The Suisse Family Robinson

I played the organ yesterday for sacrament meeting and during prelude I thought to myself "Wow, I am so out of practice that I'm beginning to hear things! Those 16 pedal stops sound horrible!" I continued to play the opening hymn which sounded all right but as soon as I played the first chord of the sacrament hymn I knew something was really wrong. I looked over to my left and found the problem- there is a transposing dial on the console of the organ (which I usually check before I start playing) and it should be set to 0. But this time it was set to 4 half steps lower! The really bad thing was that this particular hymn was in the key of F major which is a pretty low key. While I'm playing the first verse I'm trying to decide what to do. There are a lot of factors that I have to consider- Should I wait and turn it between verses? Should I just suffer through the hymn being 2 whole steps too low? Can the basses even hit those low notes? The sopranos are probably thinking "What is going on?" because they're singing low A's. While I am thinking of all the scenarios I am messing up the first verse because it's hard to think through things and play at the same time. I decide to correct the dial between the first verse and the second verse and when I start the second verse I could hear the whole congregation do this weird glissando while they adjusted to the new key. The bishop almost got whiplash when he turned his head to look at me so he could figure out what was going on. Oh, the life of an organist. (This happened to a friend of mine except that he was playing Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains 2 whole steps too high.)

Sadly, my vacation week has quickly passed. Don't get me wrong, I love my work and I also love spending time with Lara and Vivi so I am glad that I get Fridays off during the summer!

I have a week off between Spring and Summer quarters and this year I'm not actually traveling for vacation. I get to spend my time with my little dears-

And...


Today is Tuesday and so far I have-

1. Gotten my butt kicked by yoga.
2. Read this book...And this book...both of which I highly recommend.
3. Did dishes. Ick.
4. Went to the pool and was very glad that I invested in one of these...5. Paid another $300 so that Murphy would stop peeing all over our living room.
6. Napped when miraculously both girls were asleep at the same time. Yay!

Items on my to do list-
1. Potty-train Lara.
2. Switch Vivi to the crib.
3. Go to the zoo.
4. Go back to the pool.
5. Show yoga who's boss.
6. Make more money so that the vet bills won't kill us. (Thanks to Melaleuca for giving us that opportunity).

My product of the week is inspired by my UPS rant from a few days ago. Because of our wonderful UPS delivery man I have been without my prenatal vitamins for a whole month. I have certainly felt a marked difference in my energy and all-around vitality. I have felt more tired and exhausted lately and not just because of Vivi and Lara. I don't have as much energy in a day as I used to. Let me tell you, I'm looking forward to receiving this month's order so I can start taking my vitamins again? Melaleuca's vitamins work so well because of a patent-pending process called Oligofructose compounding. To learn more about the process, visit www.melaleuca.com. Basically, Melaleuca's vitamins dissolve better in the digestive tract so that our bodies can absorb the nutrients and minerals more easily and efficiently. And nobody else's vitamins can say that! Other brands of vitamins can actually rob your body of the nutrients that they're supposedly supposed to give you. So hurray for Oligofructose compounding!