Another Office Move

It has seemed awkward to me for Gary and I to have offices across from each other.  The space is nice, but when missionaries drop in, they wonder which side to go to first or we have to move over to be together. Then each time, we needed to talk to each other, one of us would have to move over.

So we made a switch--Jena now has her own desk and a place for outgoing mail too big for the cupboard and Gary and I are sharing a cubicle.

Jena LOVES it!! and moved the name plates right away.

It is a bit of a tight fit, but I feel like it is working out better for us.  Although I have spent a lot of the week in trainings for oral histories, so we really haven't sat much together there to do actual work.

We have pointed out to the staff that this doesn't mean that we are surrendering the other cubicle for future zone leaders who might prefer the additional space.  We will see how that works. Space is a precious commodity in the Church History Library.

I think we are set for the rest of our mission!
 

Nieman Cookies

 Our sweet neighbors gave us some cookies at the Church History Library.  I had a busy day and the cookie became my lunch as I headed to my 3:00 meeting at the JSMB.  It was so yummy.  We love Sister Nieman's cookies.

Fall

The sidewalks were littered early Monday morning as we headed to Temple Square.  It was a beautiful crisp fall morning!

Fire Truck Parade

On Sunday evening, we began to hear the blaring of fire trucks close by--not totally unusual in the middle of a city--however, they kept getting closer and louder--when they finally turned down our street we realized that they weren't racing to a fire, but forming a parade of some sort.  It included many fire trucks and then police cars and a couple of motorcycle cops--all with lights flashing and horns blaring.

Gary found out later that night that a senior fire chief in the Salt Lake Unified Fire District had died of Covid and they were honoring him with a possession across the city.

Another reminder that we are truly in a pandemic.

In my whole life, with many flus cycling through and which people have died--for sure--I have never personally known someone who died from the flu.  Around me now, people I do know or know people who love them are dying even now from Covid-19.  I was waiting in the dentist chair this week and the person in the next room shared that they had to miss their prior appointment due to the death of his brother-in-law from Covid.  He was 50 years old.  That type of stuff has never happened around me with the flu.  I get the new nature of Covid-19 and the idea that we will live with it on earth now for a long time just like the flu--and people will die from both because they can impact mortal lives that way.

But Hello, people---this is still a pandemic.  Let's be nice and be smart!  Wash your hands, don't go out when you are sick, and wear a mask!