Maysen the Editor

I got a lot of pictures from Mike today. Sounds like he is having a great time at the cabin. He has worked a lot on his boat. He added a fishing pole holder, a gear hammock and a sink drying rack. These are pictures from the last two days of work. Mike said Bear did really well on the boat and the auto pilot is so cool.

Bear

Jorja is still pretty sick. At 10:00 this morning she sent me texts about how she still feels dizzy. She's not feeling good. Her throat isn't hurting but she feels so dizzy, like she is about to pass out. The FSY people are letting her take naps during class now, even though she isn't on break. She has been going outside and sleeping on the grass. I hope she starts feeling better soon. Too bad she can't fully enjoy her last week at FSY.

Stockton texted us about he was conducting a class where the general YM president and wife were in attendance. He got to shake President Lund's hand. Stockton is really liking his group of boys this week. I'm so glad he got a great group after the rough time he had last week.

I got locked out of the house today while I was running to the mailbox. The door shut behind me and for some reason the handle doesn't work. Preston was still asleep and Maysen was on a work call. I had to hop the fence and find a way inside. Preston and I both had eye appointments later today. Nice to get that done.

Maysen is being moved to the editing team at her job. She is super excited about this. A few weeks ago they asked the content writers to turn in 3,000 words a day. Maysen was asked to try to turn in 2,000 when she was hired. Trying to get to 3,000 has been so hard for her. Mostly because she turns in quality work and it takes awhile to research about whatever topic she needs to write about. Somehow she doesn't know the banking or real estate practice in Malta at the top of her head. She has been working almost non stop during the week. From the time she wakes up until the time she goes to bed. It is just not sustainable to keep doing this. When one of the editors left Maysen reached out and asked if she could become an editor. Well, she had a training this morning and she is starting today. She is really excited about it. I think this will be a much better job for her. Hope it is!

Sad Faces

I had work today. It was good. One of the vice principals came and talked to me about signing up for an AP workshop, so I think that means I still have my new job. I couldn't figure out how to sign up for it though. It kept saying I needed to delete things on the computer. I did not want to touch that while I was at work, so Mike helped me sign up at home.

Stockton is looking forward to this week. It is looking to be great with a smaller group and older kids. Jorja messaged me that she feels horrible. Her throat and head hurt, she is really dizzy and doesn't have energy. She thinks she is mostly jet lagged. We were planning on going to the cabin today. I told Mike I didn't feel good leaving right now when Jorja was so sick, even though she isn't at home. I didn't know if she would need to come home and I wouldn't be there. I figured she would be much better tomorrow. Mike and Bear went up today. Preston and I will hopefully be going up tomorrow. Jorja did buy a ticket to Denver to hang out with her new friend Eliza on her birthday. Jorja likes her co-counselor and he even gave her a blessing today. She says her kids are really good. She has ten girls and they are 15-16 years old. Hopefully she feels better. This is her last week of FSY.

I sent this picture to Jorja of a note I got from Mrs. Catlin a few months after we moved to Utah. Emma and Jorja were such good friends. Moving is hard.

In Progress

Today started off great. I went to Alta early to help with their summer school. It is chaotic at the beginning, but once everyone is settled it isn't so bad. I left after the rush and took Preston to the dentist. It was nice to see Eric and things are looking great with Preston's teeth. I dropped Preston off at home and went back to work. I had a great day until Paula asked me to call HR and ask when my official starting date for my job would be. Paula wanted to know how long she could use me. When I called I found out they were reposting the job, even though it was already offered to me. They listed it as a licensed position and already interviewed at least three people. I am not a licensed counselor, so now they have to resist the position and I have to apply again. I'm not sure if I have to interview again or if they will be required to interview at least three people. So, I'm a little bummed about that. Hopefully if they change their mind I can get my job with Paula back. We shall see.

AP tests came out last week while Preston was at FSY. I had him look up his scores. He had already looked them up, but I guess that was information he didn't see as important. Preston got a 4 on his computer science test and the Chinese test says 'in progress'. Turns out the entire class is still waiting for their scores that were suppose to be released next week. There was a problem with the computers on the test and so many people had problems that Shannon filed an incident report for the entire class. I think that is why this is taking so long. The stressful thing is if the kids pass the test, they get moved to a different class. It is a college concurrent enrollment class. Working with the registrar and not knowing where to put an entire class is not ideal. At all. Hopefully the scores get released soon and hopefully Preston passes.

Working from the Cabin

Mike left this morning to spend a few days working from the cabin with a few of his co-workers.  Mike had an entire agenda typed up.  He had fun planning this.  From the pictures he sent, it looks like working from the cabin is a lot of fun.  I love the picture below.  It looks like they are up at the springs.  One of my favorite spots on earth!

Jeff, Becky, Mike

 Jeff & Becky

 Jeff

 Becky & Mike

Mike was a little worried because the pictures Bubs sent didn't show a whole lot of snow.  I think they've managed just fine.

Stockton helped me with scouts today.  Judy couldn't come.  We worked on knots.  At least I have the wolves, so the knots they need to learn are the easy ones!  I stayed up late watching BYU lose to Gonzaga. Collingsworth has been a lot of fun to watch this season.