Sunday, April 5, 2026

Holy Week and Easter

 I've been seeing clients at the clinic for my program.  All of my areas of study are coming together now that I have clients.  The paperwork, assessments, planning intervention, and code of ethics all hit the road in clinic.  

I left my job in March to do the extra work that clinic would require.  It has been good because I have time now to work on projects and take care of family appointments.  I was so strapped for time in January and February.  Because of holidays and weather days, I kept having to go and work Fridays.  It was frustrating to never have time to go to the Dr., get an oil change, go to the bank; all that stuff that needs to be done, on top of my school work, and seeing the children.  I came home each day from 3-5 to see them and make/share dinner.  I had night class 4 days a week.

I had a group paper and I worked so hard on that paper.  I was waiting for my group members to do anything with it and they never did.  Unfortunately I forgot to put it through Chat GPT to find all the punctuation errors. I felt embarrased that I let them down, but also annoyed that they didn't do anything to help the paper be better.  Oh well.  Our next paper is individual.  I already wrote it, and ran it through Chat GPT.  It's ready to turn in.

B and L are playing Machi Koro this morning.  They are such sweet companions.  I'm grateful for them.  They get along really well.  lP often joins in on their shenanigans and that is very sweet.

We watched conference yesterday and it is so strange to have everyone able to sit still.  For 20 years conference has been a struggle.  Now we're able to enjoy it together, even learning new signs as we watch it with the ASL interpreter.  We have a tradition of eating the 72 hour kit treats during conference.  The kids like that.

P and I sang in a choir with the H and M stakes.  It was so glorious.  We had this lovely backdrop at the H stake center.
In the spring our cherry tree bloosoms and it is gorgeous.
We had such a nice time visiting Florida.  G is so fun to hang out with.  I'm glad we got to spend a lot of time with him.
When someone in our family gets a job we go out for dinner.  lP chose Panda Express so we went there to celebrate her new job.  She's worked 3 days so far.  It's such a cool way for her to have that experience.
Our back yard is so fun.  We have a nice porch right off the back of the house and this big bradford pear tree that shades us in teh summer.
In the back yard we have a trampoline, slack line, and 3 swings.  It is so fun to hang out there.
We had a nice Easter feast.  lP leaned out of the picture.  That's life.  She decorated this carrot cake.  I feel so blessed to have this wonderful family.