What a Week!

This week has been so weird, crazy, sad, and happy all at the same time! To start off with, my Grandpa Crandall passed away early on Wednesday morning. He went into the hospital last Sunday because he was very sick and weak (from a heart attack) and when there was nothing anyone could really do for him, he was brought home and went peacefully with family around him. It is so sad that he is gone, but I know that he is in a great place with some great people and I will be able to see him again. I have so many awesome memories of him too, staying with him up in Wyoming on the ranch and just visiting him in Springville. He was a great example to me and I am so proud to be his granddaughter!

So, along with that, my mom and dad have come down with the flu (or something like it) at separate times during the week and I lost my voice! I had a sore throat on Monday and Tuesday, and then Wednesday, my voice started to go as I was teaching. So, I should have taken the next couple of days off of teaching, but I decided not to because it is horrible to make sub plans! Needless to say, I taught both Thursday and Friday with no voice! Thank goodness for microphones! Our school has sound systems installed in a few rooms and mine happens to have one, so the students just had to be very quiet to hear me, and they really were soooo quiet! It was nice! It was funny though because they would always answer me in a whisper too and I had to tell them to speak up so I could hear what they were saying! Gotta love those kids! :)

And in the midst of ALL of that, we are trying to pack up our house to move by February 5! AHHHHH! Crazy! But I have to thank all of the good family, friends and neighbors we have to do so much for us, like bringing in meals, helping us pack, and clean our new house. We are so lucky to have all of that support. Anyway, I know things will get better and we can get through this, it is just crazy that all of this can happen at once! At least I have tomorrow off for the holiday and can regain my voice again before I go back to teaching for 6 more days. Thank goodness for breaks! :)