Busy weekend

Yesterday, we celebrated Halloween, since it's really on Sunday and we are in the Bible Belt. This one good thing about living here, in my opinion. We had maybe 20 trick or treaters, which is more than we usually have. One boy was funny. He came huffing and puffing up the stairs and said, "I climbed all the way up the mountain!" I gave him extra candy for his effort.

Today, we had church and I taught the YW/YM in third hour about being good students. They were good students for me. Then Loni and I came home and ate and I took a little nap, then we returned to church for choir practice. I am losing my voice over time and can no longer sing. It hurts my throat. So I tried to turn pages for Loni as she played and I'm not a very good page turner. I think I'm officially done with choir, forever. Too bad. I have sung solos before and not it hurts just to carry on conversations sometimes. I guess my worst fear is to lose my voice altogether, which seems likely over the next several years. My job, my testimony, my callings, all depend on me speaking. I guess I'll have to learn sign language and take an interpreter with me everywhere.

We stayed at church for a baptism and I confirmed our new brother afterward. They are a wonderful family who were tracted out by the elders, who gave them a pass along card. They called church HQ asking for the elders to return and were taught for about three weeks and were baptized today. He asked the elders if I could confirm him and then apologized to me today for the "short notice". I tried to explain that we are used to doing things like this with no notice, since we try to always be ready. He'll learn.

Tonight we watched AFV, Loni and me, and then I finished Harry Potter, the final book. Most people like it the best. I found it slow in most places and I was getting to the point where I wanted to just quit reading because Harry can be such a moron sometimes. He never seems to follow directions out of trust in those who know more than he does. Even in critical situations, he always has to have an explanation when directed to do something. Too many people are actually like this.

Kelly B is here visiting Cindy B and they are off for the weekend playing. Good for them. Kelly is like that pesky little sister I never had. I probably teased her until she cried when she was little, and now I'm paying for it in kind.