September 2008 – Page 2 – The Zion Chronicle

There is a duck walking around the sidewalks of downtown Salt Lake this morning. Aside from the fleeting feeling that I might be in the middle of an AFLAC commercial, I wish I had had a video camera to record the duck and the way people acted when they were near it. Everybody (myself included) would start to walk slower as they approached the duck so it was easy for a procession to form behind the duck as it walked down any given sidewalk. The duck, for its part, did not seem to want to fly or to walk anywhere near the road – the result being that it would slow down foot traffic on the sidewalk wherever it was and it would start looking for alternate paths anytime there were people coming from both directions on the sidewalk.

Taking Posession

After a long weekend with no internet access I was not at all surprised at the long list of emails that I had to deal with. It was a very good weekend to be disconnected since I had plenty to do as we moved into our new house. After a good three day weekend we are pretty well established with most of the boxes unpacked (besides those that are sitting in the garage – which is mostly food storage) and the furniture arranged. I fixed a couple of doorknobs with dysfunctional locks but not before Savannah accidentally locked herself inside the upstairs bathroom (the lock was easy to lock, but unlocking it from inside the bathroom was too difficult for women and children). I also mounted a flag bracket so I can fly the flag here.

It’s been a very fun few days as we have been awed and surprised to watch all the birds and squirrels, to feel the mountain breezes, to see so many stars at night now that we are above the main part of the city, and to look out the window before a storm and realize that we are literally living in the clouds at times. After today I should have internet access again so I won’t have to wait out the weekend before sharing when fun new things happen in our new home.