Ok. so over the weekend. i got some amazing news. I just got accepted into the Executive MBA program here at the University of Utah. The news just brightened up my saturday. The downside of the news, i've got to pay 2,000 for the initial tuition payment before the 27th. still. It feels good that i can use my time constructively. the program lasts just 21 months, but by the end, i'll have my MBA. woohoo. Saturday was just so full of fun stuff. I ran my 12 miler and felt good doing it. i'm getting used to that distance and my recovery didn't take too long either. later that night i was ready to run some more. I feel confident i'll be fine for the upcoming 2 half marathons i've signed up for. hopefully i can get my goal of 16-18 by the end of the month.
Over the past few months i have been obsessed with getting my geneology work done. I've had names, even dates, but not to get to the temple. and this week i did it. I got names for my family into the templeready system and took their names to the temple. the baptisms and confirmations were already done, just needed to get the rest. I was able to get the others done and even got one endowment session in before my salsa class. I forget sometimes just how beautiful the SLC temple is. I have not gone as much as i know that i can, and can't wait to get back again and get more names taken care of. Temple work is so important, not only for the salvation of the souls in question, but for our own salvation as well.
Sunday we had ward conference. before that we were to have ward council meeting, have to thank curtis for telling me about the meeting 35 minutes before it started. man, i showered and dressed in 5 minutes. out the door after printing the calender items for the meeting in another 5 minutes. cruised at mach speed to the church, luckily no cops. and made the meeting with 3 minutes to spare. it was a fine meeting, just nervous because the stake president sat right next to me. I love his testimony and feel the geniousness of his love and concern for all of us. We sang in choir next, the number turned out excellent. We sang the hymplicity of I know that my redeemer lives. just turned out great melinda wooden, in the choir, started out with the first verse as a soloist. she did great. then we sang in the rest. and then the 4th verse the congregation joined in, and boy did they ever, so over powering, i felt, they were singing their testimonies, i tried to hold back my tears. it was wonderful. We had so many people there than we usually do. typically we setup 7 rows of chairs and they fill up, on occasion we will have to add one more row, but that day, 11 rows of chairs were needed. very much a full house. The bishop gave a great talk and the rest of the day was just perfect. We got to hometeach Fran. always a treat to visit her. I love saturdays and Sundays that not only fill my soul with accomplishment and wonder, but help keep me centered on the things that really matter. one sad note though, my friend teresa bramwell lost her father over the weekend. I hope all is well with her, or will be, any lost is hard to take, especially our loved ones. my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.
3 comments:
So, I didn't know you ran! That is awesome. My dad ran cross country for BYU, so we have always had a love for running. Just lately I have had the desire to run longer distances. Of course with my feet, it wasn't happening. The most I would go is 5 miles. Now though, the sky is the limit, well in 10 weeks! You will have to tell me all about your runnings. I need to research how to work up to the half marathongs. I probably will not do a full ever. My legs are too short. :) Sorry my comment is so long.
...and congrats on getting into the MBA program. That is a great accomplishment. You can be my financial advisor when Oliver starts making the big-bucks in the fall. :)
yeah, i love running, well, usually after the 3rd mile, before that it's like, what the heck am i doing here. still it feels great to get out there. i've done 3 full marathons and 4 half marathons, i'm very slow, but at least i finish. i'll probably double that amount this year, next year i'm all about triathlons.
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