Lone Man #8

Some of my day:

• Got up, went to work, forgot to drop off the dry cleaning
  
• Talked to my brother-in-law who just returned from his mission
  
• Was fairly productive at work, until a little earthquake had us all out on the lawn. I helped give the scoop to my office mates as I searched twitter and local news on my phone.
  
• Building manager closed the office, so we filed back to the garage and headed home.
  
• TMo service didn't work, so connected via WiFi on the Bb and could send/receive calls again
  
• Checked in on home teaching families
  
• Took out the trash
  
• Dinner
  
• Scriptures and read the new Ensign
  
• Organized some work files
  
• Did an online writing assessment
  
• Read about "the 'quake"
  
• Talked to Jill
  
• Blogged and went to bed
  

Some pics:

Hook'n'Ladder made it around our dinky roundabout.

It made it through.

Good thing there weren't cars on the road...

Some Europeans with a news organization wandered over and started talking to some folks; we turned our faces and walked away...

Minor injury being treated

Another fire truck that drove past our buildings

Lone Man #7

Schedule

• Up and out the door for work
  
• Grabbed some eggs and cheese on the way home; forgot that I wanted some bread, too. Oops. Distracted by the new brand of queso on sale; bad call - not that great.
  
• Made dinner and watched Behind Taliban Lines (Frontline)
  
• Remote technical support for the family... (gotta love TeamViewer)
  
• Packed a lunch and cleaned up from dinner
  
• Scriptures, and caught up on some of the Sunday School lessons I hadn't read yet
  
• Tried some online personality assessments
  
• Updated CJ's blog
  
• Debated between book and random movie from netflix queue, grabbed both. Made a list of other things to read from the sources cited in the book.
  
• Talked to Jill and went to bed
  

Found the following note: Hidden inside the little container that holds the fingernail clippers:

Things Jill loves about Jeremy: I can always proudly say he's my husband. People think better of me when they hear that. (6/15)

Missing: 9, 13

Lone Man #6

Had a good, quiet, albeit lonely, day.

• Got up, ate, got ready
  
• Home taught a great little family
  
• Went to choir practice
  
• Went to church
  
• Came home, changed, and made a late lunch/early dinner
  
• Wrote a few missionaries
  
• Wrote some thank you notes
  
• Caught up on SeenOnTheRoad and blogged a little
  
• Plan my week
  
• Made lunch
  
• Talked to Jill for a little bit
  
• Scriptures
  
• Phone calls
  
• Get ready for bed
  

No new notes today...

Lone Man #5

How I kept myself busy today:

• Got up, read scriptures, got ready for the day.
  
• Went to the Post Office. Got Gas.
  
• Did a week's worth of dishes I've been putting off.
  
• Chop carrots for lunches and salads. Make lemonade.
  

  Aside: These small Kool-Aid packets were on sale, so we tried them. It feels wrong to need to pour 1 cup of sugar (or splenda) into a 2 quart "soft drink"....anyway

• Late breakfast of leftover blueberry pancakes.
  
• Hang up my suit coats I've left on the couch.
  
• Tried to renew vehicle registration online; realized I needed to get emissions.
  
• Read a few pages of Preventing Surprise Attacks while waiting for emissions test.
  
• Came home and renewed registration.
  
• Work on pre-registration stuff and pre-assessments (for school and stuff).
  
• Ate leftover breadsticks and tried canned Maryland crab soup for lunch (wasn't that great)
  
• Take out the trash.
  
• Go to the library and pick up a book for Jill.
  
• Unloaded the dishwasher
  
• Dealing with Twitter (Un)Support on a hacked account issue for one of my handles. It's incredibly hard to (1) get answers and (2) manage your personal data (ie, tweets) -- pondering closing them all down in a fit of frustration over data control / data liberation.
  
• Received 4 emails from the property management company for our apartment complex regarding service requests. Only problem: they weren't from me, and they were from 4 different complexes. Responded to each of them notifying their service center of the problem.
  
• Cooked dinner and cleaned up.
  
• GVidChat with Jill and CJ !
  
• Course planning and other prep
  
• Traveling salesman made the house smell like bad men's cologne; only had the door open for 15 seconds and had to run the a/c for about 20 to get rid of the headache. Good luck, guy...
  
• Read CJ her bedtime story
  
• Finalized course planning for the whole grad program. (Until I meet with my yet-to-be determined academic adviser, that is...)
  
• Spoke with Jill one more time
  

Didn't mean to have so many driving excursions, but hadn't planned on needing emissions (the e-mail renewal notification didn't tell me I needed emissions, so I only found out once I Notes found today -- (mushy/almost-TMI warning ;-) ) Pantry:

Things we love about Daddy: He is so smart! He thinks things through and knows how to make good decisions. (12/15)

Back of Preventing Surprise Attacks:

Things Jill loves about Jeremy: His hairy chest! =) (2/15)

In the freezer between some meals Jill left for me:

Things we love about Daddy: He gives the best hugs and snuggles. (10/15)

Need to find: 6, 9, 13

Lone Man #4

More notes I found around the house:

On the "homey" saying hanging by the front door (apparently I never look up when I walk in the door...):

Things We love about Daddy: He makes us miss home. (1/15)

On our multi-frame with wedding pics and baby pics:

Things we love about Daddy: He lvoes Mommy and everybody knows it. (5/15)

In my collar stays carrying case:

Things Jill loves about Jeremy: He makes me feel beautiful, amazing, and smart. (14/15)

Need to find: 2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13