weekend update

-- hello, salt lake city. 

-- kids with grandparents: check. a relaxing (riiiiight) weekend ahead!

-- redrock brewery is delish. where have you been all my life, caprese sandwich?

-- kouing aman croissant at les madeleines bakery: my new, more sophisticated sprinkles cupcake disguised as a breakfast item.

-- conversation from themiddleofnowhere 1-80:

matt: "i want to stop at this rest stop and look at the view."

erin, confused (view??): "...so you can kill me and dump my body?"

matt, totally serious: "no, erin. you'd never decompose out there on the salt. it'd be a terrible place to dump a body."

that's comforting.

-- sorry little fella.

-- i can't think of any major natural disasters that plague northeastern nevada. so that's good.

-- the pacific time zone?!  i'll be jiggered.

-- iPod serendipitously chokes up "bust-out brigade" by the go! team as we catch our first view of elko. i needed that... let's kick some elko real estate ascot!

-- the preschool looks like a lot of fun. happy heart.

-- diggin' the ugly/cool 70s era buildings.  bring camera next visit.

-- slowest subway restaurant chain in the continental US.

-- but someone in line just bought a sandwich for a homeless man. good folks here.

-- i forgot that people smoke in their homes. oh dear. "don't judge a book by its cover" just took on new meaning.

-- wow. we need a pickup truck. and four wheel drive.

-- the ruby mountains are beautiful.

-- word on the street: costco was on it's way to elko and then pulled out--anguished scream!

-- dos amigos white queso--welcome to my weekends for the foreseeable future (thanks, kari!)

-- two movie theaters here--expectations exceeded! hunger games!

-- peeta is a weenie, and the scene where his face pops out of his camouflage paint job weirded me out. team gale.

-- so maybe no natural disasters, but i can't help but think the dreams i've been having about aliens and UFOs are not coincidental.

-- most awesome, pristine mid-century home: why are you just outside my budget? and why can't you follow me around the world so i can have you forever? weren't you in the incredibles?

-- note to self: it's okay to drive ATVs on surface streets here.

-- great home, but not sure how i feel about the dirt bike trails right outside my back door.

-- i just got really excited to own grass. nice grass. un-texas, fireantfree grass.

-- there's a thriving chapter of the "grown adults dressed up in children's superhero costumes and fighting with foam swords" club here in elko.

-- happy birthday, chubbs!

--kirt's drive inn in nogden: mushroom swiss melt burger washed down with a root beer freeze.  north ogden forever.  (after re-reading this post i feel like i should stick to salads this week.)

-- remind me to never book a 6:05AM flight ever, ever again.  (salads.  and spin class.  definitely.)

-- DFW is the best airport in the entire universe.

-- hello, 80degreesinmarch dallas. i am really going to miss you.

general feeling: hopeful. everything will be okay.