What She Said. Plus a few additions.

I should have posted about Idaho awhile ago....but here's the thing. I'm choc full of things to do. So here's what Anna wrote about it....(She's a journalism major & loves writing, so read that one.)

I would just like to add a few tidbits.

Ryan was driving, and I was co-pilot. I made him give me the entire history of the VPLCT and Chick-Fil-A...turns out he basically instigated the whole thing. We have him to thank. I had been up since 6:30am that day, and stayed up until 3:30am, so although we had some great conversation, I can't say I remember a whole lot of it.

After Cameron woke Anna up with a Russian voice, she left and went to the bathrooms whilst I refused to move for a bit--a little like hitting snooze on an alarm clock. But alarm clocks don't steamroll you until you get up...which is what then happened. Cameron, my dear Cameron, steamrolled me several times before I begged for mercy and promised to get up. He is a man with few limits, that one. I love him to pieces.

My number was 43. :)

My favorite part about this trip was the people. I ADORE seeing Lorraine let loose--it's one of my favorite things about this entire semester actually. I love how our group interacts. We sang, we talked, we laughed (snorted), we slept. Benny and I sang the Circle of Life like the epic people we are--and the last three seconds were even caught on video. The group sang the Chick-Fil-A song together around the heat lamp (because it was very cold, although not as cold as it could have been, and for that I'm grateful.) Although, the cold was also one of my favorite parts, because we would all form cuddle huddles.....and who doesn't love cuddle huddles with attractive people?  The best thing that was said around the "fire" happened to be a conversation about the girls all leaving next semester on missions. All the boys are lamenting this fact, but when it was said this time I just put my fist in the air and said "YESSSSSSS." Ryan looked at me and said "Hey! You're value just went up!" because I won't be leaving on a mission and I'll still be here next semester--the perfect age, and with much, much less competition. I think I'll be highly valued next semester.

The road home may have been uneventful for Anna, but as for me it was anything but--since I had to help Ryan survive through the fog and snow and rain. Actually, I am super surprised by how calm I was during the entire road trip--the last time I went up to Idaho with Fish boys driving I really did hold the door handle for dear life. I didn't really grip the door handle at all. Ryan & I started to feel like parents after a bit though, with our kids asleep in the back....I believe it even went so far as mentioning "How cute they are when they're asleep!" and "That's the only reason we haven't killed them yet." And finally, on the way home, we got another perfect Ryan quote. Lorraine was talking about a boy who just wanted to kiss her without any commitment--there were mixed feelings about this subject in the car, but Ryan's was the best. "Lorraine! Your body is a temple. Don't let his lips touch the front door!"

In all, we just had a wonderful time.