Today we spent nearly the whole day working on packing and preparing to move. I also had a friend from church drop off a laptop for me to try and fix it -- looks like the hard drive is either dying or perhaps just the FAT got corrupted, but either way I had to resort to using SystemRescueCD to try and copy off the data. Ugh -- what a pain! Alana had fun sliding down the stairs on our old crib mattress, which we replaced; Becky told her to try it and after some coaxing she did it once and the two of them were laughing so hard it almost made the cry. Naturally, that distracted Alana for most of the rest of the day, and now the mattress is falling apart from all the friction. Still, it was fun and I made a video of the event for posterity.
After the day spent packing, we took the family out for dinner to celebrate. Our initial plan was to go to Red Robin, but we took too long and when we arrived at 6:30PM there was a huge line and about an hour wait. Looking for a secondary option, we ended up at the Iron Rabbit, a local place that was nice and not too crowded. I got a tasty burger, Becky got a salmon sandwich, and the kids got grilled chicken/chicken strips to share. It was all very good, and to top it all off they have their own micro-brew root beer for $3.25 that comes with free refills -- first time I've seen that for a specialty root beer! We all ordered some and had a great time. Dessert we ended up going to Twisties Frozen Yogurt, as they were out of the berry cobbler we wanted to try, and the other dessert options weren't as exciting. All in all, it was a fun night and a good day of working.
Continuing my Book of Mormon reading, I'm back to a more serious/spiritual quote this time. Considering Alma the Younger's conversion story, it really puts the whole quote in perspective: he feels he was saved by having the angel experience, and imagine how good it would be to help others. Of course, we all have our agency, and even seeing an angel wouldn't necessarily convert someone (e.g. consider Laman and Lemuel).
Alma 29: 1-2: "O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people! Yea, I would declare unto every soul, as with the voice of thunder, repentance and the plan of redemption, that they should repent and come unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth." (Book of Mormon, pp. 279)
Daily Check Up:
1) Scripture study: Yes (15 pages/day through the end of the year: Alma 25-30, pp. 271-285)
2) Morning and evening prayers: Yes
3) 15+ minutes good book: No
4) 15 minutes of parenting/relationships/children book: No
5) Exercise for 30 minutes or more: No
6) One doTERRA blog post: No
7) Use doTERRA oils for something: Yes
8) doTERRA Leadership and Mentor calls (Mon-Fri): Webinar (Understanding doTERRA Compensation Plan)
9) Talk to two people about doTERRA: No
10) Contact doTERRA front line: No
11) 15 minutes organizing office area: Continue packing
12) Solid 8 hours (M-F) working at my job: N/A
13) Early to bed, early to rise: No (2:00AM to 9:30AM)
14) One AnandTech pipeline or article: N/A
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