A little Visitor

For the past 10 days I have been playing hostess, along with my sister Cathy, to my oldest niece Sileena. She is 10 years old and as cute as can be. We flew her out from Longview Washington to visit us her in New York. We started out showing her the Mormon historical sites out in Rochester, NY. I quickly realized that 10 year olds are not too interested in "historical sites". So we took her to get icecream to make up for the not so interesting afternoon.
I learned several things from having my niece come to visit for those 10 days. The first thing I learned is that I love being singel!!!! Now those of you who are reading this (my mother for example), who are worried about me never settleling down, don't worry. I'm not saying that I don't want a family someday, but I am enjoying being single and care free while I'm here. With just one 10 year old, I had to do three loads of laundry!! She went through so many sets of clothing, I was actually shocked!! I also couldn't just come home from work and sit in front of the t.v. with whatever leftover I had and eat dinner. I had to prepare a healthy meal and sit at the table. Then there was the fun job of getting her up in the morning in time to make it to the day came that we had her enrolled in so that Cathy and I could still go to work. I was late for work twice because I failed as a child morning motivator.

Single life is much easier. But I will not fail to highlight the positives of having a 10 year old around the house. So here they are:

-Having someone to sleep on your shoulder during church
-Hearing funny stories that only a 10 year old could tell
-Hearing the giggle of a 10 year old
-Snuggling while watching a family friendly movie
-Answering questions about subjects that I haven't thought about in years
-Feeling "rich" because you can afford a movie and icecream

I'm sure there are other benefits that I have failed to mention but I enjoyed having Sileena with me for those 10 days.

Other than Sileena's visit, my life has been pretty normal. I have recently been given a calling in my church here in Buffalo called "Education Counselor" in the Relief Society. It was overwhelming at first to think of being in such a position in a family ward, but I realize that I'm not as young as I think I am, so I'm excited to jump in and see what I can do.

I hope everyone is doing well.