THE LAST FEW DAYS

Monday, May 03, 2010 Well, it has been a week or so since I have written. Until now there wasn’t much to say and I’m not sure if this is very interesting either. Friday, Judy flew to Albuquerque for the Stars South Regional competition. I left at 4:40 in the Morning driving. Through Spanish Fork Canyon it was snowing and I was a little nervous and drove rather slowly. The fact that it was still dark made it all the worse. When I got to Monticello I decided to continue south through bluff, bend west then south again then east to Shiprock. It was a change of pace and added about forty-five minutes to the trip. I got in late; we had to be up before the crack of dawn for the daylong competition. We got in bed late after the competition and dinner at El Pinto Mexican Restaurant. We were up again at a little after four a.m. to get Judy to the Albuquerque airport by five to catch a six a.m. flight back home so she could be back in time for choir. On my drive to Albuquerque I ate at Church’s Chicken in Farmington, New Mexico. On my way home I bought a breakfast sandwich at Burger King on 550 coming in to Bloomfield then pulled over to the side of the road in Farmington and took an almost half-hour nap which was badly needed. As I pulled back onto the road, I saw a sign saying Durango next right and since I liked what I had seen of Durango the last time I drove through there in semi light I decided to see it again in full daylight. When I got to Durango this time I drove around a while up and down major streets etc then pulled into the Burger King which was right there and used their bathroom. As I was walking out of Burger King the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Train was just pulling out. It is an old coal burner and puffing smoke, blowing its whistle and was really neat. It looked like it was carrying quite a few passengers. I thought I would like to make a trip sometime to Durango and stay a couple of days, ride the train and drive down towards Cortez and see Mesa Verde National Park. When Judy got to church she found out she was being released from her choir job she loved so much and it appears she is going to be a gospel doctrine teacher. She was in tears. I am afraid neither she nor I are scriptorians. My memory is faulty. I can read something and fully comprehend it but don’t ask me to explain it or repeat the story line. I have not read all of the Old Testament. Today I was with Jayden and Bailey after school. While Douglas, the boy across the street was there, Bailey let Buddy out and Buddy bit Douglas (also called Morgan) on the leg and gave him a pretty good puncture. Later we all met at Olive Garden for dinner. While we were eating they told about Jayden going to the bathroom the other night. As he was walking in he said, “I’ve got to do my business and my business is good!” When he came out he said, “My business was good but I should have taken in some reading material.” It looks like Corey and I are taking a flight, first thing tomorrow morning to Houston, getting Chris’ old car and driving it back to Salt Lake via San Antonio (the River Walk), Carlsbad Caverns and Albuquerque. I was hoping for another day off before me next adventure.