So, I had an eye appointment today and was visiting with my doctor. He asked if anything exciting had happened since I’d seen him last month and jubilantly I replied “I got engaged!” Because, how often do you get to answer questions with that answer? Not often. That’s how often. But this wasn’t the best part of our conversation.
I asked the question to him in return and I heard him say – “Oh, nothing exciting. I fertilized my Mom this week.”
I’m sorry. What was that?
I’m quite lucky my head was sitting in one of those eye-exam things, otherwise my jaw would have dropped, epically. It took me about 10 seconds to realize he said “lawn”, not “mom”. Whoops!
“… If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it.”
~Ferris Beuller
Dear Blog,
I’m writing to tell you how sorry I am that I’ve been neglecting you. It’s been almost 3 months since we’ve seen each other, and I regret my absence deeply. So you know, I did mean to visit and maintain our relationship, but I just got caught up in the whirlwind of life. I know, I know. It’s all just an excuse to you. But so you know, these are the things I meant to blog about:
A guy named Wayne Richards. He was a radio DJ here in Idaho Falls. And his death seemed to really affect the town. For weeks businesses displayed “Drive Safely Wayne” on their marquees, (Wayne used to leave his listeners with the parting words of “Drive Safely East Idaho” as he was signing off of his radiocasts) and you could even get window tags that displayed the same words. And you still see them all over the place. I was amazed at how much it affected everyone. While bitter sweet, it was a nice reminder of the kind community I returned to by moving home. For this blog, I planned to drive around the city taking pictures of all the signs and post them – but obvs didn’t, so… here’s one from KIDK – Channel 3:
My Grandpa passed away at 82 just before Halloween of liver cancer. I wanted to tell people how lucky I felt that I moved home when I did so that I could spend time with him before he went. It helped me believe even more in fate. And how on the day of his death my brother and I decided it was time for us to take the family traditions into our hands and make sure they live on. My brother decided he would master the Dutch Babies – German Pancakes. And so I was left with Scrablle, our family’s rendition of chex mix that we always have around during holidays or celebratory gatherings. The next day, I took off work, because, let’s face it – I wasn’t focused anyway – and made Scrabble. The day after that was the funeral. After the service we went to my Grandma’s and played games in tribute to Pop whilst enjoying my delish Scrabble. It was a good day.
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The Christmas Light displays of Idaho Falls. I was amazed by a few this year. And I really wanted to go and take video of them all but by the time I had the time/energy to, it was January 5th. So… there went that idea. I did get one video on my phone though. It was especially entertaining, not only because it had it’s own radio station (HA!) but also because this used to be my childhood best friend’s house.
And last of all, I wanted to give everyone an update on my diet progress. All is still well. I stopped taking Alli in the beginning of October because I reached the cut off weight for my height. But, even after I stopped taking it, I’ve lost a total of 50 lbs now. WOAH. And you can see it. I’m so proud of myself. I’m still dieting, and exercising regularly. It’s like a whole new world. The holidays were tough, but I stood strong, no thanks to you, Peanut Brittle! But all in all, I am a very happy camper. I have a New Years Resolution to lose 15 more by spring and after that I’ll just work on maintaining.
Well, I think that’s it, Blog. Again, I’m sorry. And while I know better than to promise I will do better, I just wanted to let you know I have been thinking of you.
I finally got the new house to showing off status. So here it is, a video tour for all my friends in Portland. Perhaps this will entice you into visiting. Eh?
