I thought this morning that I ought to try to wish my Sweetheart a Happy Birthday in as many ways as I could long distance [next year will be different!!]. The first was a text, then a Facebook post and a Facebook message. Then this evening I even got to do a LinkedIn message, which was very appropriate, since a LinkedIn invite more than a year ago was the impetus for our relationship.
In addition we got to talk a while by phone this morning, and should talk again tonight when he finishes his temple shift. And he did get the birthday card I sent, so I think maybe he got the message!!! It is fun to be a little crazy and creative, even though we are separated by so many miles. I am truly grateful for the electronic miracles that can keep us connected.
Today was the first section of our monthly Mission Conference. Our musical number was If You Could Hie to Kolob, one of my favorites. As usual our practice was not the best. And I think I was not singing the last verse correctly even to the very end. But it was very well-received, and I got a bit choked up, as I usually do when singing one of the most powerful hymns I know of. Tomorrow we get to do it again, and I hope to be able to practice in the morning a bit on the part I still do not know.
The speakers were the 2nd Counselor in the mission presidency and his wife, and our mission president. I was able to hear and understand most of what was said. I especially liked being reminded of the misunderstood passage in Matthew: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect. President Hanson reminded us of the footnote in our LDS edition, which indicates that "perfect" actually means "fully developed or mature", not "without flaw". That sure is comforting.
During my shift I completed another in-service PowerPoint and began a second one. For a while I wondered if I would get to do this--the computer in the Training Room was upgraded to Windows 10 [it had been so nice to go back to Windows 7 when I got here], and it took a while for the computer to recognize my flash drive. I also did some follow-up on learning materials with members of my study group. Then, in the late afternoon, I figured out how to change some of my attached documents into sources! That is rather amazing, and will increase the value of those documents in the historical sense.
This morning I blessedly looked more closely at the enclosures for my absentee ballot, and learned I needed to get my signature notarized on the envelope when I send it in. So I decided this evening to actually check out some of the candidates for offices for which the Constitution Party has no candidate. I was pleased with the Republican candidates for almost all of the offices, so except for President/Vice President and US Senate, where the Constitution Party has candidates, and an Independent running for Governor, I voted Republican. The ballot issues were a mixed bag, and I almost never feel competent to vote about the judges. I may check out a few more things tomorrow, but Thursday, on my P day, I need to find a notary public. I live within a few blocks of a school, and in the Missouri public schools the secretaries are notaries, so I hope that is true in Utah also.
Just finished a nice chat with my Sweetheart, so I am off to slumber-land.
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