Monday, October 09, 2006
Seasonal Affective Disorder
I cannot let this day go by without acknowledging the end of my summer blues. I am taking psychology this semester and I know that seasonal affective disorder is supposed to be wintertime depression. But since moving to Texas from New England some years ago, I have noticed that every fall there is a point when I suddenly realize that I feel good again! That happened to me today! You have probably felt something similar when you recover from a physical illness. You know how bad you felt when you were sick by the sudden contrast when you feel better. I haven't tracked this in any systematic way, but it is real to me. I hate the oppressive heat of the Texas summer. Air conditioning is a blessing, but it does not modify my mood. I like to be able to go outside and walk. I can do that again now. I'm so glad it is finally fall here. Someday I will move North. Or I will at least have a place that I can escape to for the entire summer and not for just a week or two.
Time marches on, Blogs need a push
And I had such good intentions. One of these days I will write about why we are "the Texas Branch". Today I will write about the last 2 months.
James and Melissa were married in the Dallas Temple on August 26th. It was a lovely ceremony. The reception went smoothly and was a lot of fun. Everyone should be blessed with a friend like my daughter's MIL, Cathy. She is one talented lady. She transformed our chapel's cultural hall into a thing of beauty. We had a wonderful band, "The Fiddle Rascles" who are an LDS family group from the Dallas area. They played classical music the first hour, then lively fiddle music for the second hour. And people came!! My greatest fear is throwing a party that no one comes to. We have no extended family in the church, nor does Melissa. My mom came from NH. Bill's brother came. Other than that and our own kids, there was no family. I am so grateful to all the friends who came to wish my kids well and to support them. I am also grateful to all the friends who helped to put it all together.
The day after the wedding we welcomed Rene, a German exchange student. His prior arrangements fell through and he needed a temporary place to stay while YFU found another family for him. He slept on our sofa for 3 or 4 nights while I did a major cleanup of Emma's room for him. It didn't take long for us to realize we wanted to keep him. He is a lot of fun and it's nice for SeWon to have a brother, since none of our kids are at home. He and SeWon seem to be settling in well at the local high school. It's the school that I was afraid to send my own kids to - they went to the Arts Magnet HS - but it's really not so bad. SeWon has 2 AP classes, Calculus and Physics, and Rene has 3, Physics, American History and English! Smart kids!
I can't let September go by without mentioning Grant. Our third upstairs bedroom was occupied for 4 weeks by Grant, a 4th year med student from Kansas who was doing a rotation at Childrens Medical Center. Although he was a paying guest, we really enjoyed having him around and it was nice for the boys to have someone closer to their age in the house. Sarah is doing a rotation right now at Methodist Hospital, so she is occupying that third room during the week and going home to Ft Worth on the weekend.
School started for me on August 28th. It keeps me very busy. More on that later.
James and Melissa were married in the Dallas Temple on August 26th. It was a lovely ceremony. The reception went smoothly and was a lot of fun. Everyone should be blessed with a friend like my daughter's MIL, Cathy. She is one talented lady. She transformed our chapel's cultural hall into a thing of beauty. We had a wonderful band, "The Fiddle Rascles" who are an LDS family group from the Dallas area. They played classical music the first hour, then lively fiddle music for the second hour. And people came!! My greatest fear is throwing a party that no one comes to. We have no extended family in the church, nor does Melissa. My mom came from NH. Bill's brother came. Other than that and our own kids, there was no family. I am so grateful to all the friends who came to wish my kids well and to support them. I am also grateful to all the friends who helped to put it all together.
The day after the wedding we welcomed Rene, a German exchange student. His prior arrangements fell through and he needed a temporary place to stay while YFU found another family for him. He slept on our sofa for 3 or 4 nights while I did a major cleanup of Emma's room for him. It didn't take long for us to realize we wanted to keep him. He is a lot of fun and it's nice for SeWon to have a brother, since none of our kids are at home. He and SeWon seem to be settling in well at the local high school. It's the school that I was afraid to send my own kids to - they went to the Arts Magnet HS - but it's really not so bad. SeWon has 2 AP classes, Calculus and Physics, and Rene has 3, Physics, American History and English! Smart kids!
I can't let September go by without mentioning Grant. Our third upstairs bedroom was occupied for 4 weeks by Grant, a 4th year med student from Kansas who was doing a rotation at Childrens Medical Center. Although he was a paying guest, we really enjoyed having him around and it was nice for the boys to have someone closer to their age in the house. Sarah is doing a rotation right now at Methodist Hospital, so she is occupying that third room during the week and going home to Ft Worth on the weekend.
School started for me on August 28th. It keeps me very busy. More on that later.
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