Where does the day go? 15 August 2016

I had every intention of doing some German indexing today--but it sure did not happen!

5 am this morning came way too soon--so some of my day was spent napping.  I no longer can get by on five and a half hours of sleep, which I did for way too many years.  In fact, I used to think that this was a good amount of sleep, but then I could not understand why my brain did not seem to function as well as previously.  I am not sure that my brain function has improved dramatically, but I do recognize that I really need to get at least six and a half or seven hours of sleep to feel rested.

Choir practice and then devotional took a couple of hours, and then I got my laundry done.  I very much enjoyed a morning conversation with Gregory, but I did not get to Skype with my Arizona grandchildren because they are already back in school!  I should not have been surprised, I guess, but I was.  I hope to chat with them Thursday afternoon.

Late afternoon I talked with my youngest daughter, and learned that my assessment of one of her co-workers who has negatively impacted her work environment was seconded by the head of the nursing program.  I think it helps to know that negative relationships are not necessarily fixable when one is not the instigator of the negativity.

This evening, instead of practicing German, I worked on a project unrelated to my mission.  I have been a member of FairMormon for several years, and my assignment is as transcription coordinator for our annual conference, which was held about two weeks ago.  Ironically, despite living within an hour's drive of Provo, where the conference is held, I was not able to attend this year, so I did not know which presenters may have given us a copies of their talks.  This afternoon I got the Dropbox link to check that out, and I am very happy that many of the 15 or so presentations will not need transcribing.  We will still need to do the Q & As, but that is pretty minimal.  In addition, I received today the transcripts of two talks from the reporter at Deseret News who covered the conference--huge blessing!  

I was so pleased to get an email today from a high school classmate saying she has caught up on reading this blog.  I hope that all who read it find it to be of value.  Thanks to all of you!