dark and drear morn
yesterday as temple trip day. the border line up fiasco has been forcing me to leave earlier and earlier and yesterday beat the cake, six thirty am. still it was over an hour wait but one hour is beginning to be the norm. like gas at ninety nine cents begins to look good to you after paying a dollar twenty. it's all the same.
our border guy seemed austere but i could sense some softness to him. sure enough he gave us back our id and said "drive careful girls". elicia really appreciated that. i know because she said "i really like how he said drive careful girls." elicia, shauna and heather were all squished into the back seat. quite a bit of accidental bum clutching was incident to seat belt searches. mom was in the front with me.
we stopped to get gas right away. i bought my temple trip cheetohs and a payday bar. i've gotten heather totally attached to the payday. dad was the one who did it to me. the cheetohs were chili and lime, a flavour i've been attracted to of late. a while after we drove away elicia noticed that her graduation gift ring was missing. the one that her mom gave her with an inscription when she got her ba. at that same time heather recalled a metallic ping when elicia emerged from the car but admitted she forgot about it in the rush for the bathroom. elicia checked and rechecked her purse but we pretty much knew it was at the gas station.
mom and i had some nice talks on the way and the time went quickly. very quickly actually because after the border it didn't even take two hours to get there. we arrived around ten thirty and were so early we didn't know what to do with ourselves. so we all walked through the gorgeous japanese maples of vibrant reds and rusts to the distribution centre and waited for shauna to do an exchange and then walked back to the car because mom didn't want to take her bag to he d.centre and then to the temple. it was just turning 11 and so naturally lunch at the cafeteria. we met sara b and her mom in the lobby. they were going down to have lunch too. sarah invited elicia to go with her to portland the next weekend.
there was an old hard of hearing guy manning the post at the cafeteria. he was cute. i asked for burrito casserole and he needed me to repeat. admittedly i tend to talk quietly and to mumble sometimes, so i said burrito casserole loud and clear. i was pretty sure that was what i was seeing in front of me. but he turned and started dishing from behind him. he turned back around with the chicken broccoli casserole in hand. "isn't that the burrito casserole?" i asked pointing to the tray in front of him. he looked stymied, as amy does from time to time (hers is mostly about styew). this is where mom jumped in from behind me and said "that's ok, that's what i want." and at this his face suddenly cleared and he gave that to her and gave me the burrito casserole. i grabbed a multi grain bun because i wanted one. there was an older lady on cash, maybe his wife but who am i to assume? she didn't charge me for the bun. i pointed to the bun and was about to say what about the bun? i mean roll? but she jumped in a little defensively, "it comes with the meal!" "oh." said i, "are you sure". she was sure, so i think i got a bun for free, meanwhile heather's bun came with her meal and she had to pay for her pad of butter. haha. meanwhile elicia had to go to the washroom before joining the line up. even if she was in the same line up, i knew she would take the longest to get settled and then to finish eating. sure enough mom and i were practically done when she did show up. when she put her tray down, she went back for a drink, then she came back and realized she didn't have her cutlery etc. luckily we had lots of time and we all just talked. and that is the cafeteria scene unfolded for you. there you go. enjoy.
we missed the group stake thing because we went to an earlier session, but that's ok. it was a very nice day in the temple. exactly what i needed. i felt a strength and a comfort flow into me. mom said i looked pretty. i said she did too. she did. we have a pretty mom.
there's some new paintings in the temple that i love. i love the style. one is by minerva. i should see what elese she does...
afterwards we stopped at the book store. i almost never go there. i find the book store an overwhelming experience. there is too much that one could buy. there are so many books to choose from and deciding on which book is the best one daunts me. so i go and i don't purchase anything. having limited funds helps me in this. mom bought a christmas present book for dad. he'll like it. it was 23 canadian and only 18 american. mom thought she would have to pay the canadian price. but you're buying with american money, i explained. and it's the same right now, that's why shopping in the states is cheap right now, i lectured. so you're saving money! in the end she saved even more because she got six dollars off from the points on her card. elicia bought three books and shauna bought one by john bytheway. a backwards book about how to be miserable. i flipped through it--funny. like the heading "moping is sure to help". that johnbytheway, he's a funny guy.
nice trip home, more good talks with muds. not a bad border wait, and it was still light out when we arrived back. i drove mom straight to the ferry. she was very early for the eight fifteen but at least she had all the cool shops to keep her occupied. well half way down the strip i get a call on my cell. it's mom. the eight fifteen and ten forty five have been cancelled on saturdays for the winter. i hate when they do that. so i turned around and we picked her up and i dropped off everyone else and drove mom to the horseshoe bay ferry, where she was an hour early and there were no shops. that terminal is so bare bones, but i reminisced when it was even MORE bare bones. like there was no inside place to wait. and that time i waited for three hours for fatima to pick me up when her car had broken down on the freeway and she called cab after cab but there was a bus strike and they kept just not coming, so finally she got one and arrived. meanwhile i was reduced to a shivering pile of shakes. of course i had seen nathan and he got me hot chocolate and gave me jen's fleece coat. i used to always see him on the ferry, that guy. he came in handy that day. anyways. i got home around eight thirty and had some peanut butter toast. then i decided to watch brokedown palace. sometimes i have a need and it is fulfilled by a certain movie. like little women or brokedown palace. anyways i knew i needed to watch it so i did.
then i brought my stereo into my room and played alleluia music while i lay across my bed and wrote in my journal. then i started to read my scrips that's when elicia arrived with a carton of boysenberry swirl so good and two spoons. she wanted some girl times talks. so we talked and then it was one in the am and i was sooooo tired that i just had to go to bed so she left me after laughing at the way i was splayed across the bed with a leg hanging over the edge and my arm over my head. she said i looked like an add for soap. i don't know where she comes up with these things. it's like when she said chris fox's toes looked like peanuts and then just started laughing and laughing.
anyways it's time to get up and do something with myself, preferably get ready for church...
our border guy seemed austere but i could sense some softness to him. sure enough he gave us back our id and said "drive careful girls". elicia really appreciated that. i know because she said "i really like how he said drive careful girls." elicia, shauna and heather were all squished into the back seat. quite a bit of accidental bum clutching was incident to seat belt searches. mom was in the front with me.
we stopped to get gas right away. i bought my temple trip cheetohs and a payday bar. i've gotten heather totally attached to the payday. dad was the one who did it to me. the cheetohs were chili and lime, a flavour i've been attracted to of late. a while after we drove away elicia noticed that her graduation gift ring was missing. the one that her mom gave her with an inscription when she got her ba. at that same time heather recalled a metallic ping when elicia emerged from the car but admitted she forgot about it in the rush for the bathroom. elicia checked and rechecked her purse but we pretty much knew it was at the gas station.
mom and i had some nice talks on the way and the time went quickly. very quickly actually because after the border it didn't even take two hours to get there. we arrived around ten thirty and were so early we didn't know what to do with ourselves. so we all walked through the gorgeous japanese maples of vibrant reds and rusts to the distribution centre and waited for shauna to do an exchange and then walked back to the car because mom didn't want to take her bag to he d.centre and then to the temple. it was just turning 11 and so naturally lunch at the cafeteria. we met sara b and her mom in the lobby. they were going down to have lunch too. sarah invited elicia to go with her to portland the next weekend.
there was an old hard of hearing guy manning the post at the cafeteria. he was cute. i asked for burrito casserole and he needed me to repeat. admittedly i tend to talk quietly and to mumble sometimes, so i said burrito casserole loud and clear. i was pretty sure that was what i was seeing in front of me. but he turned and started dishing from behind him. he turned back around with the chicken broccoli casserole in hand. "isn't that the burrito casserole?" i asked pointing to the tray in front of him. he looked stymied, as amy does from time to time (hers is mostly about styew). this is where mom jumped in from behind me and said "that's ok, that's what i want." and at this his face suddenly cleared and he gave that to her and gave me the burrito casserole. i grabbed a multi grain bun because i wanted one. there was an older lady on cash, maybe his wife but who am i to assume? she didn't charge me for the bun. i pointed to the bun and was about to say what about the bun? i mean roll? but she jumped in a little defensively, "it comes with the meal!" "oh." said i, "are you sure". she was sure, so i think i got a bun for free, meanwhile heather's bun came with her meal and she had to pay for her pad of butter. haha. meanwhile elicia had to go to the washroom before joining the line up. even if she was in the same line up, i knew she would take the longest to get settled and then to finish eating. sure enough mom and i were practically done when she did show up. when she put her tray down, she went back for a drink, then she came back and realized she didn't have her cutlery etc. luckily we had lots of time and we all just talked. and that is the cafeteria scene unfolded for you. there you go. enjoy.
we missed the group stake thing because we went to an earlier session, but that's ok. it was a very nice day in the temple. exactly what i needed. i felt a strength and a comfort flow into me. mom said i looked pretty. i said she did too. she did. we have a pretty mom.
there's some new paintings in the temple that i love. i love the style. one is by minerva. i should see what elese she does...
afterwards we stopped at the book store. i almost never go there. i find the book store an overwhelming experience. there is too much that one could buy. there are so many books to choose from and deciding on which book is the best one daunts me. so i go and i don't purchase anything. having limited funds helps me in this. mom bought a christmas present book for dad. he'll like it. it was 23 canadian and only 18 american. mom thought she would have to pay the canadian price. but you're buying with american money, i explained. and it's the same right now, that's why shopping in the states is cheap right now, i lectured. so you're saving money! in the end she saved even more because she got six dollars off from the points on her card. elicia bought three books and shauna bought one by john bytheway. a backwards book about how to be miserable. i flipped through it--funny. like the heading "moping is sure to help". that johnbytheway, he's a funny guy.
nice trip home, more good talks with muds. not a bad border wait, and it was still light out when we arrived back. i drove mom straight to the ferry. she was very early for the eight fifteen but at least she had all the cool shops to keep her occupied. well half way down the strip i get a call on my cell. it's mom. the eight fifteen and ten forty five have been cancelled on saturdays for the winter. i hate when they do that. so i turned around and we picked her up and i dropped off everyone else and drove mom to the horseshoe bay ferry, where she was an hour early and there were no shops. that terminal is so bare bones, but i reminisced when it was even MORE bare bones. like there was no inside place to wait. and that time i waited for three hours for fatima to pick me up when her car had broken down on the freeway and she called cab after cab but there was a bus strike and they kept just not coming, so finally she got one and arrived. meanwhile i was reduced to a shivering pile of shakes. of course i had seen nathan and he got me hot chocolate and gave me jen's fleece coat. i used to always see him on the ferry, that guy. he came in handy that day. anyways. i got home around eight thirty and had some peanut butter toast. then i decided to watch brokedown palace. sometimes i have a need and it is fulfilled by a certain movie. like little women or brokedown palace. anyways i knew i needed to watch it so i did.
then i brought my stereo into my room and played alleluia music while i lay across my bed and wrote in my journal. then i started to read my scrips that's when elicia arrived with a carton of boysenberry swirl so good and two spoons. she wanted some girl times talks. so we talked and then it was one in the am and i was sooooo tired that i just had to go to bed so she left me after laughing at the way i was splayed across the bed with a leg hanging over the edge and my arm over my head. she said i looked like an add for soap. i don't know where she comes up with these things. it's like when she said chris fox's toes looked like peanuts and then just started laughing and laughing.
anyways it's time to get up and do something with myself, preferably get ready for church...
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