A year later, here I am, sitting on the top floor of the Wilk after my laptop's yearly check-up with the IT guys in the bookstore {Thank you, Stuart and Thomas}. Apparently, I have to check for security updates myself--who knew?
About a month ago I packed my little Prius full of belongings and drove down to Provo.
Let me tell you something about packing half your life up into a little red Toyota Prius: Just when you've finally convinced your Mom that you can fit it all inside, your Dad starts telling you that you're going to get a traffic ticket for obstructed view. So unless they're offering to help, you're going to have to let some things slide off you like water off a duck's back at that point.
But, in any case, I set off along the freeway the day before move-in on my way to Ikea. They had some great deals in the catalog, and this little chickie wanted to take advantage of that. Plus, they had a cafe and I was starving.
Once I was able to find the maps and make sense of the store, I found the cafe, because nobody ever made a good decision on an empty stomach. I ordered the Swedish Meatballs combo, and let me tell you, those were fantastic! Little brown meatballs in a tawny gravy with skins-in mashed potatoes, a roll, and a mixed green salad. Everything was delicious! So I picked up what I wanted, bought it, and finished driving down.
It's weird to have your heart in two places. Roy will always be home to me, but Provo is too. And it was weird because as I got off the freeway onto the parkway, I thought "I'm home!! But, I just left home...ok this is weird!"
But as I was waiting for Hailey after the IT guys helped me with my computer, I realized that I was starving. It was like that enormous plate of meatballs, mashed potatoes, and gravy just disappeared, never mind the roll and salad! And all I could think for some reason was "Want...PIZZAA!!!" It was like my mind had been taken over by the Audrey-II plant from Little Shop of Horrors and saying "FEEEEEDD MEEEE!!"
How on earth this happened when I spent almost the entire time after my meal sitting down is beyond me, but oh well. All I could do was sit there and distract myself on Pinterest until it was half-past-four.
Thank goodness Hailey had pizza to make when we got back to Orem.
I'm now happily moved in, and life is a blast...but where did those meatballs go?
