Of bunnies, opposable thumbs, and stuck accelerators

I read James Michener’s Hawaii when my second child was a babe in arms. Just a few years ago J. One thing I remember is the Chinese immigrants brought to be laborers would get married in China, leave a week or so later, send money home over the years, expecting to return one day, but of course, they never were able to return. So one guy acquires a ‘concubine’ after coming to Hawaii (since he already had a real wife, he can’t marry her ) and they tell their children about their “real” mother in China, who of course is not their real mother in any sense. So I have this bunny. Her “real owner” lives in Hawaii, a certain Miss Claudya Compton. But she will probably never really live with Claudya again. She’s mine to take care of, with a little help from Joy who thinks she’s the real owner.  But I am the one who takes pity on the bunny when it’s raining or snowing outside, buys her food, and feels guilty about her caged life.

She got sick recently and we have to hand feed her.  So I get up a little earlier to have to time to feed her before work. Then I send texts to Keith so he will feed her when he’s home in the late afternoon between jobs. It struck me this evening that I didn’t think at all about what Nathan would eat all day but I thought about poor bunny. This is probably because he has opposable thumbs and can open a frig and operate a microwave, the total extent of his survival skills. The only survival skill available to a caged bunny is to look cute and somewhat pitiful at the same time.

And, my car broke today. It hasn’t needed any work in four years so I guess I can’t complain. The accelerator is stuck. At a zillion rpms. No, that’s not an exaggeration. I think I scared Nathan who was with me when it happened. I thought that only happened in movies. So Keith came and rescued me, called a tow truck and will ride his bike to work so I can take his car tomorrow. I guess I would’ve called one of the boys if he weren’t around but it was so nice to have him take care of it for me.

So I have an 8 to 5 job in the accounts payable department at BYU. And I graduate magna cum laude from the Woodbury school of business at UVU later this month. I am loving my capstone class, which I heard so many negative stories about that I was scared to take it. I have taken to the capsim business simulation like a duck to water  and am having lots of fun. My team submitted our last round last night and we have a couple hundred point lead in the class.

Richard, I want to hear about your trip to Peru. Alden, I want to hear about your job. Melody got a passport so I guess the State Department decided she was real after all. It only took 5 months. (They think I'm a flake because she was born at home with a midwife and it took me 14 months to get her birth certificate-red flags, I guess.)  She needs to get some cavities filled and then she will submit papers to go on a mission. It’s a full life!