Dallas, Texas
Temple #30
After family prayer James and I have scripture study in the morning. We always study the Book of Mormon first. We then do a section of the "Come Follow Me" lesson, which this week comes from the Easter lesson, "He Will Swallow Up Death In Victory," Since this is Easter we are also doing a Holy Week study. Today was Day 2: "The House of Prayer" (Matthew 21:13). It is a wonderful way to start our day.
I had a doctor's appointment with my primary care physician, Dr. Brady, this morning. This appointment was my three month checkup for my Tramadol prescription. Things went well. My weight was 120 and my blood pressure 116/68.
We also have an appointment this afternoon to get the oil changed in our car. James decided he would go with me this morning and while I was seeing the doctor he went to Walmart to see if they could change our oil this morning instead of this afternoon. I was finished with my appointment at 8:30 and when I called James he was in town buying an air filter. He said Walmart said they could take him if he could bring an air filter because they had cancelled all of their morning appointments because they were out of air filters.
I walked from my appointment over to Walmart and met James inside at the Carl's Jr. We each had a small breakfast burrito, sans the tortilla. James saved us another trip to town this afternoon. He has an appointment with the Virtuous Pain Center but it is via the phone.
Pat Tedder called me this afternoon. Her daughter Janna had called me earlier and told me she had been bit by either a black widow spider or a brown recluse spider. I was going to call Pat but she called me first. Her spider bite was very serious as both of these spiders are poisonous. Marvin Johnson's first wife died from a brown recluse spider bite.
Pat said the bite was above her knee and a long scar on her leg and that's why she didn't feel the bite, as her leg around the scar is numb. The bite has become quite large and was beginning to eat away the flesh. When Pat showed the bite to Janna, Janna immediately took her to the doctor. She is now on an antibiotic. She was almost put into the hospital.
Pat said they think it was a brown recluse because of the symptoms and the eating away of the flesh. Pat is feeling fine but would rather not have visitors for a week or two.
Stacy called to check up on us as she knew James hadn't been feeling well. We had a nice conversation. We talked about Jared Ammon and his alcohol treatment and his mourning the loss of Ellie. April 13th is her birthday and he wants to come to the cabin to distract himself from thinking of her.
The Church News announced today some changes to the second hour of Sunday meetings. We will have both Sunday School, YM & YW, RS & EQ every Sunday. Twenty five minutes of Sunday School, a five minute break, and twenty five minutes of YM & YW, RS & EQ. Everyone has their opinion, some are happy, like Jared, to have YM & YW every week. Brian seems a little frustrated because he says 25 minutes isn't enough time to really get in to a lesson.
I'm not quite sure how I feel about it.
Some of the other recent Church policy changes: No more General Conference Saturday night meetings, women can now be in Sunday School presidencies and no new temples announced in General Conference.
When James opened the door this evening to let Tom in, there was a skunk eating Sammy's food. He chased him off and said it was not the same one as the previous skunk.
I finally listened to the Relief Society Worldwide Devotional talks today. It was very good.
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