Bittersweet Day

6/28/2009

Outstanding day spending time with the boys and the Lavalley family. We walked through a natural wonder — a 1,300-year-old obsidian flow (video forthcoming) — that for the second time utterly captivated our boys. Our Heavenly Father has created a beautiful and amazing world for us to learn about and explore…

On the other hand, the wonderful, durable, rugged, khaki shorts I wore today needed washing before we head onward for Beaverton in the morning. Okay, no problem there. But there was just one catch: my beloved iPod Touch was in one of the lower cargo shorts pockets when it entered the washing machine. I realized my error sometime during the foamy wash cycle.

The result: a very clean, very fresh-smelling iPod…that doesn’t work whatsoever. You can even hear the soap and water squishing around it inside. I had just finalized customizing that sucker with a couple new apps that were also beautiful creations — maybe not on par with an obsidian flow, but nice productivity tools nonethless. And my boys felt adequately cared for with an array of games I had installed. And yet, it’s goodbye to a dear friend. Perhaps I will replace you one day, iPod Touch…