. . . an eventful day . . .

. . . let's recap . . .

. . . colby arrives

at a quarter after seven . . .

. . . we chill and catch up

on royal pains

for a couple of hours . . .

. . . around 9:30,

i receive a text from amber

saying that tagg

is having major difficulty breathing

and is being transported

from the gym

to the hospital

by ambulance . . .

. . . fortunately,

chris is able to leave work

and meet them

at the emergency room . . .

. . . we wait for the diagnosis . . .

. . . bacterial pneumonia . . .

. . . after breathing treatments

and a chest xray,

they are sent home

with multiple prescriptions . . .

. . . meanwhile i field

calls and texts

from other family members

and gym onlookers

who've seen the commotion

and ambulance . . .

. . . about 11:00,

the doorbell rings . . .

. . . i answer ~

wearing cheetah-print lounge pants . . .

. . . i see this van . . .

. . . it's these guys . . .

. . . they just showed up . . .

. . . no phone call first . . .

. . . they want to talk to bill . . .

{who doesn't?}

. . . bill comes to the door . . .

{also wearing pajama pants ~ we're casual around here!}

. . . they give him

a chance to get dressed

while they set up

their equipment . . .

. . . they think it's a good idea

to interview outside . . .

. . . they like my flowers, too . . .

. . . jason barry asks questions . . .

. . . bill answers . . .

. . . jason jots down notes . . .

. . . with camera rolling,

i "creep" from indoors . . .

. . . crying baby

isn't good background noise . . .

{two tv interviews in two days and i haven't listened to either one

due to 1] pesky bishop and 2] fussy baby}

. . . interview concludes . . .

. . . jason and photog depart . . .

. . . more phone calls

from concerned neighbors . . .

. . . watch here . . .

. . . another doorbell . . .

. . . i'm relieved

it's my visiting teachers . . .

. . . they bring me

a darling miniature rosebush . . .

. . . i love them . . .

. . . at 1:00, i pray

for quiet uninterrupted naptime

for baby colby . . .

. . . it lasts until 3:00 . . .

. . . when his mom picks him up . . .

. . . i finally put on makeup . . .

. . . and real clothes . . .

. . . cheetah lounge pants

are not acceptable attire

for a mitt rally . . .

. . . we score a prime location . . .

. . . against the front railing . . .

. . . just to the right of center stage . . .

. . . the crowd grows . . .

{along with the press corps}

. . . the weather is ideal . . .

. . . a lovely gentleman

takes our photo . . .

. . . you can see

it was quite breezy . . .

. . . the entire moyer family

is on stage . . .

{way to represent our stake!}

. . . why? you ask? . . .

. . . their lovely daughter,

michelle,

is singing the national anthem . . .

. . . mesa's mayor,

scott smith,

introduces . . .

. . . the guest of honor . . .

. . . the only people

between mitt and where we stand

are photographers . . .

. . . see? we were close . . .

. . . i refrained from obnoxiously waving a sign,

or a book and pen,

or begging for an autograph . . .

{unlike some people}

. . . i am proud of myself . . .

. . . his speech was very nicely done . . .

. . . no notes or teleprompters . . .

. . . we cheered at all the appropriate times . . .

. . . then mitt came down

to shake a few hands . . .

. . . including mine . . .

. . . oh, wait ~ not mine . . .

. . . i was taking pictures . . .

. . . he shook bill's hand . . .

. . . then the really serious guys in suits

said it was time to go . . .

. . . killjoys . . .

. . . we saw ourselves

on the news

when we got home . . .

. . . picture the face of a clock . . .

. . . bill is at about three-thirty . . .

. . . fist pumping . . .

. . . see him? . . .

. . . all in all ~

quite an eventful day . . .