Home, Sweet Home
Amazingly enough, that’s how I felt when I had the chance to
go to Utah . My aunt was blessing her beautiful baby and
since my grandparents were headed up, they said I could tag a long. Man did I
forget how long that drive was. It had been over 4 years since I’d moved home
from Utah ,
and I didn’t realize how much I missed it.
Of course I missed my family and friends who were still there, but I
also just missed the state. I did NOT
miss the snow, but it’s just a different feeling there than here. Less hostile maybe? Anyway.
I was able to stay at my house and play with her adorable kids, which
was a blast. My parents decided to join
the trek up which gave us even more people to play with. The first day there I went with my parents to
Scheels Sporting Goods, and my mom and I had too much fun. They had these little photo booths set up all
over the store and we sure took advantage of those. She and I got ‘separated’ from my dad and
eventually got the “where are you” phone call.
After playing around shopping at Scheels, and a couple other sporting
stores, we had lunch at Tuscanos. Holy. Meat.
Here’s the deal with Tuscanos…. It’s a Brazilian restaurant where they
walk around with different kinds of meat on skewers and carve it right onto
your plate. You get this little thing
that’s panted in 3 sections, Green, Yellow, & Red. Just like a stoplight, when it’s green the
servers bring food, and when it’s flipped over to red, they pass by your
table. That is one of our ‘must eat’
places when we’re in Utah
and boy did we EAT!! Ate way too much,
but I figure if I’m only getting it once every 4 years, I’m going to shove as
much in as I possible can. Gross? Maybe. Delicious? Most definitely.
Friday night I was able to see one of my BEST FRIENDS in the
whole world who I hadn’t seen since I moved home. She and I worked together at Bed Bath &
Beyond when I lived up there, and we’ve been friends ever since. I should clarify that they did stop
scheduling us at the same time because we didn’t actually work when we were
there at together. She and I went to the store just to look around to see how
it’d changed, which was fun. I was sad
that there wasn’t anyone there that I knew.
We went to dinner together and it was so awesome to be able to sit and
chat and catch up. She’s one of those
friends that no matter how long it’s been since you’ve seen them, it feels like
no time has passed at all. I accidentally left my coat in her car and she had to bring it back to me, so it was like
double prizes.
Saturday night my cousin Jennifer who also happens to be one
of my close friends came over and had dinner with our family. We got to spend the evening chatting and that
was so great. Jennifer and I grew up
less then a mile from each other, and we’re only 10 months apart in age. We used to have sleepovers every Friday night
and watch T.G.I.F. In high school we
both partook in Ping-Pong Club activities, and hung out at church dances. I
used to endure extra hours at church so I could go to Sunday School and Young
Womens with her. We did Joy School
Sunday was the baby blessing which I didn’t actually get to
attend. Because of some of the
circumstances surrounding this darling baby, people who were or had been sick
were kindly asked to not attend as to not risk getting the baby sick. I’d been dealing with what I just thought was
allergies, but they didn’t clear up with allergy medication I figured it was
probably a cold. As bummed out as I was
to not be at the blessing, I was able to watch some of my other cousins so
their parents could attend without worrying about their kids. That night we did
have a big family dinner, and my aunt was able to come up for dinner so at
least I got to see her then.
I did, of course, get my Pork Barbacoa Burrito from Café Rio
and even found a few cute skirts at Walmart that could totally pass as DownEast
skirts, but at like a fourth of the price.
One day we were at a emergency supply store and I saw an employee that
looked very familiar and I got a little giddy.
Turns out I was right, and it was one of my favorite dining hall workers
from when I was in Nauvoo. My dad
thought I was crazy, but I did get a picture with him, and did a little dance
since I haven’t seen anyone from Nauvoo for a very long time. I got to visit with my brother in law which
was nice since we don’t get to see him very often since he lives in another
state, but we sure wish we got to see him more often. And of course I got my
hair done by my aunt who is an amazing cosmetologist, which I am so grateful
for. I’ve gotten my hair botched too many times by people I don’t know. I mostly don’t trust anyone else to touch my
hair anymore.
I would have to say that this trip would be labeled
‘success’ for an over all grade. It was
the longest Kirk and I have been apart in 2 years which was a little tough, but
I survived. I was very excited to be
home to my own bed though.
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