Stupid Snow/Rain/Freezing Rain

I can't wait for winter to end! Last night it snowed all night and turned to freezing rain, and then rain this morning. I woke up and saw that it was yucky, so I thought I would wait for a few hours to go to work. I left about 10 assuming that everything would be plowed and that they rain wouldn't add too many new problems. Wrong. The freeway was okay, but when I got to Northampton where I work, there were HUGE puddles of standing water on the road. I went through 6 or 7 about a foot or more deep. When I finally got to the parking lot, there was a slushy mix with ice on it a few inches deep. I got into the office and checked to see that my boss was working at home and there wasn't really anything pressing, and then I headed back home. We are predicted to have rain through out the day and into the night and I didn't want to risk the street flooding getting worse if I stayed there all day. After a little stress trying to get out of the parking lot, I made it home. I was bummed that I drove all the way there just to drive back home, but I now I get to enjoy the rest of this yucky day at home. :) I just saw on the news that they think today will set a record for the most precipitation recieved in the month of February and that the power is out in a lot of places (luckily not here). I hope the weather is better where you live!

Check this out...

Maybe a lot of you have already seen this, but if not you should check it out. Its Glenn Becks closing thoughts from his show where he talks about President Hinckley. Its good to see people who are not afraid to talk about what they believe.

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/200/5127/

Busy Schedules

As I lay in bed last night, I began doing a few calculations in my head regarding my time, or lack thereof. Now life in general almost always seems busy, but since school has started things seem to have gotten worse, I feel like there is no time left for anything.

So as I lay in bed I did these quick calculations:

# of hours Monday thru Friday = 120

# of hours consumed by my classes = 20 hours a week (19 credit hours!)

# of hours supposed to be consumed by homework = 20 hours a week

# of hours for sleep (I really like 8 hours) = 40 hours a week

# of hours for my assistantship = 10 hours a week

# of hours spent on the bus or driving to work = 5-6 hours

# of hours for my internship at Historic Deerfield = 8 hours a week

When you add all those together I am left with about 15 or so hours a week for eating, exercising, scripture study, getting ready for work and for bed, and spending time with my wife. After doing these calculations I realized that the reason I felt like I had no time was because I really have no time. While I did not take the weekend into consideration, I did not count any Church activities, callings or home-teaching either.

So as for this week, surprise... we have been busy. On Monday we had the missionaries over for dinner. It is such a nice treat to have them over and the Spirit they bring, I missed that while living in Utah. On Tuesday we got to go vote in the Massachusetts primary, and it was fun because we know that our votes counted and made a difference. I went to the statewide breakdown for the primary and because we live in such a small town we could actually see that our votes where important.

We were both excited about the new addition to the First Presidency, President Uchtdorf will do wonderful things for the Church, as will President Monson.