Ho Hum

It's been a while since I have had a semi-eventful weekend. But I am proud to say that this past weekend was full of....events. One of my many BFF's, Katherine Elisabeth Montoya, came to visit me in Provo this weekend. I am going to take a small moment to explain Kate and the relationship that we have to you all. I met Katherine Elisabeth my freshman year of college down at SUU. I moved into the dorms and was stuck with some rather odd roommates. Okay, they were just about as bad as you can get. Ha. That is a whole other story. Luckily, some super freaking awesome girls lived next door. I spent a good chunk of my time with them. Kate was one of those lovely ladies. One day she called me by my full name. Which nobody has really done since Jr. High.
"Kristine"
".....Katherine?"
Ever since then not only have we called one another by each others full name (I mostly do it because she has a freaking awesome full name, Katherine Elisabeth Montoya. Elisabeth with an "s". She knows/loves that is awesome too), but we have been super tight. I ended up moving in with them spring semester of that year. We all remain extremely close to this day. But we will save that for a different day. Of all my friends I would say that Kate is the most like me. We went through similar childhood experiences. We act alike and think very much alike. But are different enough to make it interesting. She is VERY artsy. I love her for that. She used to be a ballerina. She tends to dance around a lot, no matter where she is. She is a complete twig, 5' 8" size 4. She is one of the few girls in this world that can pull off a boy hair cut, and she always tells me not to "sass" her. I do it anyways. She loves anything with glitter, feathers, rhinestones, and redheads. If she had the money, she would shop high end fashion stores. And yet, she would still go looking for red suede boots at D.I. She has a very loud distinct laugh and you KNOW when she is in the room. We have oodles of fun together.
So, Kate came to visit this weekend. Friday night I am proud to announce that we did nothing. We ate grilled cheese sandwiches, frozen grapes, and potato chips at 11:30 p.m. while watching Rat Race. (Highly recommended) I had to work Saturday morning, so she went to her sister-in-law's baby shower. She is completely lucky and winning on that aspect of life. She wanted to go to the Strawberry Days rodeo in Pleasent Grove, and after telling me I am a snott, I finally agreed to go. Mostly because of the strawberries and cream. (To die for) But of course we had to go to Target first because I needed a "rodeo shirt". What? I had nothing appropriate. It is a well known fact that you can't wait just anything to the rodeo, especially nothing too.....preppy. I wasn't feeling well, but we went to the Macey's in Pleasant Grove anyways to get our tickets, which is when we found that they were sold out. Not too much of a surprise, since it was the last day. So, we drove back to Provo, I changed back into my preppy clothing, and we went to Brick Oven. SO GOOD! One thing I love about Kate is that we can sit and talk for hours. And we did just that while we ate. Since it was only 9 when we were done, we went back to my apartment to digest our food. We love to discuss the fact that all our guy friends from our freshman year are coming off their missions, and we are a little weirded out. When then went to see "Vantage Point" at the dollar theater. AMAZING!! After Kate informed me that I needed light bulbs for my room. We headed over the Macey's. I wanted to get popcicles too. Because I am the world's most indecisive person, we stood in the ice cream isle for a good amount of time. I stared at the freakish amount of choices and Kate scooted around behind me, making up some fancy footwork. We then heard from the other end of the isle..
"Do you know where the nearest dance club is?"
Kate: "Right here" *dance dance*
Three dudes then came to see what interesting young ladies we were. Two of them were more on the quiet side while one just talked to his little hearts content.
"What are two cute girls like you doing alone in a grocery store on a Saturday night?"
Kate: "dancing"
Kris: "trying to find ice cream" (might I add that I was still totally staring at the ice cream cases)
Kate: "we did go to a movie"
Dude: "how do you girls feel about two guys going to a movie and sitting next to each other?"
Kate: "fine..."
Kris: "okay" *still staring at ice cream*
Dude: "I think it is stupid when guys have to sit with a seat between. Five guys would take up a whole row." His friends had odd smiles. Almost embarrassed or even like they just got off their missions and are frightened by girls still
Dude: "where are you girls from?"
Kate: "cedar city"
Kris: "I live here"
Dude to Kate: "you visiting"
Kate: "yeah"
Kris: "Kate, do you want Creamies?" *totally fixated with ice cream*
Dude: "we should all go and golf sometime" *swinging pretend club*
Kate: "I'm only here until Sunday night"
Kris: "Oooo KATE! What about pudding pops?" *poking at ice cream*
Kate: "I don't care" *getting bored with dudes and starting to scoot around again*
Dude and friends then proceed to surround me in my selection process
Dude: "get the 24 pack of creamies then you can invite guys over. Guys love it when you do that"
Kris: "Kate.....do you want Creamies?"
Kate: "no"
Kris: "okay....I got it. Fruit on the outside, ice cream on the inside!"
Dude: "well, we gotta go. bye!"
Kate: "those sound good"
We then traveled home and pondered on what had just happened. That night we had a rousing discussing on the pros and cons of sleeping in the buff. The next morning, we got up and got ready to go to Kit Lloyd's homecoming in Heber. We knew Kit our freshman year. He was our roommate Megan's boyfriend. (and now still is.) The drive up there was thrilling. Lots of bikers. We were almost late because of a station wagon. But because of my speedy illegal driving we ended up being early. We sat behind this adorable little girl, who Kate is convinced her children will be exactly like. Kate waved to her and the little girl waved back and then told her mother that Kate waved to her and then made her mother turn her head and look at Kate. Kit did an amazing job but I will admit that we were watching the girl most of the time. She would quote half of "Enchanted" to her mother. When Kate smiled at her the girl smiled back and then showed Kate the picture she was coloring. Also, randomly enough, it turns out that my cousin and his family lived in Kit's ward, which was a fun surprise. After sacrament meeting took Megan to her house in Heber to get some fruit for the gathering a Kit's house. Meg told us all about the past week with Kit. She went to the airport to greet him and to his family reunion. She even told us about how one night as he walked her to her car, he said something in Spanish (she could only recognize the word kiss) and then kissed her. The next day he asked her if she understood what he said. Then said that he told her that it was "I have waited 2 years and 4 days to kiss you". Of course we all screamed like 12 year old beehives in my car at that point. Good job Kit! We had a blast talking with Kit at his house. His backyard is amazing and we chilled at the picnic table under an umbrella. He has some pretty cool friends from high school. One of them is about 6'5" and is a returned missionary with funky hair. As he left he said...
"hey babe, I don't think I caught your name"
"Kris"
"Kris with a "K"?"
"yes"
"what's your number? We can chill sometime"
"okay"
He asked for Kate's too, but it was completely random. He was pretty cool though, so I was okay with it. Later that night after Kate left I drove up to Bountiful. My parents made me go on the ward "Walk About". Four families in the ward volunteer to be stops and you walk around the neighborhood and stop and have treats at the houses while talking with everybody. Great fun. We went. My parents, my 17 year old brother, and me. We got to one house and after about 30 minutes I see a guy that graduated a year before me heading straight for me. Now this wouldn't be so bad, except A) I was never real good friends with him and B) he is a return missionary and the type that is looking for a wife. (I have been getting some vibes from him every time I am home, for the last little bit.) He is way cool and has really nice eyes, but I don't know. It was fun to talk with him. I don't know. I was the only girl my age in my home ward. I graduated with 6 guys. Apparently one of them had his homecoming on Sunday. He was kind of a punk before he left, but my mother could not stop gushing about how amazing it was. Holy crap. I think she wants me to marry him or something. Another guy came home two months or so. He was the star quarterback at his high school and super chill. Apparently he is having a hard time adjusting. Really hard time. I feel bad for him.
Well....that was was long and random.....