Have Nurse Will Travel

I am not sure what to title this entry.  Last week my dear friend Jennifer's son died.  So it was a week of trying to be a good friend and trying to help out as much as I could.  Last night I got a call that another friend just died as well.  My study abroad friend, Linda.  Man, we had some great times.  Like the time we were on a train leaving Paris in the middle of the night, and the entire French Army got on and we were afraid for our.........lives.  After a few hours they finally all got off.  We were so glad and lied down on the seats, anticipating some rest finally.  Then we thankfully noticed that our train had been disconnected from the rest and we had to grab our bags and run to the front of the train.  We didn't get much sleep that night.  And then there was the time that Thomas and Peter asked us to go with them to church in Graz.  They picked us up on motorcycles, just before the bus to church for the rest of the group left.  Dr. Jones was not happy, but let us go a...

OK, I know I told myself, and Scott that I would cleanse at least 5 days, but today was really hard.  Never mind that it's almost valentines day, and I've been at school all week  and there is candy flowing all over the place.  But today I was just thirsty.  My mouth was so dry, so I ate an orange.  It was so totally delicious.  And now I'm not sure I can ever drink the lemonade drink again.  I'd be happy eating just fruit tomorrow.  We still have a few oranges left.  I just might.  No more lemonade.  I'm really thinking now.   

Yes, it really is just like is sounds.  CLEANSE.  The first time I remember being on a diet was when I got home from Austria in 1985.  Six months in any european country can really add on the pounds.  Chocolate, zimmels, whole milk, chocolate, pastries, italian ice cream, etc.  It wasn't really hard.  But since then, I've pretty much stayed the same weight.  I didn't even gain a ton of weight with my kids.  24 pounds with the twins and Amelia and only 14 pounds with Cameron. But here I am, day 1 of the master cleanse and I'm feeling a little annoyed.  Yes, I know that it helps to have a "cleansing buddy", but I'm not feeling very buddy like tonight.   I know that the cleanse is not really for losing weight, but to cleanse my body of toxins and waste that are making it unhealthy.  But I also know that if Scott didn't have 50 pounds to lose, he wouldn't be wanting to do this.  I do like the idea of cleaning everything out and starting to just put hea...

This has been a wonderful week with the Lockharts here. Tuesday Sue, Clint, Nick and I went up to Salt Lake to the Draper Temple Open House. Nick has wanted to go in to as many temples as he could before he leaves on his mission, so we took in that one as well. It is a beautiful building, of course. Most notable was the chandelier in the celestial room. Wow! We called Mom to tell her we were on our way to pick her up, but she was back to sleep and still in bed. She was up and ready quickly and we hurried to the Salt Lake Temple for the 2:00 session. Here's a little something to remember, Mom doesn't need to go to the temple anymore. She couldn't remember any names, even hers. All she managed to pay attention to was Nick. "Oh, there's that cute Nick. He's such a great young man." True enough, but she kept saying it over and over, and over and over. She paid absolutely no attention to the session at all. She wasn't even bothered by not being able to rem...