Adventures in Baby-sitting

It's been awhile since we last posted anything new, so we apologize to our loyal blog readers. We've kept pretty busy this past month and a half. The first weekend of September I rode out with my dad to Rexburg to help my sister, Emily get moved in for her 3rd year at BYU-I. It was a whirlwind adventure, driving over 3,000 miles in 5 days. I really enjoyed the trip, but feel like I have definitely hit my road trip quota for the year. No drive seems that long to me anymore.

The day after I got back I started working at a local radio station. I got the job through a temp agency. It is nice to be making a little money and to have something to keep me busy, but I think the job will be temporary. The work environment is just not desirable. Anthony says the station owner/manager runs the place with a pre-humanistic/positive psychology management style. For example, as front desk receptionist I transcribe all voice mails each morning. After I print out two copies I file one in the voicemail log and deliver the other personally to the manager. He then reads the message and decides how to act. Once, after transcribing the message I told the person the message was for about the call. Ten minutes later after the boss reviewed the log he called me back to his office and told me to let the person know about the message. I told him I had already taken care of it. Five minutes after I left his office his personal assistant stopped by my desk and told me that it wasn't my place to deliver messages to anyone before the manager reviewed them. Whatever. I'll just stick it out until Christmas and look for a part-time job next semester.

Anthony has been extremely busy. He is finishing up his mid-terms this week and has Thursday and Friday off from school. We were planning on taking a trip, but I couldn't get time off from work, so have temporarily postponed our plans. Anthony is doing really well in all his classes, receiving high marks on tests and projects alike. He also seems to be fairly well-liked by his teachers and classmates. It is fun seeing him excited about school and the things he is doing at work. On top of his school commitments, he is also busy with the Teacher's Quorum in our ward. The guys in his quorum are really cool, as well as the leaders he works with.

This past weekend we baby-sat for my best friend from high school, Stephanie, and her husband Pat. It was their 5 year anniversary and her 25th birthday. They have been such good friends to us since we've moved here, we wanted to do something nice for them. So, since we don't have a lot of money right now we offered to watch their kids so they could relax and spend some time together without the kids. They have two daughters. McKenna is almost three years old and Paige is 10 weeks. We watched them from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. We had a really fun time, but I had forgotten (never knew?!?!) how exhausting tending little ones can be! The girls were very good and didn't cause us any problems, but it was such a different kind of work than we were used to. I had to teach my Primary class and prepare a Sharing Time for Sunday and thought I would have plenty of time, no problem, to get them done, but I didn't really have any free time. I'm sure once I'm a mother myself I will learn to prioritize and focus, but this weekend gave me a new found appreciation for my parents and all the other parent's out there. It's hard work, not to mention a full-time job by itself. When I was in school I used to look forward to the days when I would have kids and could just hang out all day. I guess I'm a little off. Anthony was great. He did more work than me. I think he really enjoyed watching the Red Sox games with little Paige nestled in his arm. We are both pretty tired today, but I get to go to bed soon. Anthony is staying up late to study. Hopefully as things slow down a little bit we can do a better job of keeping out blog up-to-date.