Deer Camp Party

Volleyball is back! We've got a decent crew of regulars although we'll be missing some during city league season, but there's really no getting around that as there is a different league every day of the week, so we'd always be missing a few. Rog is back and fighting with the pickleball ladies who have refused to relinquish their Thursday slot at the stake center until the end of the year because going to the smaller gym means they'd have to sub out...Cry me a river, ladies.

On another, exercise-related note, my gym membership has been put to good use, but Roger is having trouble making the switch to waking up early so he can meet his workout partner at the gym. I keep trying to kick him out of bed, but have had very little luck so far. 

 I had my annual doctor's appointment to review labs and get papers signed so we can get a discount on my insurance for being so healthy. It's the most annoying thing and it takes forever to get them to sign, but it is done for this year finally. 

It was Archer's birthday (Roger's BFF Collin's oldest kid), so we went to his deer-themed party and Roger's main complaint was that there were elk antlers on display as well. Yeesh. My main complaint was that Archer's little sister thinks she's dating my husband. Otherwise, great burgers & cake and we got to hang out with the parents, some of whom are our friends. 

I've finished a few books this week and also our first episode of Fablehaven. It's not perfect, but I'm happy with it so far. And it only recently occurred to me that we might run into legal issues, so while my co-creator is reviewing the draft, I may look into that a little more. I've also been helping get some Christmas presents ready via my POD account (like company stickers for Rog's boss) and had a few ideas for future projects. 

Saturday, I was finally able to check out the Flagstaff East side farmer's market. The normal market is on Sundays, which is a bummer, but this market started this year and is still pretty small from what I saw. But I was able to pick up some carrots for a yummy stew Roger made so I didn't have to go back to the grocery store. And we met up at our favorite breakfast place for some country fried steak and eggs and biscuits/gravy after Roger got back from hunting. (This was some random girl, friend of a friend of a friend.)

Work is work and there continues to be drama. (Like, why are we hiring a PTA - who is moving up here FOR the job - when we can't even fill schedules for the THREE PT's we have on staff???) But I was able to make some side cash helping out a buddy Mason, who recently had Achilles surgery. 

Burke & Pajama Church

 Volleyball is back in business! Hopefully we can keep it going but we had a great turnout this week. My gym workouts are going well and Rog is almost to the point where he is back at his gym (but it's spotty right now due to continued hunting...)

Our Ford is also fixed. We were a little concerned when the check engine light was on and the RPM dial wasn't working when we turned it on, but it turned it off pretty soon after and is driving great. Rog is gonna start driving it to work to save on gas and save his truck for hunting - which was the original plan. Just took us a few months to get things figured and eventually give up on our friend who was not prioritizing the project. 

It is Roger's boss (and cousin)'s birthday, so they went to the casino for an evening. We also had a fish fry with their family one day, which was fun and a long time in the works. 

Missing our concert buddies, who live in WY now.

I ran into my old boss Joe, and had to interrogate him about an upcoming hunt that Roger is planning to help him with. (One of the hunts I am supporting because I want them to be friends). 

For general conference, we had shrimp, steak, candy, blueberry cinnamon rolls, peach cinnamon rolls, watermelon, and mozzarella sticks. We basically have a conference snack run the day before and get conference snacks, but I've been wanting to try these cinnamon roll recipes for a while. They're alright. 

Unfortunately, I did not take traditional conference notes because of making the rolls and getting a hair cut and falling asleep, but here are my thoughts. Best talks - Christofferson, Holland, Wilcox, and Uchtdorf. And noticing a recurring theme of doctrine vs temporal/shortterm/culture, etc. Apparently that's an important concept to grasp right now. 

Austin Burke

We also got last minute tickets for a concert for Austin Burke, here in town at the Museum Club. Rog heard about it and insisted we go as this was the first country artist that I found for him to enjoy. And he's got a very punny song about fishing that went viral and all of his songs are pretty good. We had a blast - he put on a good show and we had free soda refills and got to practice our country dancing. It was a vibe, 10/10 would do again. 

Elk Season Ends (for us)

Big news of the week is that Roger got an elk. He did draw a lottery tag, so he purchased an OTC depredation hunt license for an area about an hour away where they don't want elk roaming. His buddy got one last week and Rog got one this week - which means we're about to enter meating processing time. Except that it's harder because we can't keep it outside until we finish because it's too warm. And now there's at least 2 more people that Rog will be helping hunt here. Not including helping all his friends on their deer hunt. 

Now taking orders. 

I was busy at work with a project Hannah and I are doing for YouTube - which I'm using AI to try to complete for me and it's faster than doing it myself, but still slow going. I also saw one of my cashpay patients that I do on the side who has a little frustrating case, but partially due to his own sedentary lifestyle. 

We weren't able to play VB this week, but we're getting people ready to get back into things after a few inconsistent weeks where everyone was taking advantage of final pre-school resumption vacations. And I started a new workout program, which is always fun for me. I even went and shot some hoops solo. I'm still working on rehabbing my knees, but the cutting just wrecks them. 

And finally, ran back into an old patient and unfortunately found out her 80 year old sister fell and broke her leg, so might be seeing her soon...