Visitors

Jorja spent all of the day in bed. She had some friends come and visit her, which made her so happy. The place that took out her wisdom teeth sent her flowers. They were so pretty. Too bad later in the day they got knocked over and spilled water all over her friend Cam.

Jorja

 Cam

 Cam & Jorja

Jack and Ellie stopped by from student government. Jorja LOVED that. They brought her a smoothie from Jamba Juice. They were so nice and talked to her for a long time. Jack got his wisdom teeth out a few months ago. He did it as a part of a study. Half of the participants get pain medication as they are recovering, half of them get a placebo. Jack is positive he received the placebo. The recovery was awful. He said he's glad he did it now, but he wouldn't want to do it again.

Jack & Ellie

 Jack, Ellie, Jorja

Her friend Mallory stopped by super late at night. Around 10:00 I think. She stayed until 1:00 in the morning. Jorja wasn't tired and had slept most of the day. Me, on the other hand..... I have been sleeping with Jorja, so I just crawled into bed and fell asleep while Mallory was here. She had just come back from Lake Powell, which is why she came so late. She is getting her wisdom teeth out on Monday.

Mallory

BYU played Boise State today and WON! BYU has only won three games this year, and all of them have been against teams in the top 25. They lost two games to teams they should have destroyed. Anyway, I was watching the game by myself and BYU scored on an amazing trick play. I was cheering and Mike was walking down the hall. I said, "Mike! Hurry you got to see this!" He kept walking at his same speed and said, "I'm good." It annoyed me so bad. I couldn't pause the game, so I couldn't show him the play. It made me so sad. I went from cheering to being really sad in a matter of seconds. I hate that I am alone and no one will enjoy this with me. Mike didn't like that he made me feel sad, but he doesn't understand that he makes me feel like he thinks he is better than me because I like sports. I gave up watching sports for years when the kids were little, but it was such a big part of my childhood and it has been fun getting back into it. This is how I bond with my brothers. We have a group text that we use and text during the games. It is my main interaction with my family. I love that, but sometimes I want to enjoy with someone in the same house as me. It did prompt me to ask Jorja if she would marry someone who liked sports just a little bit so I would have someone to talk to. She would not agree to my stipulation. Anyway, I was watching the football game and following the baseball game on my phone. I didn't have the channel of the Astros/Yankees game. If the Astros won (which they did) they were going to the World Series. I had walked into the guest room to check on Jorja. Mike had spent most of the day with her. I looked down at my phone and said that Altuve was up. He's my favorite player on the Astros and I thought it would be amazing if he hit a walk-off. Which he DID!!!! Anyway, Mike said, "Is he the one that throws the football?" Hahahahahaha Oh my gosh! I hate it that no one enjoys sports with me, but sometimes you get gems like this that will make me laugh for days. BYU scored a touchdown and Altuve hit a walkoff homerun as I was leaving the room. Wow! What a fun day for sports!

Jorja's Teeth

Jorja got her wisdom teeth out today. The procedure went great with no complications. Hopefully she'll recover quickly.

Jorja

 Jorja being wheelchaired out to the car

Jorja kept sending videos to people on the way home. Here are a few of them. She couldn't drink water, and she somehow convinced herself that her friend Ben died. He was killed by a spider. It was very logical. I couldn't find the clip where she was scared of a triangle. So...

"I shouldn't drink water"

Ben killed by a spider

Hailey went to Ben's funeral

Jorja sent a message to Cam saying that Ben died. He wrote back saying, "I heard. It's so sad." So, that convinced her Ben died for sure, didn't matter what I said.

Cam hacked the system from heaven

From Ben

Volcanoes in Utah, but I'm Jorja's favorite

Poor Porge

Hailey and Spencer came over to see Jorja today. They came separately, but ended up being here at the same time. Spencer brought Jorja a lemonade from Swig.

Hailey, Jorja, Spencer

Jorja felt better toward the end of the day and really wanted to go to U-Swirl. She mostly wanted to get out of the house. Jack was over playing with Preston, so we brought him with us. These two get along so well, I love it.

Jack & Preston

Jorja

Pumpkin Patch

Jorja wasn't supposed to work today. Originally she was supposed to get her wisdom teeth out today, but a few weeks ago the place called and changed her appointment to Friday. I guess then she gets one day of fall break to play. Madison went to St. George with her friends. She was scheduled to work and couldn't find anyone to take her shift. Jorja ended up working for her. She wasn't too excited about it because she had made plans with two girls to go get their nails done and hang out for a bit. Jorja was excited because this was the first time she would ever have hung out with them. Anyway, she had to cancel. Hopefully they will do something together another time. Jorja asked me if she could go out to breakfast with Ben instead. So, that is what she did before work.

Ben

After work she had a double date with Hailey. Jorja asked a kid from work named Cam and Hailey asked one of her friends named Brad. Jorja loved it. All four of them got along really well. Jorja had the best time. This was really good for her. Anyway, they went to dinner, picked out pumpkins at a pumpkin patch, carved them, watched the first part of Coraline and made cookies. Jorja and Cam were supposed to leave at 10:00 to go to a Haunted House for a work party. Right as they were about to leave they got a text that the Haunted Forest had shut down for the night because of the rain. So, it was cancelled. Glad they got the message before they left.

Cam

 Cam & Jorja

 Jorja likes to take blurry awkward pictures on purpose

 Then make them look like this

While Jorja was at work, Aysha and Autumn stopped by and dropped off a cup of cookies. I gave them to Jorja when they were carving pumpkins. Jorja started crying and said, "Ahhh, a cup of cookies? I remember when we delivered cups of cookies to people. That is so nice!"

 Jorja

 Future pumpkin (Brad in the background)

 Hailey & Brad ~ they made a cool coconut tree

 Jorja & Cam

 Jorja pulled out her My Twin doll. I guess she thought it looked like Coraline

Out of Business

Jorja was able to drop off her poster, flowers and pumpkin before school. The other kids in her group weren't able to meet her. She did send a text about it super late at night though. Anyway, she dropped it off and felt good about it. In student government, Sam Strong, the student body president said, "I want to give a shout out to Jorja Smith for being the first person in student government to do their act of kindness in four years." Then everyone clapped. Haha

I have been in charge of the missionary plaques for our ward for several years now. It's pretty easy. Once I get the information I send it to Joe's Trophy. They have our ward on file, so it is convenient. Except for the location, it is in Salt Lake. I finally got Ashley Scott's missionary information and sent it to them. I usually hear back the next day, but I didn't hear anything for a week and a half. I called, but their number had been disconnected. Not a good sign. Mike stopped by there on the way home from work and took this picture for me. So.....gotta figure out a new plan now.

Preston was sick today. He didn't eat his breakfast and looked just awful. I told him he needed to go back to sleep. He slept until noon. I made him a cheesemallow sandwich when he woke up. Then we played battleship and mancala. I dropped him off at school for seventh period. He was the host of the book club. He wrote his questions out last night and had treats. It's a big part of his grade, so he didn't want to miss it. He managed to make it through class and went back to sleep once he got home. I got a call today for a job interview. It would be in the attendance office at Alta. Those guys are my best friends! Haha. I know they are interviewing a lot of people, so I doubt I'd get the job, but it would be cool to be at the same school as Jorja. The hours are perfect too. 11:30-3:00. Just enough to get out of the house, but I'd get to be home with the kids. If I do get the job, hopefully no one gets mono.

Jorja and Hailey hung out today until it was time for Jorja to go to work. They had a blast together and spent most of the time recreating old videos they had made. Jorja had to close, so she got off late. She went to Walmart after work with Cam. They have a date tomorrow and Jorja wanted matching socks. Why? I don't know. They couldn't find any though.

Jorja & Cam