morrowlife

Here’s one of our cabin steward’s towel animal creations from our recent cruise. I believe this one was from our first night, and it’s pretty much the only one where we were absolutely certain what it was. Our steward wasn’t much of a towel folder. Part of my famous Statue series.

Had Youth Conference on Saturday and Sunday. They were LONG days full of very hard work, but very rewarding. I’m glad to have had Friday off to get my own things done, although a significant portion of that day was spent buying stuff for the Youth Conference dance.

Otherwise, nothing happened. Back to normal today. I have a pretty big fireside to plan and conduct this coming Sunday evening – feel like we’re pretty much just able to address the next thing on the calendar at this point. Not a good feeling. Don’t know how to improve it at this point, though, so we’ll just keep plodding along.

I’ll leave you with this exciting Loyal Reader employment opportunity: thieving baboon.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s some Great Art I took by accident. And it still turned out great – a little bit Arty for my taste, but Great for sure. LRN12 was over here the other day and watched a little TV. I was firmly ensconced in my recliner.

Off Friday today. Got the Suburban filled and washed (over a hundred bucks – yikes!), got the Honda washed, exercised at the gym, bought a new sport coat, a beautiful wool overcoat, a suit, and five beautiful ties, including a Jerry Garcia. Pretty cool, in a 60’s kind of way. Also bought all the food we need for tomorrow’s Youth Conference dance, of which I am in charge. Also borrowed a chocolate fountain, which the yoots will love, I predict.

Gorgeous day, by the way. It was in the upper 70’s and perfectly sunny. Couldn’t have been nicer. Tomorrow and Sunday are supposed to be beautiful also. Saturday is the first day of spring, which is very welcome as far as I’m concerned. I’m ready for the summertime, and spring is the first step towards summer, no?

Have to leave for Youth Conference at about 8:45 AM and I expect to get home at about 11:00 PM. Should be a long day. I expect it to be fun, but long. LRN2 and LRN4 are coming for dinner and the dance, which will be nice. It’s being held at the Oakland temple – the yoots are going over there for a while, and we’re doing all kinds of other activities for them. A lot of work has gone into it, and we’ll be glad when it’s over. Then on to the next activity. This Stake Young Men President thing is a lot of work! Much busier than the high council.

I expected to be speaking in church this Sunday too. When I went to confirm the details this morning, I discovered that the new schedule has a bye month for me this month. Last month was also a bye for me, so I haven’t spoken for a while. It turned out well today, though, as I’ll be so busy this weekend anyway. Next month I speak in my home ward, which will also be nice. For me, if not for them.

And I’m off to bed. I’ll leave you with this bit of relationship advice: not all surprises are welcome.

See you on Monday.

Here’s the rocket garden in my office. Picture not taken in my office, of course, since that’s not allowed. I moved everything outside. Great Art courtesy of my new Blackberry, which has a 2MP camera, just like my beloved iPhone.

No posts the last couple of days. It’s been a pretty busy week. Thanks to Anon for noticing.

Had lunch on Tuesday and dinner on Wednesday with my brother-in-law Ken. He was in town selling stuff and had some time, so he came over to my office Tuesday. We had sushi in downtown Sunnyvale. The food was good; the street was torn up so business apparently stinks right now. I hope they get it finished before everybody goes out of business. We originally went there to eat at a really good English pub – fish and chips, bangers and mash, etc. They weren’t open, presumably because nobody’s going there right now.

Wednesday’s dinner was at our house. Corned beef and cabbage for St. Patty’s day.

Went to a benefit concert this evening by young musicians in Modesto. Very well done. Good music and excellent performances by everyone. LRN2’s piano teacher’s daughter had organized it as her way of doing something for Haiti earthquake relief. Her goal was to raise $5000, and she was up to something like $4250 by the time everything was said and done. She was pushing for a little bit more on the way out the door, too.

Time for bed. No food violence news tonight – maybe next time. See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN2 with the other guys who received their Eagle awards last month. That’s him on the left. Congrats, LRN2!

Extreme short shrift. Very busy evening, very busy day, very busy weekend, and the week is shaping up to be absurdly busy.

Another one of my people had his last day at work today. I’m very sad to see him go – he’s been a good friend.

And there’s really nothing else I need to get to tonight. Maybe tomorrow, although it’s doubtful – we have a meeting in Tracy that starts at 8:30. I won’t be getting home until quite late tomorrow night, and sleep is a precious commodity these days.

So I’ll leave you with this extremely rare toilet voilence news: lid assault! The police have nothing to go on.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s the ship that was parked next door to ours in Long Beach. Their cruises tend to be remarkably short, but they’re probably pretty luxurious. Or at least they used to be. Part of my famous Machinery series.

No post yesterday. I had something going on. Or nothing. Don’t really remember. Tonight was Scout Roundtable, which I attended and enjoyed. Got to meet some people and chat with others I already knew. I need to make my presence felt there a bit.

Got another person’s two-week notice today. Sigh. Another plaque and luncheon and another one of my favorite people gone soon.

Many thanks to LRN4 for his encouraging words in Tuesday’s comments. At least one reader is Loyal. I’m sure there are others. Maybe. Probably not.

LRN2 has started putting fabric back on the second half of the (no longer) blue sofa. The first half looks great, so the outlook remains optimistic for the second half. Should be done within a few days now.

Nothing else going on. I have a commitment at a yoot training evening for one of the other wards, so posting might be sporadic tomorrow too. I’ll try for something, anyway. LRN12’s coming for the weekend tomorrow. Should be a lot of fun. Because she’s a lot of fun.

I’ll leave you with this shocking food violence news: Taco Bell prospective employee robbery!

See you tomorrow.