News from the Murdocks

Dear Sister Kennedy,

How's it going with your threesome?  All of you still getting along and managing to keep up with two areas?

We spent part of Saturday with Matt and Bridget's kids.  Matt's in Texas and Bridget had a petting zoo gig scheduled, so we went over to watch the three younger kids for a few hours.  They are all so cute!  We all got on the floor and tossed a tennis ball back and forth for a while, and their dog was in the middle of the circle, which made it interesting.  

Then today for Father's Day, the Primary kids got up and sang, but the teachers had to sing with them.  Yes, Justin and I sang in Sacrament meeting today.  And then in Primary, one of the classes was without a teacher, so they divided the kids between the other classes.  We got two of them, one of which was the rowdiest boy in the whole Junior Primary.  He loves the sound of his own voice and can't hold still to save his life.  And he's loud.  We had lots of fun trying to have a meaningful lesson with him in the class.

I've been dealing with a lot of pain-in-the-butt clients at work this week.  Two of them are really high-maintenance, demanding clients, and one of them has every medical condition possible that could be damaging to our case (i.e. mental conditions, pre-existing physical conditions, drug addictions, etc.).  Writing their settlement demands has been lots of fun.  This one lady insists that her name has an exclamation point in it.  So every time we write her an email or whatever, every time her name is mentioned, we have to put an exclamation point at the end of it.  It's even in our computer system that way: Jane Doe!  This crazy lady finished treatment on May 19, we started collecting her medical records on May 20, we finished collecting her records on June 12, and I started writing the demand on June 15.  And then she was upset that we weren't getting things done fast enough for her.  I wanted to shake her and tell her that that was insanely fast.  It's literally not possible for us to get that done any faster.  But no, still not fast enough for this lady.  Clearly, she has no idea how the real world works.  I just have to keep telling myself that crazy ladies like her mean job security for me.  

My ballet class this last week went well.  We actually got through most of a traditional class this time.  Though it only reinforced how out-of-shape I am.  The teacher had two sets of combinations for us: an easy set and a harder set for those with more experience.  I had worked up quite a sweat by the end of class, even though those same combinations wouldn't have bothered me at all before.  Guess I really need to buckle down with my Zumba and whatnot at home.

It's actually been a pretty boring week for us.  The only thing worth mentioning, other than the previous paragraphs, is that I got some new capris.  And Justin's planning on starting a new painting (maybe he'll actually finish this one).  Love you, little sis.  Hugs.

Symone