solutions given she has worked in the home care industry. I’ve been so touched by all the support we’ve received at this time.
After visiting with Jan, we went to Starbucks for Lily and then Trader Joe’s. I got a kick out of this sign at Starbuck’s:
I felt my energy improving while Lily was getting very tired so I shopped at Trader Joe’s. While we were running errand I listened to “Come to my Window” by Melissa Ethridge because it reminded me of visiting Georgia through her window. I then got on a Tracy Chapman kick and read about her and purchased “fast car” and her new album “our bright future.” I’m excited to explore her more as everything I’ve heard and learned so far makes me really happy.
At home Lily and I were both wiped out. We put away groceries and then just crashed and rested for about an hour or so. Ammon and Clarissa played together, and Clarissa watched some TV (maybe Ammon did too).
Lydia and Mary played monopoly together:
After I rested, I got to work blogging, and given we were almost two weeks behind and there have been many events, it is now 10:47PM when I am about to wrap up. Lily fed the kids, cleaned and vacuumed and shopped. I’m feeling very in love with Lily and grateful for all she does and all the happiness she gives me. Now that I’m finally finished, we are going to go on a walk together and then I will work on the budget.