long week

Calvin has a new trick. He falls asleep on the bus ride to school and then is too sleepy to wake up, or is pretending to be too asleep to wake up. I'm not sure. He was legitimately snoring and drooling on a couple of occasions..... who knows

This week so far 4/4 days I have driven down to his school to get him off the bus, or on one day because he wouldn't get on the bus at home so I drove him in. I also did this 2 days last week.  If you're wondering if my house cleans itself or if the groceries shop for themselves while I am gone, the answer is no.  It is a 9-noon affair each day. Sometimes it is 9-noon in and of itself if I get there and he refuses to go in to school; then I just sit in the car and wait for him to decide to go to school.  Sometimes, the 9-noon includes my recovery time afterwards such as walking the beach which is what I have found to be the best way to make the most of driving 30 min down to san diego and not being angry about missing my entire morning.

One of the medications Calvin is on makes him sleepy. We have now lowered the dose twice. So, now we're back to a dose that isn't even effective.  I might try going up a 1/2 dose in a couple of days and see if that is any better.

Could be worse.  I see so many people with many more serious troubles than I have and can't help but feel grateful for what I have. I was talking to a friend this week who has had severe trials in her life. She said she thinks if we all put a shoe in the middle (representing our trials) there wouldn't be many of us that would want to take somebody else's burden.  Each of us becomes accustomed to  the kind of experience we are going through even if it is hard.

There is a 3 part video on mormon messages here that is very good.  It describes how we learn to rely on the Lord for our daily needs. Elder D. Todd Christofferson shares a story when he was going through a personal trial and had to completely rely on the Lord to help him get by day by day. Without this experience he would not have learned this lesson.

I sometimes wish I could be more like those described in Alma 32, "and blessed are those who are humble without being compelled to be humble."  I guess I am one of the more stubborn ones that needs more reminders to be humble.