Healthy Decisions

    So this week, things got a bit more interesting.  As I suspected, I also got a job offer from Intermountain Healthcare.  Mom and I considered and prayed carefully and decided that Intermountain Healthcare would be a better fit for me.  So, hopefully, starting this week, I’ll be working here:

I spent most of the day Friday filling out employment paperwork (like a background check) and getting shots to ensure that I’m healthy before starting work.  I got the MMR vaccination, a TB test, blood drawn for several tests including Chicken Pox and a urinalysis.   Yep, lots of poking and prodding, but at least the nurse was very nice.  I am so excited to get started working!

While we were out Friday, Jack and I ran by the junkyard to see if we could find a radiator coolant recovery tank (his was very broke).   The car is now 23 years old so we often have to go to the junk yard to find parts.  Sadly, even there, things are getting hard to find.  I’m happy to say that we found the tank as well as a washer fluid tank cap, an interior door handle and the long desired replacement antenna.  And we got all this for only $19.  Hooray!   

I’ve also really enjoyed going hiking with Albert most mornings these past 2 weeks.  We’ve done quite a bit of the nearby trails, including the Parrish Peak trail, the Deuel Creek trails and the Parrish Sunset Trial.  Note: in the picture below, the little tiny dots on the right are large houses!  Meanwhile, Cheryl has been walking (fast) 45 minutes every day with her friend Ann Allred. 

Fall Leaves and Music

  On Thursday night, Aaron invited me to a concert for the University of Utah’sPhilharmonia.  I joined him at Kingsbury hall and was delighted to find out that with his student discount, my ticket was only $4.  The student players did 3 pieces.  The first was a modern atonal piece that Aaron and I disagreed on.  He liked it, while I found the composition to be a prime example of my dislike for atonal, non-melodic composition.  The second was a Bach Concerto performed by a chamber orchestra, which we both found delightful.  After intermission, they played all of Elgar’s Enigma variations which are always a treat. 

I found out this week that I have a job offer from Zion’s bank to be part of thier implementation team.  It’s a great offer, but we are also waiting to hear if I get an offer from 2 other recent interviews.  I should hear about one of them tomorrow, so I’ll need to make a decision in the next couple of days.  Pray for us to make the best decision. 

Yesterday, Mom and I needed to get out of the house, so we took Jack down to Big Cottonwood Canyon to see the fall leaves.  It’s not the north side of Grandfather Mountain (back in NC) but there is a real beauty to the fall in our Rocky Mountains.  We hiked a bit on the Mill B trail, then up around Silver like at Brighton.  I fell in love with the sight of the white Aspen trunks framed by their bright yellow leaves with a clear blue sky in the background.  It was simply gorgeous!   We drove over Gaurdsman Pass and descended on a very steep, incredibly curvy, single lane mountain road to Midway.  We had a picnic lunch at Wasatch Mtn State Park, where we were

serenaded by a group of chickadees!  In Midway, we stopped by the war memorial which gives a great view of the town and one of my favorite places the HeberValley Artesian Cheese shop.  There are WAY too many temptations in that one small store!

Today we attended the re-dedication of the Ogden Temple (here in our local stake center).   Pres Monson gave the dedicatory prayer.  I found it neat to feel the spirit of the temple sitting in our own stake center, and I LOVE living where we have so many temples so close!  I am spoiled!