The Wasatch Back, etc

Well, it's over for this year!  The Wasatch Back Relay was this weekend and it went really well.  Our team actually had 12 members, the last one being signed up on Thursday night.  Nothing like living on faith or whatever.  We had resigned ourselves to having only 11 runners and one person would have to run 6 legs instead of 3 legs.  But at the last minute, Ronell found a runner!  Thank goodness for him.  He also found a van to rent for a really good price, better than  the AAA rate that I found at Hertz.  I think everyone on our team had a good time.  They seemed to be very happy when they came over the finish line.  I will post some pictures when I get them.  I was so proud of them.  I volunteered in 2 first aid stations.  The first one was at Morgan City Park, from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm.  It was not too hot, and not busy for the first aid person (me). so it was fun.  Dana came with me and we read and I did sudoku and chatted with some cute neighborhood kids who were at the park.  The boy's name is Caden and he is 8 yrs. old.  His little dog is Pooh Bear.  His friend is Cheyenne and she is 4 yrs. old.  Caden was very patient with Cheyenne and she and Pooh Bear tagged along with him.  He was very chatty and also played frisbee with some of the other volunteer guys who were there.  I helped him with the words to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"  He couldn't remember the "Up above the world so high" line.  He says he sings to Pooh Bear at night to  put her to sleep.  Dana had a small bag of cashews and the kids said that they would like some peanuts, too, so we shared with them.  Cheyenne said she REALLY likes those peanuts and her grandpa has that kind of peanuts, too.  Pooh Bear liked the cashew/peanuts, too.  She is a Jack Russell, but is brown and black instead of white and brown.  Anyway, they were really cute kids and made an otherwise boring 5 hours more entertaining.  After we were finished there and had eaten at the Fazoli's food venue, we drove on to South Summit High School, in Kamas.  I was scheduled to do first aid there at 0530-1030, the next morning.  Our plan was to sleep in a tent there on the lawn until time to go on duty.  When we got the to high school, there was no one there.  The school was locked and there wasn't much lawn to camp on, except in front of the school.  Also, most importantly, there were no portapotties or bathrooms available.  I found out later that the volunteers didn't come until about midnight and the first runners didn't get there until about 0300.  So we decided to drive on to Heber and find a motel.  The Holiday Inn was all full, the Rodeway only had one smoking room available and Mac's Motel (under new management) looked seedy.  We asked the guy at the Rodeway if there were any other motels in town and he suggested the Danish Viking Inn.  (I think he was trying to get even with us for not taking his smoking room)  So, we drove to the D.V.I.  It said it was AAA approved, but on closer examination, the middle A was crossed out.  There was a tiny swimming pool, but it had only a little water in the bottom and there were reeds growing in it.   But I digress.  When we got there, the woman at the counter was signing up another guy.  We were crossing our fingers that she wasn't giving away the last room.  Lucky us. She had two rooms left.  102 didn't have air conditioning and the shower didn't work, but the cable did.  Oh and it was a smoking room, but since the shower hadn't worked for awhile, it probably didn't smell too bad.  Room 108 had air and the shower worked, but the cable was out.  She suggested that we could watch TV in 102 and then walk over to 108 to sleep and shower.  She also said that she wouldn't charge us full price even for the two rooms.  At first she said it would be $30, but then she tore up that card and only charged us $25 ($31.95 with tax).  Since we had planned on sleeping on the ground anyway, we decided this was an upgrade for us.  She also told us that she is the head housekeeper there and her brother is the manager, but he has 2 broken feet and so she is helping him out at the desk.  About her attire.  She was young, maybe 22 yrs old and has a two year old daughter.  She was wearing a tank top, and a push up bra.  Envision her bosoms being high and almost popping out of the tank top.  At first I watched the men in the office to see where they were looking.  You guessed it.  Later, I mentioned that she was a bosomy woman and Dana said, "She has jugs."  I laughed because he usually doesn't talk like that.  But she was so friendly and chatty and nice, that I couldn't be critical of her.  She said that she wants to be a nurse, too, someday, but right now, it's hard with her two year old.  I think she was pregnant, too.  Dana took pictures of the room and I will post them, too.  We slept in our sleeping bags on the bed, using our own pillows.  Since we had to get up by 0430, we didn't shower and just went to bed.  When we got back to the high school in Kamas, I mostly saw people with blisters.  One guy was covered in hives and itching, so I gave him Benadryl and suggested he shower to wash off whatever pollen he had gotten into.  Another girl had the same problem, but had already taken benadryl and was starting to get a little better.  One lady asked for ginger for an upset stomach, but I didn't have it.  One guy asked for talcum powder for chafing, but I didn't have that either.  A couple of people needed their knees wrapped and all I had was 2 inch Ace wrap, but I did the best I could.  It was an adventure, but I may do it again next year.  It was fun, too.  

Well, this is long, but it was an eventful weekend.  Dane and Jamie got married on Saturday and we couldn't go because of the race, but went to their reception last evening.  It was a fun reception, with Dane playing the guitar and singing to Jamie and then later he played the drums with the band.  He is good at drums.  We all danced and had fun.  Brian is so proud of his boys.  You can see it in his face.  They are good kids, all of them.  Shelley was crying when she was doing the Mother/Son dance with Dane.  The song was sweet, something about "I was  the first one to hold you"  It made me want to cry, too.  Holly was planning on attending the ceremony, but her recommend was expired.  If I had known, I would have lent mine to her.  Is that legal???  ;)