4.12

O hi kid,

Once again I missed my Wednesday deadline fo my letter to you. I’m pretty sure you’re not anxiously awaiting these notes, but I do enjoy and maybe even need to write them. It’s probably just my way of keeping connected to you.

Every day this week there’s been a little snowflake symbol on my weather app. Since the little car has summer tires, I’ve decided to drive the jeep on those days. Well, so far, the number of snow flakes falling from the sky is only slightly higher that the one lonely flake on the forecast. I kinda hope for a good storm, at least one this winter.

Work is getting pretty busy. It’s occupying a large portion of my thought process. Ive committed to keep my prayer open to everything that’s on my mind, both spiritual and temporal , so I’ve been talking to heavenly father about the things on my mind. It’s been pretty amazing how he’ll put things in my mind, instantly, and when I act on them, it’s the right thing. He also seems to find ways to bring solutions to things that I have had no idea on how to solve. In those cases, sometimes they solve themselves, sometimes they go away, or sometimes I look at them and the answer is so obvious I forget why I was so confused by it in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, being new here I’m still often confused or just uninformed. Even after three months, there’s so much to learn here. I also get frustrated, over people not being prepared, or not being professional. It’s everywhere I guess. But in general, people here are pretty nice, they know their stuff, and they appreciate what you do. 

My boss Mike seems to be comfortable enough to give me a little heat and a little razzing. I feel some comfort in that. Maybe I have a little of that Chris Bigelow trait in me of not trusting when people are too nice. Even the guy on my staff, who has been the biggest single challenge for me since I got here, has mellowed a little. I’m still astonished at the things he can take offense to. Things that were in no way intended as a dig or an insult. I’m not talking about things from me either. Just things he encounters from others in the normal function of the business day. Sometime the reaction you choose to have can make you miserable.

Your mom’s pretty busy these days. Between her Saturday art class, her Tuesday ESL class, he YW calling and all of us butt smelly dudes in her house, she does not stop. She is a really strong and driven person. I love that about here, As I’ve started this new job, I’ve tried to be like her.

The Utes don’t play till Sunday art Colorado, then they have two road games next week.

Your grandma and Grandpa are doing well. Looks like aunt Patti is doing Ok too. She’s had baby Reese with her this last week so she’s been pretty happy about it. Artie has some decisions to make, hard ones. I don’t think his dad can ever understand how his selfish decisions have hurt his family.

Well, love you kid,

Pops

P.S. I saw a video yesterday about Bo Jackson. They were having an NFL combine at auburn. He had decided not to participate and was on his way to track practice. His coach asked him to run the 40 for the scouts that were there. He kinda whined about it and just ran one. He pulled up at the end because there wasn’t too much room in the building after the finish line. He got a 4.5 and his coach scolded him and told him to run a @#$% 40 yard dash. He said okay, open the door at the end of the track and put my bags out there because I gotta go to track practice. He runs it and just keeps going. The electronic timer has him at 4.12, bit some of the scouts with their hand timers had him down at a 3.9. he said he didn’t even find out until after track practice. That guy was insane.