We have been trying to get together a birthday package for Eliza. Her b-day is next Thursday. I wanted to mail it today, and have been having the kids write letters to her, but I don't have notes from Lily and Corey yet, drat. They are at Lily's Blue Note Band and won't be back before the post office closes, so, hopefully I'll get it off tomorrow so it arrives in time! Ahh, sorry Eliza, this is my first time sending a birthday package! I know it should be my 2nd time, cause I should have sent a package to Joseph last month, but I was planning something else for him (that didn't end up working...) so I probably owe him a package still, ahh, I gotta get on it. Katharine did a good job scribbling on the paper and then I traced her hand.
When we sent a Christmas package to Wes, we traced K's hand for her note, and he sent a package back with letters for all the kids, and he traced his hand on his note to her. Haha, I thought that was funny.
Chores are going good. Owen is our best worker. After he was done, he wanted to go play with friends, but none of them were able to play, so he was pacing the floor looking for something to do. I organized the game closet tonight, so I had games on my mind and I suggested he play Othello with me. He wanted to shake my hand before the game and he said "no crying" for whoever loses, cause BYU fans don't cry. I beat him and he seemed fine. Peter wanted to play next, and I suggested he and Owen play.
I hadn't told Owen any of my strategies when I was playing him, but tried to tell him some things I do when he played against Peter, like avoid putting a play piece in the three squares around the corner at all costs, unless you're SURE you won't lose it, cause you do not want to lose a corner. I really was trying to help both of them, but I probably helped Peter a little more, and as Owen saw the loss coming, I could see tears coming down his cheeks. After he lost to Peter, he was totally broken. He went and curled up in a blanket on the couch, with it covering his face, and he mourned for 30 minutes. He asked to play retro bowl on the computer, but I said he had to play Abi in Othello first, and I had secretly instructed her to let him win. He refused for another 30 minutes. He finally played her, but he totally lost on purpose, cause he hates Othello. I'll give him a few days to heal, and then I'll play him again next week and I'll try to let him win to build up his confidence a bit. We were all telling him, though, if he really does want to be a football player, he's gotta learn how to lose, cause all teams lose some games. Playing Othello helped me kill time mentally while I waited for Corey and Lily to get back. Since Lily started Blue Note Band in American Fork, it makes our date nights always go after 7pm. We were both fasting today cause we made a plan to go out to eat at Braza Grill. It was worth the wait, and I didn't overeat too much. Aaand we laughed at how Corey's car is still at Tanner's Transmission. 10 weeks today! They said it's almost done! They were just taking it out for a test drive. Yeah, right. We're not holding our breath. I teased "So they'll call us Monday?" Corey shrugged. I said "If they don't call us on Monday (as if I was making a threat...) ...then we'll just call them on Friday!" We call them every Friday to see what the status is. They have not called us ONCE. It's been a really disappointing experience. But... I guess it's better than having a ship stuck in the ice of Antarctica. I guess we'll try to be patient and "endure" this little trial/misfortune.
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