so when i firs got home i spent two weeks in wichita with my sister and her son and her husband. it was a great time and i really enjoyed it. a week after i had been home, i went to graduation at the high school, and then i went to mission prep class because 20 year old girls are allowed to go. usually it's just the guys, but this time the laurels were invited, and so i went, and i was one of the oldest people there. the laurels were people that i was a youth leader to at camp and i remember them at camp and youth conference, and it's just hard to imagine them as the laurels. i guess that i'll take what i can get now days. so anyway, there was this guy there who i had never seen before, but i guess he was an rm who went on his mission to ogden utah. i didn't even know his name, and i didn't talk to him at all while i was there.
i got home that night and i was hanging out with my family. i got a phone call and it was from this guy. i don't even know how he found out who i was. it was very odd in my opinion. he asked me if i would like to go out on a date. i said that i needed time to figure out my schedule, because i was looking for work at the time, and so he said that he would call back that wednesday around five. i knew when i hung up from the call that i would have to leave my house before wednesday at five so that i wouldn't have to talk to him.
so wednesday rolled around and it's around 3:50 and i'm getting ready to take my little brother into town, and then i get a phone call. it's him. i still don't know his name, i don't know where he is from, and it's really scary. so we talked. i told him that i wasn't going to date him because i didn't know him. so he decided that it was get to know you time. he knew that i was a byu student and so he told me about his mission. what he told me was that he met a girl on his mission out there, and after he got home he went back out there and got engaged to her. they were engaged for a week maybe, and then she called it off, and two weeks later she was engaged to someone else. i don't know why he shared that with me but oh well. it was then that my mom shouted loud that it was time to go, so i left.
i went on my mini mission, and i was in story city. as i was going there the thought came to my mind how funny it would be if he were there. i laughed to myself and kept going. yeah, i saw him at the open house on saturday. suck! the sisters were there though and they protected me and elizabeth from him.
after church on sunday they told us the real story. the girl that he had "met out in utah" was actually a missionary out here. she served here and was attention deprived and so he gave her the attention that she wanted. his family encouraged him in his endeavors, which is wrong. his father even gave him a blessing saying that he would marry this girl. she was a missionary, which is so wrong. when she went home he waited for a few months then went out there. she agreed to the engagement, but then she came around to her senses. i then told them about the mission prep class incident. i was laughing kind of hard about all of it because he didn't talk to me at all while i was there. at first i kind of felt bad, but now i'm okay with it.
so that is the story of the creepy stalker man. i'm pretty shocked myself. here i was thinking that i was going to go on a boy fast but i found myself bombarded with all the weirdos out there. don't worry caleb, i survived this stalker, i'm sure that i can survive all the others that will probably come.
well, i gotta teach tomorrow, so peace out, and i miss you guys. i love you all and miss our parties. i've seen five movies since i've been home: prince caspian, indiana jones, kung fu panda, the incredible hulk, and get smart. they were all pretty good. get smart was like watching the screenplay for michael scott's movie, only it wasn't catherine zeta jones, it was anne hathaway. it's a good one. you should check it out.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
the mini mission of awesome and the creepy stalker guy!
so i was reading the post from last night, and i realized that i spelled allisons wrong. i guess my mind was worn out. so here goes for tonight. yeah, i posted last night at 3:45 a.m. that was great fun.
the mini mission was pretty cool. i showed up on friday and i went to story city. it's an hour away from where i live. the sister missionaries were pretty cool. i met with them and elizabeth about half way through friday. it was kind of boring because it was there planning day, but that was okay because i was really tired. so elizabeth and i talked. it was the first time that we've seen each other since we left byu. we caught up on all the business of non college iowa life and so forth. things look like they are going well for her.
so that first night there the coolest experience of the day was being able to hold a baby racoon. this family rescued a baby racoon from the floods and are raising it. she's pretty awesome and her name is velvet. i got to hold her for a while and then she started to climb all over. so she ended up sitting on my back and sucking on my thumbs and fingers for some of the night. it was cool. that's where those pictures on facebook come from.
saturday was a pretty busy day. i really enjoyed it though. there was a parade in story city and we handed out flyers before the parade. the church was having an open house for 72 hour kits and family history. i managed to hand out a few flyers and that made me pretty happy. after the parade it was the open house. i played piano for that. it was the first time that i've played piano since i came home from utah. i thought it was pretty fun. it was around this time that my bandaid fell off and my chunky knuckle was exposed, so jackson got me a new one. i then started annoying her by showing her my knuckle and shouting out chunky knuckle. it was pretty swank.
we went tracting that night for around 20 minutes. during that time one sister and i placed a book of mormon. it was pretty cool. she seemed really interested. then the sister gave me the option of knocking on a door, and i decided to give it a try. it went very well. i talked with this lady about joseph smith, and gave her a finding faith in christ card. she was really interested, but because of the parade, she had family in town and was hanging with them. she and her family have been out to utah a lot and enjoy the salt lake area. so she took down our information and gave us hers and then we decided we should leave because there were tornadoes out and about.
two other really exciting parts of the day were when the sister took us to the antique carousel. i rode on the carousel, even with my skirt on. it was swankin'. the sister's also took us to this awesome place we call slide mountain. there were three huge slides there and we played on them for a while and then we moved to the playground right next to it.
all in all, it was a pretty good mini mission. on sunday when we went to church, the leaders came into the classrooms during the third hour to announce that the main roads into town were closed, and that we would have to find a different way home. when we got out of church they had closed off most of the downtown area and were starting to close residential areas. they had taken the motor out of the carousel, and the football field and everything was pretty much under water. i used to come to story city to practice for marching band competitions, and to see the football field under water was odd. it wasn't an inch of water, it was probably aroun four to ten feet of water. it was high. but no worries, i'll write about the flooding probably tomorrow, and i think that i'll have to write about creepy stalker guy another time. my mom is sick and i have to teach her class on sunday. i gotta look at the lesson.
see yah later.
the mini mission was pretty cool. i showed up on friday and i went to story city. it's an hour away from where i live. the sister missionaries were pretty cool. i met with them and elizabeth about half way through friday. it was kind of boring because it was there planning day, but that was okay because i was really tired. so elizabeth and i talked. it was the first time that we've seen each other since we left byu. we caught up on all the business of non college iowa life and so forth. things look like they are going well for her.
so that first night there the coolest experience of the day was being able to hold a baby racoon. this family rescued a baby racoon from the floods and are raising it. she's pretty awesome and her name is velvet. i got to hold her for a while and then she started to climb all over. so she ended up sitting on my back and sucking on my thumbs and fingers for some of the night. it was cool. that's where those pictures on facebook come from.
saturday was a pretty busy day. i really enjoyed it though. there was a parade in story city and we handed out flyers before the parade. the church was having an open house for 72 hour kits and family history. i managed to hand out a few flyers and that made me pretty happy. after the parade it was the open house. i played piano for that. it was the first time that i've played piano since i came home from utah. i thought it was pretty fun. it was around this time that my bandaid fell off and my chunky knuckle was exposed, so jackson got me a new one. i then started annoying her by showing her my knuckle and shouting out chunky knuckle. it was pretty swank.
we went tracting that night for around 20 minutes. during that time one sister and i placed a book of mormon. it was pretty cool. she seemed really interested. then the sister gave me the option of knocking on a door, and i decided to give it a try. it went very well. i talked with this lady about joseph smith, and gave her a finding faith in christ card. she was really interested, but because of the parade, she had family in town and was hanging with them. she and her family have been out to utah a lot and enjoy the salt lake area. so she took down our information and gave us hers and then we decided we should leave because there were tornadoes out and about.
two other really exciting parts of the day were when the sister took us to the antique carousel. i rode on the carousel, even with my skirt on. it was swankin'. the sister's also took us to this awesome place we call slide mountain. there were three huge slides there and we played on them for a while and then we moved to the playground right next to it.
all in all, it was a pretty good mini mission. on sunday when we went to church, the leaders came into the classrooms during the third hour to announce that the main roads into town were closed, and that we would have to find a different way home. when we got out of church they had closed off most of the downtown area and were starting to close residential areas. they had taken the motor out of the carousel, and the football field and everything was pretty much under water. i used to come to story city to practice for marching band competitions, and to see the football field under water was odd. it wasn't an inch of water, it was probably aroun four to ten feet of water. it was high. but no worries, i'll write about the flooding probably tomorrow, and i think that i'll have to write about creepy stalker guy another time. my mom is sick and i have to teach her class on sunday. i gotta look at the lesson.
see yah later.
chunky knuckles the og(original) and volume 2: the reckoning!
so about two weeks ago i started to work the night shift at the factory across from where i live. i had just gotten off work, and the next day i was going to go on a mini mission. i was ready to go to bed so i was rushing everything. i went into the bathroom and started turning on the lights so that i could take a shower. underneath one of the light switches is a box full of a myriad of different things. i flipped on the switch and as i did, i felt i huge pain on the knuckle of my ring finger, right hand. i look down and blood is pouring from my finger. i looked for what could have done that and in the box was a razor. i looked at the razor, and i could see the chunk of skin that was supposed to be connected to my hand. suck! it was so gross i had to wake up my mother and show her what happened. EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! so it didn't stop bleeding until two days later. i took my bandaid off during the mini mission and showed jackson the chunky knuckle of doom. i couldn't stop shouting out chunky knuckles. it was really funny. i will have to write about the mini mission tomorrow.
so tonight for the reckoning. i was at work and i was running this thing called the turret, which cuts different designs into metal. i was working and i chopped open my knuckle on my right hand pinky. blood gushed from it, but i didn't have a bandaid, and i couldn't go and find one. so i just wiped it on these really gross gloves that i have to wear. it was one of the sickest experiences of the night. i think that i got hepititus from it. (just kidding, i don't think i did, but these gloves are disgusting).
and now for the !. also while i was working tonight, i was lifting sheets of metal. it looks like i met wolverine from xmen and he decided to cut up my left arm/hand. yeah. today was long i guess is the good word for it.
i'll write more tomorrow. but for now, peace out kids! shout out to the chatfields and the flanagans and the allisions!!
so tonight for the reckoning. i was at work and i was running this thing called the turret, which cuts different designs into metal. i was working and i chopped open my knuckle on my right hand pinky. blood gushed from it, but i didn't have a bandaid, and i couldn't go and find one. so i just wiped it on these really gross gloves that i have to wear. it was one of the sickest experiences of the night. i think that i got hepititus from it. (just kidding, i don't think i did, but these gloves are disgusting).
and now for the !. also while i was working tonight, i was lifting sheets of metal. it looks like i met wolverine from xmen and he decided to cut up my left arm/hand. yeah. today was long i guess is the good word for it.
i'll write more tomorrow. but for now, peace out kids! shout out to the chatfields and the flanagans and the allisions!!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
ode to a red van, the many andy bernards of the world, and a whirlpool of awesome!
i set this out on facebook on the 2nd of may. i think. now i'm in kansas with my sister and nephew, and it's the first time that i have seen them in a year, so that means that it's the first time that i have ever seen my nephew. he is pretty awesome. so without further disruption, to the story of traveling home. . .
wow guys, i have to admit that the ride home was in many different ways almost fatal, but i am pleased to say that i have finally made it home, and i wish to share the adventure with you all.
so for the first adventure, the red van of doom. when i left utah i went up to montana to see my grandpa. he has cancer pretty bad, and has to go to chemo every week. so we were up there, and we were supposed to leave that monday, and we did leave. we were driving up the pass between butte montana and bozeman montana when one of the lifters on the red van of awesome stops working. because it stopped working we lost oil pressure, and one of the bearings ripped a hole in our engine somewhere, and oil was leaking. we weren't over the pass yet, but we made it over by turning the van on and off trying to get it over the mountain. we finally reached the top of the mountain, and we don't think that the van will make it any farther, so my dad tries his cell, but there is no coverage. i have two bars, so my parents sent me running up to the top of the mountain right next to the road to see if i can get better coverage to make the call. i ran to the top only to find out that coverage wasn't any better. yeah, i have to admit that definitely took the cake. running up the mountain was like when i decided to hike to the trailhead, i could reach out and touch the mountain. it was basically like crawling really fast on lots of lose rocks and red clay. i wish you all could have seen it. so i get back down to the van, and we decide to see how far our car can coast. turns out that the van can coast for 35 miles. wow.
so we finally get the car to a mechanic where they tell us that we need to find another engine and another transmission for the van to work. we were stuck in a town called three forks, where there was one car shop and two motels, around 5000 people. we went to the car place and found a van for $16,000 with only 15,000 miles on it and it was an 07. we got it on tuesday, and we were going to get a trailer hitch put on it for our trailer at three that after noon. we get to the trailer hitch place and they can't have the hitch there until thursday because it has to be special ordered because of stow and go seating. we found another dealership and bought another van and they put the trailer hitch on then and there for free.
this is where andy bernard comes in. i was chilling with my little brother in the 07 at the dealership where my parents are looking at other cars, and i see a dead look alike for andy bernard, and he was the one that helped my parents pick a van. thank goodness he wasn't as annoying as the andy bernard in the office, and it turns out that he was actually a mormon too! way awesome. so after purchasing an 07, we purchased and 04 and continued on our way on wednesday morning. what a car adventure.
i have to admit that it was pretty awesome owning four vehicles for a short period of time, but on wednesday we returned the '07 and went on our way. it was hard driving through the rain and often times snow, but we finally made it home. it as only when we got home that we realized that everything in the trailer (all of my stuff) was soaked. yeah, i have to admit that i wasn't too happy.
the other cool part about the trip home was when we stopped on wednesday night. we stayed where there was a pool, so my little brother and i wen swimming. true, the swimming pool only went to six feet deep, but my little brother and i decided to create a whirlpool by running around the walls of the pool in a circle. i have to say that it was awesome because it actually worked. i hoped that it would but when it did, that was even better, so i floated around the pool in circles after we got it going.
so i finally made it home yesterday around nine at night, and i have to say that it was a crazy adventure. for sure. i really wanted to write it all in haiku, but that would definitely take too much work. so after being home for only 40 hours i am actually going to go to wichita kansas to help my sister and her baby for all of next week. i shall let you all know how the adventure goes.
cheers
wow guys, i have to admit that the ride home was in many different ways almost fatal, but i am pleased to say that i have finally made it home, and i wish to share the adventure with you all.
so for the first adventure, the red van of doom. when i left utah i went up to montana to see my grandpa. he has cancer pretty bad, and has to go to chemo every week. so we were up there, and we were supposed to leave that monday, and we did leave. we were driving up the pass between butte montana and bozeman montana when one of the lifters on the red van of awesome stops working. because it stopped working we lost oil pressure, and one of the bearings ripped a hole in our engine somewhere, and oil was leaking. we weren't over the pass yet, but we made it over by turning the van on and off trying to get it over the mountain. we finally reached the top of the mountain, and we don't think that the van will make it any farther, so my dad tries his cell, but there is no coverage. i have two bars, so my parents sent me running up to the top of the mountain right next to the road to see if i can get better coverage to make the call. i ran to the top only to find out that coverage wasn't any better. yeah, i have to admit that definitely took the cake. running up the mountain was like when i decided to hike to the trailhead, i could reach out and touch the mountain. it was basically like crawling really fast on lots of lose rocks and red clay. i wish you all could have seen it. so i get back down to the van, and we decide to see how far our car can coast. turns out that the van can coast for 35 miles. wow.
so we finally get the car to a mechanic where they tell us that we need to find another engine and another transmission for the van to work. we were stuck in a town called three forks, where there was one car shop and two motels, around 5000 people. we went to the car place and found a van for $16,000 with only 15,000 miles on it and it was an 07. we got it on tuesday, and we were going to get a trailer hitch put on it for our trailer at three that after noon. we get to the trailer hitch place and they can't have the hitch there until thursday because it has to be special ordered because of stow and go seating. we found another dealership and bought another van and they put the trailer hitch on then and there for free.
this is where andy bernard comes in. i was chilling with my little brother in the 07 at the dealership where my parents are looking at other cars, and i see a dead look alike for andy bernard, and he was the one that helped my parents pick a van. thank goodness he wasn't as annoying as the andy bernard in the office, and it turns out that he was actually a mormon too! way awesome. so after purchasing an 07, we purchased and 04 and continued on our way on wednesday morning. what a car adventure.
i have to admit that it was pretty awesome owning four vehicles for a short period of time, but on wednesday we returned the '07 and went on our way. it was hard driving through the rain and often times snow, but we finally made it home. it as only when we got home that we realized that everything in the trailer (all of my stuff) was soaked. yeah, i have to admit that i wasn't too happy.
the other cool part about the trip home was when we stopped on wednesday night. we stayed where there was a pool, so my little brother and i wen swimming. true, the swimming pool only went to six feet deep, but my little brother and i decided to create a whirlpool by running around the walls of the pool in a circle. i have to say that it was awesome because it actually worked. i hoped that it would but when it did, that was even better, so i floated around the pool in circles after we got it going.
so i finally made it home yesterday around nine at night, and i have to say that it was a crazy adventure. for sure. i really wanted to write it all in haiku, but that would definitely take too much work. so after being home for only 40 hours i am actually going to go to wichita kansas to help my sister and her baby for all of next week. i shall let you all know how the adventure goes.
cheers
Sunday, April 13, 2008
the second to last sunday
so today was a pretty busy sunday. it was the last sunday that i have to play piano, probably until i come back out here in the fall, but i think that i'm going to keep playing, because i like it. it was the last sunday that i got to sing in the ward choir, although i hate our ward choir, it would be so much cooler if we actually sang arrangments of hymns instead of the hymns.
i got visiting taught today, and it was pretty awesome because all of my visiting teachers are so happy. they are really helpful, and they gave me cookies. yeah, i have been trying to take a nap since five, but everyone just keeps coming over, so no nap time. suck!
before i went to sleep last night i think that i came to terms with the whole roommate and best friend thing. i think being a friend is the best place to be right now, and even though it really blows, and i don't understand why he didn't pick me, i think that i can be cool with that. i've decided to make the most of what i got, and right now that is nothing, but i can write that with a smile on my face now, instead of the sadness that was there the day before.
we had a roommate picture day because we were all wearing green. it was pretty much amazing. the only problem is that i totally look so tired in all of the pictures, like a person that needs more sleep but isn't going to get any. oh well.
so this week i have to admit is looking kind of crappy. i have three quizzes due, and four papers due, and a spanish oral exam all before wednesday. other than that, on wednesday i'm going to go to lunch with this guy who i've only talked to twice, but he seems like a nice enough person but i guess we'll see how this rolls. and of course i think that i have a final saturday morning from 7 to 10 which really isn't cool at all, but i guess that i'll take what i can get. i think that i'm going to find time to take the spanish written final sometime this week, plus i think that i'm going to read all of the d and c. speed reading is pretty much amazing.
until later my friends, hasta luego.
i got visiting taught today, and it was pretty awesome because all of my visiting teachers are so happy. they are really helpful, and they gave me cookies. yeah, i have been trying to take a nap since five, but everyone just keeps coming over, so no nap time. suck!
before i went to sleep last night i think that i came to terms with the whole roommate and best friend thing. i think being a friend is the best place to be right now, and even though it really blows, and i don't understand why he didn't pick me, i think that i can be cool with that. i've decided to make the most of what i got, and right now that is nothing, but i can write that with a smile on my face now, instead of the sadness that was there the day before.
we had a roommate picture day because we were all wearing green. it was pretty much amazing. the only problem is that i totally look so tired in all of the pictures, like a person that needs more sleep but isn't going to get any. oh well.
so this week i have to admit is looking kind of crappy. i have three quizzes due, and four papers due, and a spanish oral exam all before wednesday. other than that, on wednesday i'm going to go to lunch with this guy who i've only talked to twice, but he seems like a nice enough person but i guess we'll see how this rolls. and of course i think that i have a final saturday morning from 7 to 10 which really isn't cool at all, but i guess that i'll take what i can get. i think that i'm going to find time to take the spanish written final sometime this week, plus i think that i'm going to read all of the d and c. speed reading is pretty much amazing.
until later my friends, hasta luego.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
part one: the drama before going home
so i have to admit that the last few days have been pretty busy. i spent most of last week writing three papers and i finally had the opportunity to turn them all in by friday. it was a pretty busy week needless to say.
this week there are four papers that i have to write. one is due on monday, the rest are due on tuesday. the only good news about this week is that i don't have spanish class anymore, but the bad news is that i have the spanish oral exam this tuesday at 7:15 in the evening. it really blows.
it is odd to think that by this time next week my parents and my little brother will be on their way out here to get me. then we shall go home, and i shall slave away all summer long. . . doing what though, that is the real question. here are some reasons why i should go home
reason number a: i seem to have this thing for a guy i used to date, the only problem is that he's dating my roommate. yeah, i still don't know what i'm going to do about it, but one of the funniest quotes i've heard about how a person feels about this situation is that the deepest circle of hell is reserved for betrayers, and mutineers. i don't approve of the relationship because i don't think that they took everyone's feelings into account. i don't think that they thought about how their relationship would change the dynamics of our apartment, and his apartment, but oh well.
reason number b: it is time for me to go home, to not have to pay rent, and to see my family again. they are really great people, my family, and i'm rather attached to them. i'm not saying that some people aren't as good as family, i'm just saying that i miss my family.
reason number c: . . . uh, yeah i can only think of two reasons as to why i should go home. i can't change my mind though, and i know that i should go, but why? what am i supposed to do or learn?
so i feel as though there is this other guy in my life, who is in need of a fallback. . . and i think that he keeps coming over here because he can't get the girl that he likes, so he tries for the next best thing. . . and i keep turning him down. yeah, i'm not down with that, i shouldn't be the person that other people settle for, i should be the one that they like, and not the one that they always think that they have.
well, mi amigos, i have church tomorrow at a very early hour, and my head hurts from lack of sleep, but i will keep you posted, and i shall try to post everyday, even when i have to write four papers and take two quizzes for my classes. peace out!
this week there are four papers that i have to write. one is due on monday, the rest are due on tuesday. the only good news about this week is that i don't have spanish class anymore, but the bad news is that i have the spanish oral exam this tuesday at 7:15 in the evening. it really blows.
it is odd to think that by this time next week my parents and my little brother will be on their way out here to get me. then we shall go home, and i shall slave away all summer long. . . doing what though, that is the real question. here are some reasons why i should go home
reason number a: i seem to have this thing for a guy i used to date, the only problem is that he's dating my roommate. yeah, i still don't know what i'm going to do about it, but one of the funniest quotes i've heard about how a person feels about this situation is that the deepest circle of hell is reserved for betrayers, and mutineers. i don't approve of the relationship because i don't think that they took everyone's feelings into account. i don't think that they thought about how their relationship would change the dynamics of our apartment, and his apartment, but oh well.
reason number b: it is time for me to go home, to not have to pay rent, and to see my family again. they are really great people, my family, and i'm rather attached to them. i'm not saying that some people aren't as good as family, i'm just saying that i miss my family.
reason number c: . . . uh, yeah i can only think of two reasons as to why i should go home. i can't change my mind though, and i know that i should go, but why? what am i supposed to do or learn?
so i feel as though there is this other guy in my life, who is in need of a fallback. . . and i think that he keeps coming over here because he can't get the girl that he likes, so he tries for the next best thing. . . and i keep turning him down. yeah, i'm not down with that, i shouldn't be the person that other people settle for, i should be the one that they like, and not the one that they always think that they have.
well, mi amigos, i have church tomorrow at a very early hour, and my head hurts from lack of sleep, but i will keep you posted, and i shall try to post everyday, even when i have to write four papers and take two quizzes for my classes. peace out!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
welcome to the wonderful world of prime!
this is the beginning of the iowan chronicles. i have two weeks left out here in utah, and then we shall all get to live the adventure of the summer in iowa. be ready for adventure.
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