Going in to the Library today I never suspected that when I came out I would see lovely sunshine--even close to evening. I may be wrong, but it seems that there are more daylight hours here in the winter than back in Missouri. Maybe it has to do with the position in the time zone--or maybe not. Anyway, snow was no longer falling, the snow on the car was almost all gone, and tpday was the expiration date on the coupon for an inexpensive haircut. All of this encouraged me to travel to get a haircut. This particular chain has instituted online checkin, which I do not actually use, so I was told it would be a 90 minute wait. I opted to walk to a nearby grocery store, and on the way back I figured if the wait would still be extensive I would cancel.
The universe was still conspiring to get me a haircut--because in the 20 minutes I was gone, the wait time dropped to about 15 minutes! My hair was cut and I was back at the apartment in about an hour. I opted for a shorter cut than I am used to getting, partly because the dry weather out here does not seem to help me with controlling my sometimes difficult hair. Actually, as I recall pictures of me as a child, I think I have often had issues along this line. I am hoping that back in the more humid Missouri, some of the control will return--we shall see.
I spent a lot of time in the Training room today. Our new missionaries have been making good progress, and three of them turned in their Level 1 work to me. Because I was scheduled there for a lot of the time I was able to go through things almost like tutoring--except all of them decided to get in on the lessons! It was kind of fun, as this group is quite cohesive, similar to our last group. They are fun to work with. They seem to like my style of interacting with them, maybe because I can relate to some of the memory issues they have, and the frustrations of instructions not making sense.
Of course, as I prepare more in-service lessons I find that it is really difficult to remember to include all the knowledge points one wants to impart. And sometimes, I just get things wrong. At the morning in-service I learned that there are not just two ways to search Ancestry's card catalog--there are multiple ways! In addition, one can view one's own tree even in ancestryinstitution--you just cannot attach sources or manipulate the data! So I now feel more empathy for those who are trying to implement the e-training for FamilySearch. I had not been scheduled to give the in-service this morning, but the display computer was not working so I did it as a hands-on class, which worked out really well, and was easier for me than for the person scheduled to do the lesson.
I had time at lunch to text birthday greetings to my granddaughter and to a long-time friend. Now I am just waiting for my nightly call from my Sweetheart. Even though tomorrow the Library does not open until 9, I am quite tired. I stayed about 90 minutes over to do more of my Eppingen research. I was able to fix two more incorrectly attached people, without going down to Escalation, Tomorrow I expect to attend the temple, as I should be able to get to the 5 p.m. session.
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