A Girl's Week

This week was an eventful week, but most of the events (at least for us) revolved around me and my activities. It did seem to rain for most of the weekend, but we need rain to stop the drought, so we will take all the rain we can get! Daniel didn't have too many interesting things happen this week. (That we can remember, anyway), but he was productive at work testing his project.

Friday night and Saturday morning was our regional women's conference. We have 3 or 4 stakes worth of women in our Austin building and then several other stakes watched remotely around Central Texas. If you wanted a parking spot or a decent seat, you had to be really early! Anyway, we had Sister. Julie B. Beck come and our main speaker during the event. It was kind of cool because on Friday night she took 6 questions from people in the audience. Saturday she gave us more of her thoughts and impressions. Daniel went in the evening to fold up the chairs that they had set up in the gym behind the chapel.

Sunday we ended up sitting on the stand during sacrament meeting because our ward is so big!  Most weeks people end up standing in the foyer because the few seats that are available are hard to find and they are embarrassed to search for them during the middle of the meeting. So the bishop asked those who could and were able to sit on the stand to allow more seats for family that might otherwise have to stand in the foyer. This week we took him up on his offer. It was kind of weird, but not totally bad. We might do it again next week!

Last night I hosted book club for the first time! We read the Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis. (It is about an imaginary bus ride from Hell to Heaven). It is a really great read! (obviously I have to say that because I did pick it out to read for book club!) In a very C.S. Lewis style it is allegorical, but it isn't too long! It makes you think about yourself and the things that you might be choosing that are keeping you from becoming better. Only a few people made it to book club, which is probably good because our apartment is only so big! Anyway, we had a good time!