Sleeping on the Job

So after getting almost no sleep Friday night (see Metrodome Campout post), I was very tired at church today. Too bad I had to conduct Sacrament Meeting and give a 20 minute talk at the end. It all went well, but that was probably due to the extra energy you always get speaking in front of a crowd.

After Sacrament meeting I filled in as a last minute substitute teacher for the 7-8 year old Primary class. That actually went pretty well. They are a very rambuncious class - even JT admits that his class is a bit too loud - but they are great children. It probably helped that I was too sleepy to try and talk above them so they finally agreed to a reverence game so we could finish the lesson 10 minutes early and then go run around outside for the last 10 minutes of class.

However, I hit the wall after church when I had to count tithing. I kept reversing numbers and having to correct mistakes, so I was actually surprised the count balanced out - a testimony to the well designed donations software. After counting tithing, Brett and I had to work a bit more on some other administrative work. After noticing me falling asleep while the tithing report was transmitting, Brett suggested I go relax while he wrote out a few checks and transmitted a report. I laid down on the sofa in the foyer to close my eyes for a few seconds and the next thing I knew it was 45 minutes or so later and Brett was trying to wake me up to do the bank deposit. Thanks Brett for letting me crash. It was the only nap I was going to get today.