Flashing Light

Sometime in the very early morning hours, I was awakened by a flashing light. The phone blinks when there is a message on it. My first thought was how annoying the phone was, and the messages really needed to be checked. Then I become conscious of a loud noise in the distance. I finally woke up enough to realize the flashing light was lightning, and the noise was thunder. I did check the phone messages this morning. There 10 messages. Obviously the secretary is not working out.

The Surface of the Sun

Ian said the seasons are changing, but it still felt like he was living on the surface of the sun. I thought that was a great word picture.

This past weekend I woke up just before 5:00am. My mind was awake, so I got up. I was checking my email when I noticed a box in the bottom corner with a message saying, “Hi mom.” It was Ian. We got to chat for about ½ an hour. He said that he wouldn’t get to hear General Conference until he returned home, but he did get to watch a District Conference via DVD.  

He also shared that he thinks Phoebe looks a lot like her mother. We chatted about how cute all the little ones are. Of course that is a favorite subject with me. It was a nice way to begin my weekend.

Hot!

Monday was a very hot day. It was 108 degrees at school during the day. The school nurse told me that after sending a dozen kids home that were overcome with the heat, she asked the PE teachers to keep their classes in the air conditioned gym. Apparently the PE classes were walking the track. As I went from one building to another, it was like walking into and out of an oven. It was hot!