The Ideas of March – The ides of March is so discouraging so I skipped it, but since this is the end of the month we will go with the Ideas of March:
A friend sent this to me and it is such a great clip of what it is like here:
Monday, March 24, 2025
Wow, what a way to start out the week. . . It was a crazy busy day.
Arrived on campus at 7:15am to prepare for the first class of the day at 8am. McKay Room 135 Individual Practice. MI – How to use Motivational Interviewing in Private Practice.
Next class Mental Health – PTSD at 9am in McKay Room 137 (opps – I forgot to set up next door). I was in the room for the double class session. Quickly moved on when the professor of the class arrived in rm 135.
CAREs Team Meeting at 10am (usual start of Monday Morning). Hurry back to Lorenzo Snow Building LSB for that weekly meeting.
Hold the two student visits I had scheduled last week (before the class call) and met with students at 1pm and 3pm.
5pm – Then a second class section for Mental Health – PTSD. Back to the McKay building 137. Repeat of the second class, new students (and a couple of darling little babies in their strollers).
Quick jaunt over to the HGB Heber J Grant Building for Ukulele at 6pm. Classes done at 7:30pm. Whew, that was a day!
Not even a morning picture of the Point. In fact, NO pictures on my camera for this day! THAT is a first.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Started today off at the point:
Today was an 8am start with a ZOOM meeting in Utah. They had a one hour lunch Brown Bag that I joined with my bowl of cereal.
Meetings on campus at 10am and then, it is Devotional Tuesday:
“Each note has, often unheard pitches and vibrations that a piano tuner can hear and use to ensure that other notes have their proper places above and below A440. You can actually train your ear to hear these, but it takes a lot of practice. It requires stillness, silence, and listening. Most of all, it requires patience and trust in our abilities to hear the proper tones.”
He goes on to say:
“While I demonstrated a simple difference between two tiny variations of the same note, the piano has 88 keys with each key having one, two, or three strings that make up a single note. This gets incredibly complicated and intricate, trying to make over 200 different sounds align correctly in their own ways with A440. For me, it sometimes takes three or more hours of intense listening to get all of the notes where they need to be to make the piano sound “in tune.” To do this, I need to tune-out external noises so I can focus on the subtle and quiet relationships between the notes.”
“This stillness also shows up as a precursor to other miracles in ways more intimate and personal. Many times we have our own fears and anxieties that prevent us from properly relying upon the Spirit when we need it most to receive personal revelation. I was assigned to speak at this devotional well before Christmas, and I eagerly have been taking notes, looking up scriptures and quotations, writing different paragraphs and pages over the past several weeks, and praying earnestly for help. However, as the time drew nearer to complete the talk, all of my good intentions just weren’t coming together. . .”
“Sometimes when I’m tuning two different notes on the piano, they may both individually sound fine to my ear, and they may both be individually appropriately and theoretically perfect in the way they are tuned to A440, but, for a number of factors, they don’t sound very good when I play them together. One of the biggest reasons is due to a principal tuners call “inharmonicity.”
“Piano tuners say that the final test of a piano’s being in tune is whether or not it sounds “pleasing to the ear.” I gather up my tools, and I gently close the cover. When I am done, I am not satisfied that the tuning is complete until I hear someone else play the piano that I have tuned and that it is pleasing to their ears and mine.”
I, personally hope you all can take a few minutes to listen to his talk. It helped me all week look toward my A440, and keep our Savior Jesus Christ in my every moment.
Tuesday just kept going. After lunch we had the opportunity to “judge for Empower your Dream”. It is a program for business students to try out to win seed money for their business proposal.
( I forgot to get pictures on this one)
We had to quickly change in our office and get over to the PCC to finish this Tuesday off with our shift at the Gateway Ask Me at the PCC:
The day is finally over
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
NO CLASSES –
On Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, Prince Kuhio Day is a state holiday in Hawaii, meaning schools and many government offices will be closed to observe the day honoring Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
- What is Prince Kuhio Day?It’s a state holiday in Hawaii that commemorates the life and accomplishments of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, a significant figure in Hawaiian history.
- When is it observed?Prince Kuhio Day is observed annually on March 26th, which is the prince’s birthday.
- What happens on this day?Many schools and government offices, including county offices, will be closed to observe the holiday.
- Legacy:Prince Kuhio Day commemorates his advocacy for Native Hawaiian rights and his legacy continues to shape the community
I still met with a couple of students because Wednesday is the only day of the week PCC is closed (except for Sunday) and I have standing visits with some students on their day off.
We also had L6 Ward Temple Night. It was a great evening. We ran into a district that was attending the temple that evening also:
Impromptu dinner at the Boyer’s on the way home!
Thursday, March 27, 2025
What a morning on the Point:
Then off to campus by 9am. Weekly Staff meetings, one at the Counseling Center and back to meet with students on their CARE’s Team list.
I was able to help one of the Service Missionary Couple move apartments this afternoon with a wonderful bonus stop at the Taiwanese Shaved Ice hut
and made it back to campus for the final day of Round 2 on the Empower you Dream contest:
Friday, March 28, 2025
Began the day with our walk, meetings and I gave blood:
Finished off the day with a brown bag lunch with the senior missionaries on campus, more meetings and a presentation to the La’ie Married Student 1st Ward RS.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
P-DAY
Late start for a walk 8am – but a Whale watcher Day. . . We didn’t see any but the island watcher club was set up to see some, the season is ending and the Moms and Babies will be heading up to Alaska.
We got the chores around the PAD done and headed to town for groceries and gas:
What a day. . .
Sunday, March 30, 2025
5th Sunday – and our wards Fast Sunday! We started off at our own L6 ward with Bishop Moffett and the 5th Sunday Combined meeting:
Then we finished off the day with old friends. Three Couples who have completed their missions, returned for a two week vacation, (help with the business school Empower your Dream). They had an ice cream social at the rental they are staying in:
The Week is over and so is March. . . Tomorrow.
To end with a thought, I want to refer you back to the devotional this week. The idea of the Tuning Fork A440 has stayed with me all week. My brother Hugh taught himself to turn piano’s just like this speaker did. They have both been on my mind and I’ve enjoyed the comparison. Please do take the time to listen to his talk.
May you all enjoy the beginning of April and the week before our General Conference Weekend!
We Love you,
Elder and Sister Hudnall
