Saturday, November 27, 2010

Ups and Downs

November has been a month of ups and downs.

Up -- Willie survived the first term of high school and four months of football!
Up -- A quick trip to Washington, DC for some leadership training
Up -- Happy Birthday, Karl
Down -- Uncle Blaine passed away the night I returned home from DC
Up -- We saw family and friends we had not connected with for many years due to Uncle Blaine's passing
Down -- Mom's health diminished -- any stress puts her over the edge and losing her brother was very difficult for her
Up -- Willie made the high school basketball team!
Up -- Willie was a main speaker in church -- excellent talk!
Up -- I had lunch with a good friend!
Down -- My good friend is battling pancreatic cancer.
Up -- This friend who has cancer looks really good in her wig!
Up -- Attended an excellent meeting at UVU on Women and Education
Down -- The meeting focused on how our young women in Utah are delaying or choosing not to pursue higher education
Down -- Attending the Bye, Bye, Birdie production at the high school
Up -- Tending Molly while Haley attended a math conference
Up -- Sunday dinner at Annie's
Up -- Watching the "double tts" while Annie attended a staff meeting
Up -- Attending the Joesph production at another high school
Down -- Not attending the Nutcracker (niece and nephew performed) because of a crazy snow storm and icy roads
Up -- Short work/school week -- Thanksgiving Holiday
Down -- A colleague's wife passed away -- brain tumor
Up -- Utah's basketball team looks good and is playing pretty well
Up -- Karl had a job interview with a medical device company (keep your fingers crossed)
Up -- Family for Thanksgiving dinner at my house -- it was very nice to have the Petersens together
Down -- Preparing for Thanksgiving dinner at my house was exhausting -- but a good exhaustion
Up -- Sleeping in the day after Thanksgiving
Down -- Willie has more homework than any teenager should have -- reading, note taking, memorizing a 50 line poem, math assignments and preparing for math tests, French projects, physics problems, and driving (all this month)
Up -- Willie gets very good grades!
Up -- Willie is a very good driver!
Up -- Utah actually beat BYU in football today
Down -- It was the "ugly Betty special" (to quote Joe Cravens) -- a terribly played game
Up -- It's Saturday night and I have time to do some blogging
Down -- Only one more day and then back to work!
Up -- Christmas is less than 30 days away!
Up -- Life is good!

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