Home Sweet Home!!!

So, my mom is always saying, "Why don't you come see us? What are you doing with all your time off?" Blah, Blah, Blah. So, I feel pseudo-moderately guilty for having all this time off and not making a trip back to my home state. And with the rental car that was given to me because of my car accident I said to myself, "Self, let's go Iowa!" There is nothing like being reminded how much you hate to drive, especially by yourself.

But, it was relaxing to stay at my parents "mini-mansion." It's a lot different than NOLA, I will give them that. And the break in heat was just what I needed. Have I ever mentioned that I don't like it hot?? I guess it has something to do with growing up in Minnesota most of my life.

I hung out in the middle of nowhere (where my parents literally live) and that was nice, for awhile. I learned a lot about Britney Spears by watching E!. Such an interesting life. Anywho, the picture of the deer is from my parents back deck looking over their backyard. Pretty nifty huh?

I also decided that since I was so close to Minnesota and didn't really have anything to do, that I wanted to go. It was nice to be back and see how much the city has changed. It isn't really the small city that I grew up in. But, I met up with my old childhood friend, Trish, who lived a block away and was the coolest kid in the neighborhood (they had a swimming pool). We went and saw the bridge and found this nifty little arcade game in the place where we ate.

My mom (she's so short!!) and I then went to the temple. I had never been there, so that was pretty interesting. They took away the hill by the Stake center that I used to run wild on. So sad!! I guess having the temple is better than having the hill. I also got to see my piano teacher, but she didn't really remember me--which is probably a good thing because I'm not really a good example of what 8 years of piano lessons should be.

The drive home was lame.