Weekend Wife

Kate came to visit me this last weekend and good times ensued. At first it was a little strange to have her here and see her in person rather than over a web cam but I got over that pretty quick. This was the first time she'd seen the apartment I live in, and I think she thinks the place is OK. We went into Manhattan on Saturday and went up to the museum of natural history and saw a couple of the stars of "Night at the Museum" movie.

When we got out of the museum it was raining and pretty windy, but for some reason we decided to walk through central park. There's nothing worse than trying to stay dry holding an umbrella in a rain and wind storm. We stumbled onto a pumpkin festival in the middle of central park where there were hundreds of pumpkins lining the paths around the festival that I guess people carved and put there. There is always something going on. Both of were cold and wet as we made our way down to time square and on towards our favorite Korean restaurant. The leaves haven't really changed colours yet around here but some trees are getting close.

Kate did a lot of shopping,but not a lot of buying, on Monday and Tuesday while I was in classes and we met up for lunch both days. She left Tuesday night and it's a little different since she left. I'm looking forward to the next time she comes to visit.

Speading the Good Word

I wore this shirt to school the other day and got some inquires from my classmates about the raft (though I'm not sure why, because my normal introduction of myself to new people is "I'm Jason Steed and I built a raft and sailed it down the North Saskatchewan"). So of course I regaled them with stories from the raft in all it's glory, of which they were very impressed and jealous.

On my walk to the subway that day I didn't have my coat on, on account of abnormally warm weather. Some bohemian looking guy with a trumpet case in hand standing on the sidewalk calls out "Hey, what about the raft?". Though I was a little surprised, I'm always ready to talk about the raft so I shared my story with him and this guy thought it was the greatest thing since dreadlocks. Thanks for the shirt Scott.

Just when you think I couldn't talk about the raft anymore I gave a talk with it as one of the key stories about following the counsel given at general conference. Now the Elders Quorum here wants to build a raft.

Just doing my best to spread the good word.