Here I am..... Visiting my nieces and great nieces and nephews in St. George,Utah

I drove the Hyundai Accent....I didn't pack much... my usual.... a few clothes in a plastic bin....not the laundry basket this time.... Material for the babies' blankets that I never seemed to be able to get started on at home....my mind is still working in "create" mode...I also decided to bring Jordi with me.... Yes, she has a name...Jordi...there were so many Jordan's around..Jordan at work had just graduated and is an RN now... I live off Jordan RD... but Jordan didn't quite fit.. and Rory..I had been calling her Rory but it wasn't quite right...so it got shortened to Jordi .....and then I remembered how strong a connection Barbara's youngest son, Jordi, had with Bailey and Margot.

My sister has her thoughts about taking any animal on a journey... especially 10 hours of driving...however....Jordi needed to be with me and she has learnt a lot! She spent time with Laurie's Sheltie,Sadie while I stayed a few days with her getting to know her 4 children....Brynn (4) Michelle (3) and the identical(?) twins, Justin and Logan (3.5 months)
Returning to Wendy,Jordi has had fun with Madison (5) and Will (6) who is here with his Mom,Megan, visiting Wendy from PA. Megan and I googled doggy day care and found the Red Rocks Pet Resort.... This is where Jordi hangs out in the day time while we are busy sight seeing and running around town.....She loves it!...She plays in the paddling pool.....has made friends with the other dogs....and I get a report card at the end of the day,too

Now.. why am I still here?? I was to return to work Monday.... My little Accent car... bought and made in 2003....was having a bit of a problem by the time I got here.. it was very apparent that the transmission /gears were playing up... I would have to prepare myself for the jerk forward and backwards that the car would do when I needed to accelerate...then I would feel the slip into nothing...and then pick up again....the kickback felt so hard I thought the car was going to fall to pieces....I was still able to drive but I always ensured that the car would have minimal gear changing to do... yes, it is an automatic shift...I called the Dealership because... just over 2 years ago the transmission had been replaced...and was still under warranty...I researched and found that Hyundai's needed a few transmission replacements...hmmm....good job it has the warranty....I hope I'm remembering correctly!

I debated from every angle on what to do...Fly back home ..hire a car so I could get to work?

Hire a car,drive home ..go to work..drive back ,pick up my car...
....turn around and drive home?

Wait until the car was fixed?

Drive home slowly,hoping it would not break down in the mountains?

It was Friday morning ,the service dept was fully booked and closed for the weekend.......Sunday morning I had made up my mind....every time I thought of the options that would get me to work on time I got a feeling of imminent catastrophe and that still small voice saying "Stay,get the car roadworthy"... I still debated because I knew my colleagues at work would have to cover my absence....I still got the same message.... I knew Jordi would be outstaying her welcome.....She is a puppy and getting more familiar with her surroundings and people ,so therefore she was starting to venture where she should not be ...lol...Yet I still received and finally took note of the Holy Ghost....

Yes.... I believe very much that we all receive guidance from our Father in Heaven... a lot of the time it is a feeling or one speaks to oneself.." I should do or say this,that or the other...If one doesn't one soon finds out that it was not us thinking in our minds at all.... but Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost using our senses to choose the right.....and to warn us of "danger" if we don't take heed....especially after asking Him in the first place.... answers to our prayers,wants,needs,desires.... come from the strangest sources....

Am I having a good time?... Of course!! Do I feel guilty of missing work?.. Yes,of course I do.... however,I have to remember that what my friends and colleagues are doing for me ,I know that I will return a hundred-fold to them and the nursery....Is Jordi happy?.. Of course.. she is having her own adventures and growing up in the process.....is my Bank Account happy???...well... it will be just a matter of time to get back on track... with me.. it happens all the time!!...unexpected expenses.....