Video Games

There are some days when I am absolutely opposed to video games/computer games. They take up time that could be used being productive, they can become addictive and many of them are simply mindless killing, which never did anyone any good. They take up all of my husband's attention to everything: the house, the garden, the dishes, the time and especially me. Of course there are also days when I love video games because they take up my husband's attention and I can do what needs to be done. This week has not been one of those weeks when I love video games. My husband stayed up way too late playing blow 'em up games when both of us were already tired, he wanted to play the computer as soon as he got home from work, while I was trying to get dinner ready, and today he has totally lost track of what time it is when we really ought to be driving home. I understand that he feels that they relax him and I want him to play and have fun, I just wish sometimes that he would choose a less stressful time for me, to focus all of his attention on the screen. I do admit, that there are a few computer games that I like, really just a couple and they are fun, especially when we play together. Really, I would just love a little bit more moderation.

Update

Well, I haven't posted anything for a really long time, so here is an update on the Johnson family! Wesley is working for Teleperformance in Orem. He just got a shift change so he will now be working from 7am to 6pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. We are very excited that he will have Saturdays off so we can play like normal people. We live in Provo and just finished planting our garden. We are looking forward to zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, cantalope, carrots and onions. I would have loved to have had peas, but I didn't get it together in time. I don't have to plant any flowers, because those who we are renting from have a million flowers planted. We also have five fruit trees and lots of grapes. Hopefully we will have a good harvest; it is our first time doing this, so we will see. This week I made a rhubarb pie for Wesley who has never eaten it. I got the recipe from my grandma and with a little tweaking (to make it gluten-free!) it turned out great. Our car works great, though we aren't fond of the car payment and in general life is pretty good. We are not sure how school is going to work with Wesley's job and paying tuition, but we will see. We applied for Federal Aid and are now in the process of jumping through the hoops to get it. Overall, life is pretty good. We see our families at least once a week and often more than that. Last week, we babysat my siblings while my parents went to San Diego. We had a pretty good time, but were happy to be back at our house where the bed is not so big, although I am pretty sure Wesley misses the fact that my parent's bed is adjustible.

Finally!

After three years, I am no longer employed by Maceys Grocery Store. I have had three front end managers, many front end supervisors, been a front end supervisor and worked there longer than most people. There are some people that I will miss not working there, but as it is the grocery store that I know best, I will likely continue shopping there. I am very happy to be done working at Maceys. I desperately need something new. I am now employed by SOS Staffing, which is really just a temp agency. I am hoping to get a decent amount of work from them between now and the end of August when I will begin student teaching at Elk Ridge Middle School in South Jordan. It is something of a commute, but the teacher will basically give me free reign and we will see what happens.