I enjoyed sleeping in a bit this morning before getting up to read. Our meetings this morning got cancelled because President Mattson is sick. I was really sad to hear that, but I did like the extra reading time it gave me.

Church was kind of odd without President Mattson there. Then Brother Rigby left half way through fast and testimony meeting, I presume to take care of something with Pres Mattson as he followed Sister Mattson out. He was just sick – throwing up all morning – but apparently they decided to take him to the hospital. He had some surgery done recently and this may be a complication from that surgery. Last I heard he was being moved to Riverside from Inland Valley where Brother Rigby can keep a better eye on him and better direct his care.

Our fast and testimony meeting was different with the smaller group. There was a lot of quiet time while we were waiting for people to get up and talk. Then there was a huge surge at the end of people which kept us going late. Then we had announcements that took forever and this get to know your shepherd so we are ready for the emergency drill later this month thing… It was 2:45 before we started Sunday School! I felt really bad for Marissa because she had so much material to cover and so little time to do it. I told her to go till 3:15, figuring that without any of the branch presidency around, who was going to stop us. It was good, but we could have used twice as much time, as always.

Sister Rider taught a lesson for the 3rd hour on prayer. Surprisingly, it seemed like the time she had left worked perfectly for her lesson. She did a great job with a simple lesson reinforcing a major tool. Break the Fast was awesome. Shay is really going to town with her calling. The pasta bar worked out beautifully and we had plenty of food. I’m anxious to see what she has up her sleeves for next month.

Things were kind of quiet at the Dowden’s this afternoon, but we made it through.

I really want to elaborate more, but I need to get to bed as Tara is making me show up to work on time tomorrow morning! I’m going to try to make it there on time, but every minute I delay going to bed is lessening those chances.

I still have gotten nowhere with plans for next weekend. It sounds like Larilyn may be up for going, so I just need to hear back from the other open invitations. I was thinking about going up early and spending some time in Rexburg, so I may have to consider that in the flightplans. Maybe I can get this figured out tomorrow before I am out of options!