Tender Mercies and Other Randoms..

This week has been kind of crazy. Tuesday was my last day with Evan, and believe it or not, it was sad! When I left his house, I said, "We'll see ya later Evan!!" and he said, "Let's hope so!" SAD. Good thing he has Alzheimer's, so he's not going to be too distraught about me leaving, he won't even remember me the next day. But when I went to lunch with him that day, his daughter came with us too. I can't remember if I gave you a little background on Evan's family situation, but it's okay, I'll tell you twice. So Evan- totally loaded, right? He's got tons of land (6,000 acres I think?) Anyway, so once he started showing signs of Alzheimer's, 4 or his 6 kids totally went against him and wanted to put him in a nursing home so they could sell all his stuff and keep his money. It's all greed, and it's so sad. They don't even care about their dad, just about his money. If you want to read more about this, his daughter gave a more descriptive background here. Disclaimer: it's pretty long, so only read when you have time. Anyway his daughter Kathy was his main guardian. She lives in NYC so she can only make it to Utah once a month. She's one of the better kids, she helps her dad out whenever she comes down, and she's the one that had aides like me help him in his house. If it were up to his other kids they'd throw him in a nursing home so they could sell all his stuff and keep the money, like I said before. But with Kathy in charge, they couldn't. Anyway, long story short- Kathy gave up guardianship on Tuesday, which was my last day with Evan. She couldn't keep living the way she was. Her other siblings were harassing her and doing all that they could to get her to give up her position as Guardian. So she couldn't handle her siblings anymore and gave up. This means that they can do whatever they want to their dad. The first thing they'll do is put him in a nursing home, which means I would've lost my job. Can we say tender mercy!? I had a feeling I needed to find another job, and now I know why. This other part kind of scares me.. When I was talking to his daughter, she was telling me that they are going to have a hearing in court the 18th of August. She said she might need people to testify on Evan's behalf, and I might have to testify! I've never been in this kind of situation, and I don't want to get involved in this huge family crisis. But if it means that Evan will get the proper care, and won't be treated badly, then I'd gladly do it. It breaks my heart the things his kids did to him, and will continue to do when they take over.. Wish me luck if I have to go to court!

Also, I've been looking for some extra money. College fee's are due soon, and I've got nothin. I looked on craigslist today for some stupid ways to make money, and I certainly found the winner! This company just came out with this weight loss product, and they're looking for people to participate in their study. You get $1500 for a 3 week participation. Probably not healthy, probably a scam, but I replied to the add anyway! Haha! But seriously, making money and loosing weight at the same time?! Perfect, right? ....Yeah, almost too perfect. Definitely a scam.
I also started another way to make some money, this one is definitely NOT a scam. It's MELALEUCA! I gave my first presentation yesterday, and I'm getting enrollments too! Huzzzah, say hello to the youngest Corporate Director Melaleuca has ever seen! Haha, I'm pretty proud of myself.

I go to register for school next Wednesday! I reviewed my classes yesterday, and here's what my schedule looks like..
MWF- I have a Writing class at 7:30 am!! That's going to suck. But it lasts till 8:20, then after that I have a Psychology lab at 8:30. On the other side of campus! I'm going to have to book it to make it on time. But the lab is only on Monday's- so I only have to worry about that once a week. The lab ends at 10:30, I believe. Then at 11:30-12:20 I have an American History class, which I am so excited about. I love American History. And that's all the classes I have MWF. Sweeeet.
T&TH- At 1:30-2:45 I have Psychology 1010, also very excited about this one. Obviously because it's my major. And just on the first couple of Thursdays at 4:30 I have a connections class. Which gets you introduced to the school, and you do fun activities. I hear it's awesome!

There's a peek at my schedule, it might change when I talk to my academic advisor, not sure. But I am excited nonetheless.

I think that's about all of the excitement I have for this week. OH WAIT. There is a bonfire Saturday night with the ward. Totally excited about that! There are the cutest boys in my ward, and there's something about being outside, close to nature, that gets guys going. My roommate and I already have our game plan planned out carefully for that night. We're definitely going to score some hot dates! I'll let you know how it goes. :)

Farewell Evan..

Soooo I put in my two weeks notice. There's only so much I can handle with Evan, the shifts were way too long, and I wasn't getting paid nearly enough. Funny how my two weeks turned into like a month, though. My boss called me a couple days ago and said, "Laurel I don't have a replacement yet, would you be able to work through out this month, and your last day could be July 2nd?" UHHHHH... (this was clearly my response..) But I told her I would have to talk to my other boss and see if I could work around that schedule. ( I now clean cabins in Bear Lake for more money than I was making with Evan, plus my roommate does it too, and she loves to drive, so I just pay her for gas money and we carpool! Perfect!) Anyway, I know you've all been dying to see what Evan looks like, so here's a little taste.

Evan and I-- Clearly not the best picture of me, but look how tall he is, and he's hunched over! He could totally take me. And I spilled a little water on my shirt, no big deal.

The only time he decides to take a nap is when we want to take pictures of him, imagine that.

Larissa came for a week to stay with me, she got the real Evan experience. BTW, he's totally not sleeping! Look at that sly smile.

Where's Waldo!?

Ahh, I thought this picture was so cute. Evan lives right by the hillside, so there's always little deer running around.

There ya have it- Evan in a nutshell. Now I'll blog about some tender memories with him..

-I'm totally going to miss Evan's dry jokes. He would say something, and I wasn't sure if he meant for it to be funny or not, but I'll know because he'll do a little chuckle and wait for me to laugh. It was kinda funny.

-He would always say the weirdest phrases for going to the bathroom. One time I asked him where he was going, and he said, "I've gotta drop a load." or something gross like that! Guys never change!

-I definitely won't miss his 'backseat driving.' I'm going 40MPH in a 55MPH area, and he yells at me to slow down..

-Okay this next one is a little explicit, so nobody under the age of 16 can read this.. I just had to mention it, because I laughed SO hard when he said this.. I told Evan he needed to change his pants because they were dirty, he thinks about it for a while, and said, "Well, I'm going to take a guess and say that you don't have any guys going in your pants?" hahaha! Where that came from, nobody will ever know. Maybe he meant to say something like, "Well I'm going to guess that you don't have any guy pants." Who knows, but funny nonetheless.

-This was cute, I was taking him to go to the retirement home to eat lunch, and there's like 50 widows there. He had just gotten his new 'teeth' and I said, "Evan you are going to look so sharp, all these ladies will hover over you!" And he said, "Should I run?!" haha, he was pretty funny when we wasn't so agitated!

Anyway, just a taste. I can't really think of any more. But this has been a good job for me. The best and the worst. He taught me to have A LOT of patience and kindness. Thanks for the good times Evan! Keep it real!