busy

I am busy and stressed. I spend all my spare time doing one of two things.

#1.  Helping dave get interviews ready.   Dave is super busy. He checks his email once  a day at the end of his work day but then often doesn't have time to sit down and reply except once a week. That was not working for scheduling interviews since more quick correspondence was needed. I took over his emails for interviews and got letters sent out and made sure all applications were complete. Each location wanted their own application completed rather than using a central system so it is kind of a pain.

 So far we have this scheduled:

Sept 16- Seattle
Sept 19 - Boston
Oct 8-9 Memphis
Oct 10 - Phillly
Oct 21-23 CNS in San Francisco
Oct 24-25 Toronto
Nov 13- Houston

(all at Children's Hospitals in those cities)

Still waiting on LA and Baltimore to pick dates

I was hoping to get more of the east coast ones clustered but of course (philly, boston and toronoto) all interview on TH so I couldn't do that. I'm still holding out hope that baltimore will be on the friday following boston or philly.


We have to pay for all the flights (boy they are more expensive than I remember them being)... and about 1/2 the hotels + all of the ground transportation. Is it wishful thinking to hope we can get away with $5,000 total cost? I hope not.



#2.  Preparing for the fair hearing regarding Calvin's admission to the Regional Center. The hearing is Wed. Wed is also the first day of school so it will be a big day. I got a lot of paperwork togther and still have a near panic attack when I think that I  might have missed something!  I prepared opening statement and testimony for myself along with questions for witnesses (medical, school and personal). Big thanks to my dad and brothers who helped tons. I never knew I would be so thankful to have lawyers in the family!  :)


Will post pics and other updates after this week.


For my RS lesson Sunday I loved this talk by Elder Nelson.  You really need to click on the video and see the 80's hair and dresses of the tabernacle choir ladies sitting behind him. Awesome.

Favorite quote from the talk:
The second requisite I have classified as focus. Imagine, if you will, a pair of powerful binoculars. Two separate optical systems are joined together with a gear to focus two independent images into one three-dimensional view. To apply this analogy, let the scene on the left side of your binoculars represent your perception of your task. Let the picture on the right side represent the Lord’s perspective of your task—the portion of His plan He has entrusted to you. Now, connect your system to His. By mental adjustment, fuse your focus. Something wonderful happens. Your vision and His are now the same. You have developed an “eye single to the glory of God” (D&C 4:5; see also Morm. 8:15). With that perspective, look upward—above and beyond mundane things about you. The Lord said, “Look unto me in every thought” (D&C 6:36). That special vision will also help clarify your wishes when they may be a bit fuzzy and out of focus with God’s hopes for your divine destiny. Indeed, the precise challenge you regard now as “impossible” may be the very refinement you need, in His eye.