I had planned to check out a new church Sunday, but my neighbor Stephanie texted me and asked if I wanted to go for a walk during church, and so we did. And we ended up talking for over four hours about church issues we both have and then so many other things. I love meaningful conversations with a friend, especially someone so thoughtful and wise as Stephanie. I was so impressed with her intelligence. It really gave me hope for the world and, frankly, Orem. I can live in Orem when there are people like Stephanie around the corner.
I also let the kids make scary gingerbread houses from Trader Joe’s in the afternoon with Eli.
Abe mostly worked all day either at church or on Qualtrics and personal stuff. He was up until 2am journaling. I don’t know how he does it.
During FHE he found a black widow on our stairs. We were really scared it had bitten Clarissa because minutes earlier Clarissa had screamed on that exact stair and fallen off of it. So we monitored her but she seemed perfectly fine. The girls were scared, though. Lydia woke up through the night terrified she was going to get bitten. Thankfully we all made it through the night alive!