Weekend Reflections

So how much snow did we get? Enough to cave in the roof of the shed. Not just break the plastic roofing, but collaspe it off the house. Dad had been out scrapping the driveway when I heard the 4-wheeler stop. Then CRASH, BANG, BOOM, I had visions of him backing up the 4-wheeler into the deck or the post holding up the roof. I ran into the kitchen and saw the roof was clear down on the deck and I couldn't see him, but the 4-wheeler was just sitting there fine. I yelled out the door for him and found he was walking up the drive-way, safe and sound. Apparently the roof couldn't take all the weight of the snow. Say good-bye to the grill and other things that got busted up. It will be spring before we are able to move the mess from the deck.
It snowed all day long. I went to church without Garth because he was throwing up with a headache. Coming out of church with all the new snow was a bit difficult. I walked out of the door and saw all these women trying to scrape the snow off their cars. People like Murlene Bean, Joyce Law (she got Bro. Law in the car so he wouldn't fall), Talma Peacock, ME, and many others...all trying to get ourselves free to drive. And out walks priesthood holders like Wayne Huntington and his boys, Casey Toomer, Mike Roberts, Rodney Cox and son, all the guys who want to teach their sons to be good members....and they just walk past the women without volunteering to help them! I heard one lady say "The priesthood should have been out here scraping these cars off during their lesson time." We were all commenting on where the "helping little old ladies" has gone. Really, it was kind of sad. A commentary on our times.

Garth and I went to Provo on Saturday. I have wanted him to get a new suit for so long. His is so worn out, with tears along the pocket seams and just looking ugly. I never really liked the suit he had but it was all we could find back then. So we went to get a new one at Men's Wearhouse. We walked in and had an enjoyable time finding many suits that were really nice. We picked out a dark one with pinstripes, a few new ties and a new shirt. Too bad he didn't go to church because of his headache, but he will look nice next week. He has worked so hard the past year and really deserves to look good when he goes to church. I am glad we were able to get one for him.
As for me, I head out to a ENT doctor today to see what I can find out about my throat. I'm not coughing as much the past few days, so maybe changing medicine has helped a little bit. There are still times when my vocal cords will go into spasms and I cough my head off, so we need to find out about that. I can only talk a little bit above a whisper. In fact, last night Scott called and when I answered the phone he commented on how terrible I sounded and how long this has been going on. My throat whistles almost more than my lungs do when I have congested lungs. My throat whistles all the time, so I know there is constriction there somewhere. Sometimes it is difficult to swallow, and with all this coughing I am just getting worn out. I'm not looking forward to what they might have to do to find what is the problem, but I can't go on with this much longer. Hopefully it isn't much that can't be solved with just simple ways.
Now, here's off to walking in the snow to get to school! Hope I have a good day there.