6/23/14
Dear Everyone,
Well, Alexa & I
made it to Minnesota finally! I am
totally amazed at how much Heavenly Father helps me!!! While I was packing things Wed & Thurs I
kept having the strong impression that I needed to go downstairs & get my
small workout fan to pack. I ignored the
impression several times & continued packing other things. I had prayed that I would be able to have a
clear & alert mind & not forget anything that we would need. On Thurs as I was talking to Shayla I told
her that I kept having this strong impression that I needed to pack that fan
& she said, “Well, you’d better go right down & get it.” I finally did it right then & got it into
the car. We took off around 8:00 AM Fri
morn & made it safely to Ty’s motel in Wyoming. Marvin & LaRee were there working also so
we got to go out to the BIG fancy restaurant there in Lovell, Wyoming with
them. The food wasn’t much good but the
company was! It was great to see Tyson
& Ty again even though they went back to work after dinner & didn’t get
back to the motel till 10:30 or so. I
was already asleep. The bed was
extremely hard though so I kept waking up all night. I even had my latex mattress pad on it &
my back hurt so bad the next morn I could hardly walk!! I felt so sorry for Ty & Tyson for having
to sleep on those horrible beds!!
Alexa & I left
Sat morn & made it to Bismarck, North Dakota where we had a room reserved
at the Kelly Inn. The bed was the
softest, most comfortable bed!! I really
slept great that night & didn’t want to get out of bed the next morn!! We didn’t leave on Sun till about 11:45,
mainly cuz I thought it was only about 4 hrs to Minneapolis but it ended up
being about 7 hrs. By the time we got to
Minneapolis the traffic was at a standstill.
I thought that was really weird that it was so bad on a Sunday till I
remembered the nurse talking about how bad the traffic is every Sunday night
coming into the city because of all of the people coming back from their
cabins. The drive was absolutely
beautiful the entire way after leaving Wyoming & I kept thinking about how
much Ty would have enjoyed the drive. He
loves to see beautiful scenery just like my Mom did. Everything was so green!! When I got here I found the place we were
going to stay. I had reserved a room in
a senior care center for the week. The
hospital had sent me some info about different places we could stay & their
name was on the list. They rent out some
rooms to people who are in need & having surgery at the hospitals. It was $150 cheaper than anywhere else &
was a 1 bedroom apt fully furnished & everything. I had a really hard time finding where to go
to get my key since the place was like a maze, it went on & on! I had parked across the street by the park
& Alexa was waiting in the car. When
I finally found the front door there were lots of old people out there visiting
& just sitting. This old mad in a
wheelchair yelled to me & said, “Mam, I need you to come here.” I just told him to wait just a minute &
went into the building. The lady at the
desk had an envelope that had my name on it with my key inside it with
instructions written on it to have security come & show me where my apt was
& where to park. She called security
& this young guy came & we went out the door so he could show me where
to park. The old wheelchair guy yelled
to me again & said, “Mam, I need you to come here!” The security guy said, “What do you want,
Bill?” Bill then told him he didn’t want
anything from him but wanted me to come to him.
I started laughing & the security guy just told Bill we were busy
right then & he would come over to see what he wanted after we were
done. Wow, I was only there for a few
minutes & already had “men” hitting on me, hahaha!! I drove around to where I was supposed to
park & the guy met me there & showed us where our apt was up on the 6th
floor. As soon as we walked in Alexa was
crinkling her nose & said it smelled like “old people!” It was very clean though. The TV was very old but did have cable hooked
up to it even though it didn’t work well.
We didn’t know what the wifi password was & that was another bad
thing for Alexa. She really didn’t want
to stay there since it was so hot in there also. We turned on the AC unit & decided to go
find something to eat while it cooled down.
We ate at Old Country Buffet which was not very good & way too
expensive. We drove to a couple of
hotels in Bloomington, which is where we stayed last time we were here, but
they were completely booked up. We came
back to the senior ctr & I went down to their computer ctr & tried
looking up some different hotel options but found that it would be way too
expensive to try to get one that was any better than this when it was this
late. Well, this is the amazing part of
my story!! My bedroom was so dang hot
that I just knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep!!
Well guess what? I had packed my
trusty little fan!!! With my fan going
it made that bedroom just right & I slept just fine!! Heavenly Father is just amazing!!! He helps me with even these little small
things that really don’t matter all that much, just makes things more bearable!!! He really does listen to our prayers &
helps us with whatever we ask for if we are doing our part!! I have
now decided that this place is really perfect for us. Alexa was really worried about the
neighborhood, which really isn’t that great.
But the building is pretty secure.
You have to have a little thing on your keychain that will let you into
the building & there is lots of security around. Plus it is really close to the hospital so I
got up this morn & finished carrying our stuff up to our room. I think once we get the internet working
Alexa will like it just fine too.
I was sad we missed
Shayla’s bday on Sat but I know she was well taken care of. Dana planned a lunch for Sat which I think
Chelsea, Tiffany & Tonya went to.
That night I had given our tickets that we got with our
pass-of-all-passes for the play Cinderella at the Scera outdoor theater to
Chelsea to take Shayla to. Melissa &
Shannon went also & said it was really good. Also Melissa moved into our house to stay
with Shayla while we are gone so I feel much better about that. There have been a few break-ins around our
area lately so I was a bit worried. Ty
& Tyson ended up having to stay thru Sunday so they could try to finish
more up on Mon & will go back then.
I took their Sunday clothes to them so they were able to go to
church. Tyson has a campout on Wed thru
Sat so they need to get home to wash their clothes & get ready for
that.
Well, that’s about
it for now. We only have 1 appointment
today which is with the pain dr.
Tomorrow we don’t have any appointments so we will probably try to go
check out the famous Mall of America or something. I am so amazed at how calm I feel & Alexa
too. I’m sure as the surgery gets closer
we will feel more anxious, which is normal, but I know that all we have to do
is pray & read our scriptures to know that our entire lives are in Heavenly
Father’s hands & He can make everything work out the way it is supposed to
so we don’t need to fear. I love you all
& I’m so grateful for all the fasting & praying on our behalf!!! Thank you Dad for reminding me about D&C
98: 1-3. I need to read that often right
now since it was written just for me!!!
Love Malinda
PS. Nevermind about
the apartment being ok, I just took 3 hrs to find a new hotel, move all the
stuff we’d just brought up to the 6th floor back down & check
out of the room when we found out there was no wifi. That was just too much with a TV that hardly
gets any channels & the ones it does get were very fuzzy & no
wifi. Alexa would have gone crazy. We
are now at a Super 8 motel about 15 min away from the hospital but I now have a
happy girl that doesn’t have to smell “old people”, haha!
Hey guys, I know it's late coming but this is Alexa, yes i'm finally writing on my blog. The senior home did smell like old people. When we asked about the wifi the lady said that they didn't have any but that they were getting it soon. After we left I told my mom that they didn't need it because the people wouldn't even know how to use it.
Hey guys, I know it's late coming but this is Alexa, yes i'm finally writing on my blog. The senior home did smell like old people. When we asked about the wifi the lady said that they didn't have any but that they were getting it soon. After we left I told my mom that they didn't need it because the people wouldn't even know how to use it.
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