Lest you think all I do is Kayak...

That's all I've been posting about lately because it's the fun stuff, but of course my life is full of the utterly mundane as well. And a little bit of not so mundane thrown in every once in a while.

Jillian keeps reminding me to post about "Wicked", which she and I saw two weeks ago (has it really been that long?!) It was so much fun to take her to see her first "Broadway" play! We were fortunate enough to get tickets with a group, so we knew most of the people sitting around us. Before the play we walked from the ferry up to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Dining out isn't something we do with the kids very often. Jillian ordered pepperoni pizza. That's one reason why...Anyway, I enjoyed eating and talking with just her. We ordered a piece of Key Lime cheesecake to take with us, and ate a few bites before we left. I was going to put the box into my purse and sneak it into the theater, not to eat during the play of course, just to have afterwards. Well, I forgot to put it in my purse and when we got to the theater, the ticket-taker saw my big Cheesecake Factory bag and told me I had to throw away my left-overs! Bummer! Bigger bummer was when I told some friends about it when we got to our seats and they told me their ticket-taker told them they could coat-check their left-overs! I almost got out of my seat and went to rummage through the garbage to get my cheesecake back! But other than that, the night was fabulous. Jillian LOVED Wicked, as did I. I've seen it before, but it was still amazing to see again. She is still singing the songs two weeks later, since I bought the album and put it on her ipod.

Last Thursday, Brad had his tonsils removed. We were told it's a much harder recovery for adults than for kids and were expecting the worst. The surgery went well. The doctor confirmed afterwards that his tonsils were in really bad shape. Of course he's going to say that, though. What else would he say? "Oh, they really weren't that bad. Maybe we should put them back in." I was very surprised that right after the surgery Brad could still talk. I was expecting him to be in too much pain. But his recovery since then has been slow. He doesn't seem to be feeling much better than he did right after the surgery. The doctor wasn't kidding when he said it would take two weeks.

And then on Friday Kylie got the flu. She denies that it's swine flu, even though those are her symptoms and our doctor said that's what is going around. She hates missing school because she doesn't want to get behind. She's finally feeling better today, so I sent her to school, but then Ben woke up with a fever and cough. When Nate heard Ben was sick, he said, "Oh great! Now we're all going to get it!" Which is probably true, since Ben isn't the best at covering his coughs or washing his hands. I'll have to be extra vigilant! And keep him away from Brad.

Sunday I was released from my Primary Secretary calling (which I had just started two months ago and was LOVING) and my Sunbeam calling (which I hadn't been released from when I was called to be secretary because I wanted to keep the kids until the end of the year because I love them, too!) and was called to be a counselor in the Relief Society Presidency. I haven't been to RS on Sunday for at least eight years since I've had YW and Primary callings. I'm feeling very overwhelmed and out of my comfort zone. We had a wonderful RS activity (can't call it Enrichment anymore!) last night which was the result of the out-going counselor's inspiration. She was so confident and in touch with the sisters and afterwards I just wanted to go home and hide. I'm not comfortable mingling in large groups. I always feel awkward and don't know what to say. My heart is still with Primary! I am much more comfortable sitting with four year olds, eating snacks and talking about being kind to animals.

So that's what I've been up to when I'm not kayaking. Let me tell you, I'd rather be out on the water! Or at the theater watching Wicked!