Moving in May, 5/19

I have to be quick tonight, only have a few minutes before I need to be in bed by midnight. I am so tired. I hope I can sleep in tomorrow morning.

Today, I checked my cell phone, aka my watch,when I started my walk. It was 1:10. I walked through Benson Park & stopped at the flag pole. I don't think I've walked through the park since Daddy retired. He was the caretaker of the park for many years when the city had it, before they gave it back to the LDS Church.

There is a beautiful poem written by Mark Hart on a plaque at the base of the flag pole. Mark Hart married Don & I in 1982 in the Logan LDS Temple. There is also a dedication to President Ezra Taft Benson's mother, Sarah Dunkley Benson. I am assuming the park is named after her. I always thought it was named after his wife, Flora.

As I continued through the park to First East, I saw the Farm Bureau office & realized I hadn't canceled the insurance on the 1969 Chev pickup that Nick traded for his '77 Chev Corvette. So, I angled my way across the street to the Farm Bureau office & canceled the insurance. Woo hoo, one less vehicle on our insurance!

Back to the car behind the Citizen. Nick called as I was almost to First South, wondering where I was. I said I'd drive over to Mother's as soon as I got back to the car. I forgot to check the time until I pulled into Mother's driveway, which is only a minute or 2 from the center of town. It was 1:29. So, even though I made a couple of stops, I was out & about for about 20 minutes. When I got home, Don & I walked down to feed the dog.

Now, I'm having people ask me if I'm sick because I've lost so much weight. I really haven't lost that much weight, but maybe the walking is helping tone up my tummy. I know my neck is getting thinner. I'm soon going to have a turkey neck.

Moving in May, 5/1

I did it. I walked for 15 minutes today. I took the kitchen timer with me to work. I was almost a half hour early, can you believe it? So, I set the timer for 7 minutes & took off. I didn't walk fast & didn't have to stop & rest either.

I decided to walk around the Benson Park, what used to be the City Park back in the day, before the City of Preston decided they didn't want it any more & gave it back to the LDS Church. I got clear over to the Oneida Stake Academy at 6 minutes & 30 seconds, that's 2 sides of the park. I stopped & took a couple of pictures of the Academy.


Then took off again. I walked clear over to South State Street, down to the Danish Gates, aka the park entrance, aka as the entrance to the dentist offices & a short cut to the alley. Through the entrance & seriously thought about sitting on the bench. Actually, I started noticing benches over at the Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD) bus stop on First East. There's a nice metal bench there. Then, as I came around the corner from East Oneida onto South State, I noticed the flower boxes that line the street are all nice places to sit, plus a cement bench just outside U.S.Bank. The last bench is the one in the middle of the entranceway. But I didn't stop & rest. I walked down the alley & back to where I started from with 2 minutes left. I walked around the sidewalk at the South Stake Center & made it back to the car in 15 minutes. I was beginning to wonder if my legs were going to make it.

I got seriously dizzy later. It made me worried as the world just kind of slipped on it's axis as I was making a left turn from West Oneida onto North State. I started praying to the Lord to let me get Mother home. Then I ate, went back to work & again the world kind of slipped. When the alarm clock went off at 6 p.m. for me to pray, I prayed.

Nick told me that if I couldn't remember why I had set the alarm to pray, just pray my own prayer. So, last night I did. I prayed Don-Mike would make it home safely from Orem, Utah. Tonight, I thanked the Lord that Don-Mike had a safe trip to Orem & back. I also prayed for my health. This is an extra prayer from my bedtime prayers.