Wardy

Where do I start?   August has been a busy short month.  We've had hot and cool and rain. Plans were for Education Week at BYU in Provo.  It is the highlight of the year for me and my girls getting together for this week of learning and enjoying being together. Even Chrystal and Megan were with is this year.  Choosing the classes and instructors is the hard part.  I love the musical classes, Marvin Goldstien with Vanisa Joy and Janice Kapp Perry, the Heartbound ladies and James O Miner.  They are all so great musically and special messages.  I am always so impressed with the intelligent people there.  I took classes on Christopher Columbus and Washington that were so good. Classes on angels, temple symbolism.........Too much to name.  Symbolism in the temple helped me a lot.  We have to think of Adam and Eve as symbols representing ourselves. I guess I have had a hard time doing that as I always seem to take things at face value.  Adam was the first flesh.  It was clearified to me that meant the 'first mortal flesh' which is different than animal flesh.  The new Temple Film is really beautiful and different than before...not is substance, but in filming. There is more emotion in this one than before too.  I think it will mean more to me now.
Jay A Parry taught the classes on America ... Columbus and Washington ... warnings of the last days are here and yet we can be comforted knowing that this is still the promised land where Christ will come. Many hard times are ahead, but if we stay firm in the gospel we will be protected.  One thing that I love going out there is to see over 30,000 people trying to be better people.

The Wednesday before going, Aug. 14th, I was at Wanda's watering her plants with a hose while they were gone that week and as I reached up to turn the hose on, I stepped up one step and as I turned around the hose caught my foot and I really crashed on my head, right side shoulder and hip.  I was bleeding all over and couldn't get up without my leg hurting terribly.  I finally struggled up and dragged myself up the steps to the deck on over to the door ( that was unlocked - they never leave a door unlocked)  through the kitchen to the phone where I called Gay. I was so glad to hear her voice. She is outside so much away from the phone.  She and Duane came and he carried me to the car and they took me to the Urgent Care place.  I left a trail of blood everywhere.  Got Xrays and 5 stitches in my head, but nothing seemed to be broken.  I couldn't believe not even a concussion. I stayed at Gay's that night and then to Wanda's for a couple of nights before coming home. Had a wheelchair.  I was determined that I would continue to get better so went with Wendy on Monday to Ed Week.  My hip still hurt a lot, but they pushed me all over when I couldn't do it my self in the walker. The wheelchair would have been better, but harder to bring.  Being a handicapped person got me some perks getting into classes sometimes.  I made it through all but one class on Tuesday but had to take breaks on other days. Friday was bad. It was cold, can you believe? and I had to go to the room 4 classes early.  Gay went with me on the van and put me to bed where I got warm and went to sleep till they came back. They ordered pizza in and we went to the big room with tables etc to eat and share our class information.  That was so good, but I was ready for bed again.  As Gay tucked me in I started to cry because of the love I felt for my girls.  They were so good and caring even though I robbed them of some classes.  Well, you don't cry around Gay. She started teasing me and I asked for a Kleenex so Chrystal gave me one and I said, "Don't tell Wendy!"  She has this way of making me feel better by covering me with kleenexs till I'm ready to punch her.  We all started laughing and Wendy shows up wanting to know what she missed. They couldn't tell her 'cause I said not to...Finally, I told her Chrystal had given me a Kleenex and we didn't want her to be mad.  So she had to do her part. Anyway, laughter is the best medicine.  And Gay is named rightly.  Nobody can be sad around her for long.  She and Chrystal always turn on the jazzy music every morning and go dancing around like they didn't know better. Wanda put her hands up and said, " I'm not a morning person!"  but she loved it too. 

Wendy wasn't ready to go home so she took us the long way. .. through ParkCity and then to Francis where we got lost trying to find the Wolf Creek Pass road. Her GPS thingy kept trying to send us back to Heber.  We finally made it home the beautiful way through Hanna where I hoped to pick up my painting that is there, but it was closed again. Guess I need to call to be sure they are there and make a special trip.

My hip is not feeling much better. I have just laid around for two days, except for this morning Gay and Chrystal came and took me to get my stitches out and we ended up there for two hours. My left ear was plugged up so they tried to get the wax out of both ears and it didn't work. So I came home really deaf and will go back tomorrow to finish. My glasses should be there too.  I did make an appointment with Dr Mason on Friday to check my hip. Hope it is just slow to heal.