It is Tuesday night and the week is well under way. I'll start with Monday and then catch things up to this evening.
Monday - I woke up early and played basketball. I struggle to get going in the mornings, but I love the feeling of getting some good cardio exercise in the morning. I really hope I can teach my kids the importance of good exercise every day. I can start by being a better example myself - I've really not been doing very good at exercise - I'm only getting out 2-3 times a week. I need to get out EVERYDAY!
After ball, we enjoyed waffles and bid farewell to Dad and Robin. Their weekend stay was over and the kids were out of school. This was also Amy's first day at watching the neighbor's kids, Kindall and Coltan. They are good kids, but it is really a challenge to watch them on top of all the other things she needs to do. She will be watching them every Monday & Tuesday - she promised to do it through the month of October as a start. I'm not sure she's going to make it. She likes to have a little more freedom and these two kids are a real handful on top of what she already has to do! I worked from home for the morning, then went to work around noon.
At work, I learned something very sad - I learned that Ben Reding has not liked working with me for the entire year. I was VERY shocked to learn this. We spent several hours talking about things, but I'm certain there's very little I could have done differently to change things along the way. Ben should have come to me and shared his feelings with me. It could have saved a TON of grief. But, it was a good lesson to me. I'm sometimes very hard on people, setting the bar high and expecting greatness. As a leader, I need to be a little more sensitive to the feelings of other and make sure they are aligned with my expectations. In retrospect, with these lessons in mind, I definitely would have done things a bit differently, but without these lessons, I'm not sure I could have!
Anyway, I got out of work around 4pm, I rushed home and we all went to see "Dolphin Tale 2" together. It was a really great movie and I'm super glad we took the time to go see it. I was in tears and it was great. Honestly, I was actually VERY emotional as I was still dealing with Dad's announcement from the night before - I still can't believe that he is re-marrying so quickly. I knew it would happen, but I had no idea it would be so soon!
Today - Tuesday - I was still pretty emotional. I was hoping to play some basketball, but was booked with meetings over lunch. In fact, I was pretty slammed with meetings for most of the day. I'm also trying to get my Elway Dashboard updated for the meeting with Tammy on Wednesday. I will be able to make some changes, but honestly, it will take a while before we get everything she needs - super frustrating!
In the evening, we planned a fireside for the priests at my house. I brought home some hot wings and we sat around the fire, enjoying the food and talking about how they can all be better. I tought the fireside and the lesson was on "staying within the lines". The goal was to talk about why keeping the commandments keeps us safe and happy. I was hoping for some more participation from Kyle, but in the end, I think we had a great lesson. I definitely felt the spirit, but not as strongly as I should have. I did not get much time to prepare, so I was "shooting from the hip". Preparation helps to bring the spirit - I will repent and do better next time, for sure!
After the fireside, we played some hoops for a while, then at 8:30pm, my presidency showed up, so we had our YM Presidency meeting. It was a great meeting, but we went until nearly 10:30pm again. I have a really hard time keeping that meeting under 2 hours. There's always too much to discuss!
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