sorry for this post, but I'm just not quite used to living here after 5 years. Some days as I'm driving through town, I notice Utah license plates and I get really excited--maybe I know them? Then I realize that I'm not in PA anymore, I'm actually in Utah! Don't get me wrong, I love it here. In fact, I always said that I didn't want to ever live here again, but OWen and I are really starting to have 2nd thoughts.
Anyways......I volunteer in Audrey's Kindergarten class once a week. Today this little girl goes up to the teacher and says, "Sister Bigelow, where do we put our papers?" Mrs. Bigelow replied, "Can you tell we are in the same ward." I guess I'm just not used to being surrounded by so many mormons.
Why do Utans have to have the latest and the greatest? I swear, when I lived in ALlentown, I would tell Owen about how I wanted a convertable mini cooper some day--saw a few here and there, and then I move to Utah, and EVERYONE has one!
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It's weird to go back huh? All the giant billboards with LDS products really throw me off! btw, thanks for your comment on my blog - I'm buying some wood putty tomorrow and fixing my holes so I can get he knobs I want! And I love what you did with that dresser. I think this will be my new hobby...
I LOVE that you posted this. We were on vacay in Utah two weeks ago and I did the same thing with the license plates. I double take every time and get so excited! Plus, I think I'll ALWAYS see someone in the airport who I know (I don't ever) because, hey, Utah is a small world, right? Wrong. Or at least my world of known people wasn't big enough. Also... I so don't want to move back to Utah precisely because everyone there has new stuff! Drives me nuts! Every newly married couple is completely furnished with great furniture in huge new houses - what's the deal? Doesn't anyone believe in (or is subjected to - both of which I think are proper and what I'm living) scraping by and sacrificing for the first few years? Those golden, happy, poor student years? I swear, I never see that in Utah.
It's strange for me to go back to Utah still and I go all the time now that we are in CO. I love Utah, I'll shout it from the roof tops, but I can't stand the "rat race" that exsists there sometimes. I'm sure it's all over and not just amongst us Mormons, but man, you feel it there a lot. Matt and I used to joke when we lived in Philly that our visits to Utah seemed like Pleasantville= everyone had blonde hair, everyone owned a boat and talked about their boat in every conversation, and we heard "our bishop" at least 3 times standing in the Cafe Rio line. It cracks us up. Don't get me wrong, we'll get back to Utah one day and I'm certainly not going to pretend like I'm above the "rat racers" - I know I have my moments... it's just fun to knock it!
Suessical look like a blast.
Oh we are so on board with your comments about Utah. Love it as I do- Joe and I are always walking around with a huge question mark on our faces. It is insane- we feel so out of place. Truly, I feel more out of place in Utah than I do in NYC. Very weird; that being said, I still love it and get butterflies in my stomach when we drive down to Provo it is soooo beautiful even with all the expensive chotchkies!
It's true, everyone has to have their toys in Utah. I never realised the pressure and crap put upon you until I was in Montana. It's crazy in Utah, there's so much Jonesing there, and I don't even know if they're fully aware that they're doing it. Wow Holly, you really hit a nerve here, eh? Aye.
Happy birthday!
Funny. I feel a little like that here in Idaho. It's strange to have my visiting teaching companion live just a few houses down from me. We drive a few blocks away (we could walk) do visit our sisters instead of across town and into scary ancient buildings like we did in Philly. It's a blessing--but it's strange to adjust to. I saw a little commercial on tv on Friday announcing that General Conference was going to be on this weekend and I was so surprised until I realized where I was and that it's really not that strange.
Don't get too used to Utah, you NEED to come to Anchorage!
Keith
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