TWO MONTH MARK

It has been a rainy week here in New Zealand.  But the days are beginning to get longer, and I’ve noticed the buds are beginning to swell, for instance on a cherry tree I saw yesterday.  That tells me that Spring should be here soon.

Today is the second class of my Starting and Running Your Own Business class, where Alisa and I are the facilitators.  Last week we had 14 students attend, all with enthusiasm and ideas for businesses they want to start.  A fun class.  Monday evening Alisa and I gave the monthly FHE lesson for the YSA ward.  They asked us to speak about being good citizens.  We showed the CBS news video of our family, and spoke about my time as mayor of Visalia.  It was well received. 

I’m getting caught up at the law office.  Now that I’ve learned the office software and how things were filed and stored, this week I spent a good amount of time reviewing old matters that were started by prior attorneys but that were never completed.  I sometimes think that indecision by some attorneys drag things out and cost their clients’ money.  Most of these matters were issues that prior attorneys stewed over for a few weeks, then turned their attention elsewhere without ever resolving.  So I’ve been tracking down their documentation on the computer, to the extent that any documentation exists, then reviewing, handling, and closing the files.

Friday after work, to celebrate finishing another work week and making it through 2 months on our mission, I took Mom to see the new Lion King movie at a local theatre.  We enjoyed that, I thought the animation was great, although the music wasn’t as good as the first time around.  We decided to take it a little easy on Saturday.  We drove over to Devonport, only about 5 miles away on the coast, and hiked some trails along the beach there.  We visited the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum, which recounts WWI, WWII and other battles that NZ has been involved in.  We hiked up to North Head, a historic reserve built on a volcanic cone, where there are still bunkers and gun emplacements from WWII.  We came back to the apartment for the afternoon so I could prepare for our business class.  In the evening we attended the fun YSA’s ward social, where they enacted and spoofed songs and scenes from The Lion King.