Halloweenies

VB is going strong, gym was pretty good. Just found out that I need to be able to do a pullup to get into the class I want to do starting in January, so we'll see if I make it. And Rog and Kaleb are committed to going to the gym starting next week, so we'll see if they make it. (And Becky misses me as a workout buddy, so one day if we move to WY and I force her to work out, she'll probably do it lol). 

You can almost see who we are. 

It was Halloween week and since Roger owes me at least one haunted excursion a year, he dressed up and went to some friends' houses with me - not for treats, just for a hang out in costume. We were the Princess Bride duo, although since I wasn't sure if Roger was actually going to come, I really only put effort into the cooler costume. And you can't even see the princess costume, which was just a red dress and gold belt. 

Yayy Joe Carter's son!

As he reminds me, he hates Halloween. But if I can go hunting with him, he can do one night of Halloween per year and pretend to like it. I'm still kind of mad about how this goes, but we're getting closer. And speaking of hunting, I set Roger up with my friend Joe and they decided to hunt together. Rog was a big help and everyone had fun. Joe's son shot his first deer in the wild (vs a farm in Texas) and had a blast and Joe has some close shots and decided to call it when the snow moved in. (Even though Roger swears it's the best hunting weather.)

I did some end of month budgeting and told Roger not to let me buy any more books for a minute. But to be fair, I've been reading them. My recent trilogy is And I Darken by White. The order of the series is misleading if you look at the backs of the books, so I started the third one second and it took me a while to figure out what was wrong. I've also been listening to Brandon Sanderson's BYU series on how to write and it's been motivating. Although I am not good at middles. I am trying to get better at them. 

Here's my contribution. 

My favorite coworker had her last day on Wednesday before she started work as the director of therapies at the new VA facility in town. She will be amazing at it and I am so excited for her, but sad for us. I am not impressed with our other options. But we do have a new PTA that will be starting in a few weeks to help with the load. Until then, I have double the patients, so I'm still trying to figure out how and if that will work. We had a big party for Jade and a pumpkin decorating contest - where I came in second. To be fair, Jade's was a really cool half-carved eye and I thought it was a painting contest. 

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The sad news of the week is that my favorite coworker is leaving - but for a great opportunity that she will absolutely excel at. I am excited for her, less so for myself without her here. And the news that the PTA (who I'm still confused about why we hired her in the first place) is no longer coming. So now we're going to have 2 PTs - and one of us only works 4 days. A hot mess. 

Scoping. 

No VB this week and Roger got a sprained ankle at basketball. I kept up my gym workouts and Rog was slacking. We'll see if we can get him on a better track next week. Because I did ask him to help my friend Joe on his deer hunt - so he was busy doing that. I went with him on Friday night to go scout. 

Dang boiii

It was also Roger's 29th birthday this week. We had an impromptu cake and ice cream bash at Grandma's the day before. He got a pair of Truewerk overalls for summer jobs. We wanted to go to Stinkin' Crawfish for dinner, but found out that they are closed now, so it was Texas Roadhouse instead. (Yet another reason to leave Flagstaff and I'm getting antsy to do it.) 

Unit 10.

Saturday was our tri-ward Halloween party, so I went solo for some white bean chili (since red is banned in this household) and hung out with some of our YW, dressed as the masked man from Princess Bride. (It's not Kev/Court's murder mystery shindig, but it's somethin) Rog agreed to dress up with me on actual Halloween and go to our friends' house - but I have to be the princess because he wants to be the dude. Typical. Also saw my old friend Dan, who used to play VB with us until he was called as Bishop of the YSA. 

Other notable things include our landlord giving us the go-ahead to buy a freeze dryer and if it flips the breaker, he will call an electrician out here to adjust things for us. And also, my temple recommend expired back in September. Coincidentally, I was there one of the last weeks that month and nobody said a word. So now it's in the works so that I can hang out for the bday party sealings. 

Gondola (half-bday month of fun)

Volleyball is going strong, gym is going well for 1/2 of us, (although Rog is playing basketball 1-2x/week). 

Only a little bit nerve-wracking after a temporary
shutdown for 55mph winds. 

Work is going as well with continued craziness on my end and Rog picking up a little side work soldering copper to make the days run smoother and make some extra cash. His sister Hannah is working with them now to make a little money for grad school and this was her first week. We went shopping with her Saturday to get some things she needed. 

Sunrise gym days. 

It snowed this week. And stuck. Luckily, the roads weren't too bad for work, but it did make it freaking cold. And with our downstairs roommates moved out this week, their apartment isn't making any heat for us to mooch off of (which is usually plenty honestly). But good for them on building a house (and on Rog for setting up our new wifi!)

From the top

We've been trying to remember to do the Snowbowl gondola ride every year when the fall colors are going, but this year the colors have barely started turning and this was the last weekend to do it. So we did. And it was good enough that Roger told me twice that we should do it again. When it's warmer. 

Will's elk. 

In other news, Rog went hunting all Sunday and helped out people who shot elk that really needed help hiking it out of a canyon (who were woefully unprepared to do so). Meanwhile, I went to the best stake conference we've had yet. We had some bomb youth speakers, a WW2 POW story, and a cowboy poem.