We’re getting better at finding ways to be with family. On Sunday, we Skyped Mark’s brother Carl, who lives in Missouri. Then we went for a walk with my brother and his two oldest daughters and their dog. We ended off the day visiting my parents in their backyard. We took our air fryer and made French fries and they provided the hamburgers.
Flynn has had a rash for about a week, and when it didn’t get better on its own we decided it was time to go to the vet. We’ve never taken him to the vet for sickness before so I was a little nervous. Luckily we were able to go inside with Flynn. I know some vets aren’t allowing people to enter with their pets because of the virus, but we were able to go in and were taken directly to an examination room. The first vet we saw was one of my friends from high school. It was a fun surprise! He’s finishing up vet school and is getting some clinical hours here. Our regular vet gave Flynn a check too and they decided it was just a bacterial skin infection. Flynn gets to take an antibiotic every day for a couple weeks. This means Flynn gets cheese (with the pill inside) everyday- which makes him happy. His rash is already looking much, much better!
Mark has still been working on buying a truck for his lab. It’s just taking a long time for the purchase to get approved at all the necessary levels. He also tried to go fishing with his professor again but it was just too stormy so they had to turn around and come home.
I bribe myself to not eat treats during the week by making a fun tear on the weekend. I tried a new cheesecake recipe this week- caramel cheesecake. I forgot to buy enough heath pieces to cover the top but a chocolate chips made a good substitute.
Saturday morning we woke up to snow. We didn’t have much on the grass but the mountains were pretty.
We were also able to see a family friend’s recently restored 1969 Ford Bronco. Mark was in heaven. This vehicle was the competition for his 69 Jeep Commando.
Utah has entered the “yellow” zone for the COVID-19 safety policies. More businesses are open and we can have 50 people together if they follow social distancing. Not many people wear masks in public, but we are still trying to. You never know if you could be sick. We also expect a shortened form of church to resume soon. I’m a little stressed about how primary will look when it begins again, but I expect we’ll get more direction from leaders before then. For now my presidency and I are focusing on filling all our teacher spots and preparing for our first baptism of the year. Baptisms are done on a ward level right now. We also are brainstorming a primary activity we could do while keeping everyone safely distanced.
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