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| I forgot to mention that David and Heidi picked up his car. It was good to see and talk to them again. She has some really nice pictures of her and David in their wedding stuff at the beach. I woke up early this morning and after the BoM, read a lot in Luke. I tried my cell phone and it works again, but some of the keys are a little sticky. I went in to work a half an hour early, anticipating that I would leave early. It was a fairly slow day, which was good, since I'm still not feeling very well. I coughed a lot, but always tried to cough in my sleeve or handkerchief. I was beginning to think I should have got a prescription for cough syrup at the clinic. It snowed quite a lot throughout the day, but not enough at work to stick on the ground. At Janet's house it was deep enough that they were able to build a snowman. It was cute. Everyone at work was concerned that the rain would freeze on the roads and be too slippery to drive on. Since I was acting for the plant manager and Alex is over marketing, we called our GM and she gave permission for people to leave at 3pm. The only caveat was one UPS Freight truck that hadn't arrived and no one could tell us when it would. Two of the shipping guys, one customer service rep, and I waited. After a while we called the customer, and since they were not in a hurry for the material, we canceled the truck. Then as we were walking out the door, a fully loaded truck arrived with 2,000 lb super sacs of one of our raw materials. One of the coatings guys had told them he would wait, and then he didn't. Fortunately, the two foam shipping guys were able to get everything unloaded from the coatings truck. Then the regular UPS delivery truck showed up and I had to open Bldg A again. All in all, I didn't get home until after 4pm, and we didn't get on the road until 4:30pm. Karen and I had a good talk on the way. The roads weren't wet or icy at all. We stopped at McD's for dinner, and then got to my mom's about 8:30pm. I coughed a lot on the way, but mom gave me some of her cough syrup and it has helped. | | |
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| If you have tried to call my cell phone, don’t bother. It is in pieces on the kitchen table drying off. It was in my lap when I drove home from the Temple the other night, and when I got out of the car the phone ended on the driveway and stayed there all night in the rain. I read online that it is supposed to dry for 3 days before using.It was very chilly today and will be colder tomorrow and the next day. At work, I had to wear a coat anywhere I went. Whatever sickness I had before and during San Diego has hung on. My coughing was becoming harder and deeper and made my chest sore, so I went to the clinic. They did an X-ray and it was normal. They are also doing some blood work, but everything else looks normal. I was supposed to be in Hazardous Materials training today, but I was coughing enough that nobody wanted me in it. They will have another class in Baytown in a few weeks. I mailed off a couple rebates today and picked up the mail for work at the Post Office. The rest of the day was spent doing my normal stuff.I got home and Karen was already here. We ate some more of the party pack, and have enough for my lunch tomorrow. We had an interview with President Shurtliff of the Stake Presidency. I have received a new calling and will be sustained Sunday. Don’t ask what it is, I won’t say until after I’m sustained. I will have more to say then. | | |
| This morning I wrote a letter to the old owners of the company thanking them for all they had done and wishing them a Merry Christmas. They are very good people. At work we had a meeting with all of the manufacturing related staff. They talked about attendance rules and implemented a rule about no mp3 players or cell phone calls on the production floor for safety reasons. John came in again and passed off more stuff, mostly to me. There was leftover lunch from a training meeting, which I always appreciate. We thought David would be here tonight to pick up his car, so Karen ordered a party pack from the restaurant. We enjoyed it, but David and Heidi never showed up. Karen said that during her observation she thought she made many mistakes, but the observer gave her a perfect score. I consider it a definite blessing. I saw that there were 2 shows on TV playing Christmas music, one at Rockefeller Center and the other on a Christian channel. The first was so modern and so much performance that it was not spiritual. The other was not very well performed. | | |
| At work, John spent the day sorting through his stuff. A lot of what was important came to me. He will be in and out, but his formal responsibilities are over. It is just sad. We started off the morning with an all-hands meeting with the corporate president for the US visiting us. He comes across as a really nice guy. The rest of the day was steadily busy. I did have time for a nap at lunch, for which I was grateful.I got home about 5:40pm, hurried and ate, and dressed for the Temple. We had a YW/YM activity doing baptisms. My entire time was spent as recorder for the confirmations. I also had the baptism and confirmation done for Les, or Grandpa Les, as our kids sometimes called him. I will do the Initiatory and Endowment soon. When I got home, Karen asked for a blessing. She is concerned about an observation she has at school tomorrow. | | |
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