4/7/07














Fun day. Hung out with my friend, Megan, and her family in Lynndyl, Utah. I love small towns. It is always intriguing to me to see small towners interact with one another. Any place we went, Megan knew most people. That is a cool thing. We ate 10 cent hotdogs, and 25 cent cotton candy. We also had 25 cent ice cream cones inside the grocery store. It is an annual tradition in Delta to celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the grocery store(there are only two in Delta). Very interesting. They sold 13,000 hotdogs yesterday in a county that only has 6,000 people. One resident even told his dad he didn't want to leave town for the whole weekend because he would miss the annual hotdogs. Nice.

We also dyed Easter eggs in Lynndyl and had an Easter egg hunt. Later, we went to the sand dunes(one of the pictures) and rolled Easter eggs down the dunes. Another Greathouse tradition, although it is more than just her family because there were lots of other people rolling eggs down the hill. They would even carve out little paths for the eggs to follow. Interesting. I like traditions. They really are fun. I even celebrated Lent again this year even though I am no longer Catholic. My mom found that funny seeing she didn't even give anything up this year. It was very hard to go without candy for 4o days. Last night I ate lots and today even more.

Tonight, I convinced my roommates that we should dye some eggs. I guess I was inspired while in Lynndyl. Mary Beth had a really cool idea using tape. Our eggs turned out good. I even took a picture of nine of them. I like having creative roommates because it encourages me to be creative.

I enjoyed the drive on the way to visit Megan as well. It was so beautiful to see the mountains green. I love spring. It was also fun to sing Shania Twain songs at the top of my lungs. It just felt like the right thing to do as I was in the country. When I first got to Megan's house, I was talking in a southern drawl. I do not know where my accents come from. I wasn't trying to imply that they talked like that, because they do not. I just felt like I was going into the real country, I guess. Sometimes I speak in a French accent just for fun. One time, I actually taught one of my Health classes in a Russian accent. I could not stop, even when my students wanted me to! Weird.

Well, I don't have much else to say today. I hope the day finds you having a good time.
Take Care,
Alice