Blessings

Yesterday started off on the wrong foot. I was super cranky for no apparent reason other than the skies were gray. But it ended up being a nice day, full of little surprise blessings!

-I arrived in SLC for my classes only a little late but, most importantly, safe after driving through torrential rain!
-One of my late classes was cancelled so I got to go home early, which ended up being a HUGE blessing since it turned out I had forgotten to turn off my lights and the car's battery was dead! So glad I didn't have to deal with that in the dark!!!
-Grandpa lives close enough to come help me when the car stalled, and it didn't take too long to jump-start the little Mazda Miata. Such a wonderful Grandpa!!!
-The rain stopped just long enough to jump-start the car so we didn't have to get wet.
-I made it back safely in spite of the rain pummeling the freeway on the way home.
-Sweet Bain made dinner (and smoothies) for me.
-We decided that watching a movie to relax was a "good" enough excuse to stay up past bedtime
-Nice evening with my best friend. :).

Dishes Puzzle

Call me crazy, but I enjoy washing dishes. It's relaxing. But my favorite part is organizing dishes on the rack for drying. I can fit a TON of dishes in a tiny space (see below for proof). Trying to fit dishes onto a tiny rack feels a lot like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, and I've always loved putting together puzzles. For the first few years of college I worked as a supervisor in the MTC dish room  Smelly? Definitely. That was the worst part. Gross? Sometimes. Fun? Oh yeah!!! We had much more fun than anyone else in the cafeteria did! It was there in the MTC dish room that I discovered how relaxing washing dishes can be. It was also there that I perfected the art of squishing tons of dishes into very small spaces. :)

It's hard to tell from these pictures how many dishes there are stacked up on this one little rack. But trust me, it's a lot! Just ask John!!!

Together Again

The Robinson Clan is together again for the summer! The exciting thing is that with Alyssa graduating from High School in a couple weeks, we'll all be in the same singles ward! Yesterday we walked in the rain to an El Salvadorian restaurant to get Pupusas to eat, yum!!!! On our way back we stopped by Brad's favorite shop ever, the Great Salt Lake Guitar Factory. Great day!!! :)