A new dawn, a new day

Well, it is the start of a new week and not much has happened since the last time that I actually wrote. I guess with life just kicking into gear, I really don't have a summer anymore--which is fine with me, since I really need to have a paycheck coming in.

The job is going good. It is nice to be able to say that I have money coming in at the end of the month. It isn't that much different from what I did at BYU, which is great. It means I have more time to write my book and edit a couple scripts. If I remember, I'll even write on the blog--believe it or not! I primarily just stay in my office until someone needs something or until I get a call about some computer systems. it is weird being back in my old elementary school. I don't remember much from elementary--well, I really don't remember much before age 12 or 13. But I went back over my old school pictures and talked with my mom and found out that a few of the teachers that were here when I was are still here. They of course don't recognize me (thank goodness!) but I haven't said anything to them either. They've had so many student in the past 10 or so years that I don't think they would remember me. Although I did have one of the teachers ask if I knew the Zanandrea over at BYU and I said that I did, but I didn't say that I was related to her. I'm enjoying it so far. We'll see if I end up staying around for the year. I think that once Timp Elementary opens up, they may need a tech person over there and if I have the opportunity to go over there, I may take it. It is a bit closer to where I live--which would be great because of the price that gas is going to get when the winter comes around.

Jakob is having fun in his show. He said that it is interesting to see people that he knows in the audience but most of the time they don't recognize him because he plays a man that is over 80 years old. I think the costume I made turned out good. I know that he wasn't too happy with the fact that I put Velcro on it instead of making the buttons workable. I didn't have time to do the buttonholes correctly. Now that the show is moving, I may have time to redo it and put buttonholes in. I know that he wants to use the costume for our next film project, so I'll have to change it over to loops or buttonholes eventually. I had a hard time with the pants. Since it was such a rush job, we decided to go over to the local thrift store and find a pair of pants that fit him really well and that fit the time period closely. Luckily we found a pair that fits rather well and they looked really good on him. So we bought them and after we got home and I started sizing them did I notice the brand and I about cried when I had to cut them! They are designer from Italy! No wonder they fit him so well and felt like good quality! I feel like such a dork to not look at the brand when we were at the store. Those would have been perfect dress pants and I cut them! Arg! I blame Jakob for that. . . . . . . he made me. ;p

I'll be posting some more pictures later about our trip to Seattle and some other stuff that we've been doing.

Jakob is excited about the start of BYU Football, and the fact that we're working with the Varsity Club again. It is funny to see his reaction now as to the first time that I went to a football game and invited him to our tailgate. The first time when he saw some of the older athletes coming in and talking to my mom or the coaches coming over and giving me a hug, his jaw used to just drop, but now its fun to see his eyes light up with some of the people that come in, but now that we've been doing it for a few years, he seems to just take everything in stride. It'll be funny to see Jakob's brother's reaction. Since he's now in the state, we were able to find a pass for him to be able to come down and watch the game, but in order to get the pass he has to work for it. It isn't anything hard, but I'm going to laugh if he gets star-struck by some of the athletes that are coming in. I guess I'll just put him on ticket detail. It's also great considering that we are having fun with the people that are catering and I'm going to see if I'll bring my camera this time and take some pictures. My mom has a parking pass, so I think I can just drop it in the car afterwards, or take it in and take some fun pictures. (Of course, none with me in them).