Sunday, October 31, 2021

October

 Another month of busy nothings. Everyone is just on survival mode...just making it from one day to the next. Christian was forced by our tyrannical government to get a covid vaccination; much good that will do him since a lot of people who have gotten the shot have still gotten sick and some have even died still. The only thing we can hope and pray for is that he won't have any ill effects from it.

Caitlyn had her second behind the wheel driver's lesson. She is still slogging along. Since we have not gone anywhere in a while, she has not had a whole lot of practice. I have been forcing her to go out with me on most weekends to do her practice. She is doing good and is slowly getting the hang of driving in traffic.

We had the new organ in our church building dedicated finally. The organ builders finally put the work into putting the finishing touches on the organ. They did some tuning and put a few last design elements to the cabinet work so it looks a lot better now. Andrew Unsworth, an organist for the Salt Lake Tabernacle, came to play on the new organ for us. It was really something to behold. Who knew our little organ could even sound like that? Christian's father and Jackie came up to attend the dedication as well. Mr. Unsworth is also a very nice guy. Apparently, he invited us to call on him if we are ever in Salt Lake and he would give us a private tour of the Tabernacle...too bad we don't really care for visiting Salt Lake City much. 

Apparently, Emily got the Covid from one of her roommates at some point. She had a horrible headache when it first took hold and a bit of a cough but basically she said that she has had colds that have been much worse. The slight cough persisted a bit but the most troubling thing was that she lost her sense of taste and smell for about two weeks. She was pretty pissed off about that! 

Christian was pretty burned out by the end of the month and had to take a day or two off.

On the bright side, the last part of my birthday present finally arrived. Only several weeks late! I am just lucky I think that it went through New York and not California or who knows when I would have gotten it.

It is a handmade bunka style knife from Russia. It is so nice and sharp! It is such a pleasure to use. I love it!

Halloween came and went. Caitlyn didn't bother dressing up and we didn't get any trick or treaters, so it was a pretty average day.