Thursday
January 24, 2013
This
is a little entry from a couple of week ago, but I just had to type
it out because it was such an experience that the day could not be
forgotten :)
So
for all you lucky individuals living in the warm Southern California
sun you want to be introduced to what you are missing out on by not
living the land of ice? Here you go:
As I
walked around I saw many individuals rubbing their knees and bums. We
called it “freezing rain.” It usually snows when it is this cold.
And yes I do not understand the weather so I am just going off of my
observations, but because it “chose” to rain and not snow what
ever the rain touched immediately turned into ice. The roads, steps,
railings, etc. were all covered in layers of ice. It was a land of
sliding!! Some enjoyed the experience by ice skating for free. I saw
a video of one boy who literally put on his ice skates and had a very
enjoyable time up on BYU's campus. Here is a great video that was
taken on campus as well:
(just to show
the craziness!)
The
best experience for me during the day had to do with a young man I
met walking through the snow and ice. I was slowly making my way
home. I live on the other side of the University Ave. ,the main
street that kinda divides up Provo. I was about to cross it when a
young man ran up to walk across the cross walk with me. He was
rubbing his bum while making conversation with me. He was nice. It
was one of those conversations that you know he is trying really hard
to make a good impression. As we got to the other side of the street
there was the long way around ice to get to the sidewalk or you could
cut through the ice quickly, but you had the risk of falling. I had
had enough near misses today. Not trying to get away from this young
man I went the safe longer way while he took the short cut. He was
ahead of me so he did not see me take the other route. As soon as he
turned to talk to me, thinking I was right behind him, finding I was
a good ten feet behind me I saw the frustration build. He began
talking to himself while hitting his forehead, “Man, you are
stupid. Why did you take the short cut? You were going to ask her
out! Gosh darnit, you should have walked next to her. Stupid, stupid,
stupid.” He would occasionally take a peak back and then start
hitting and talking to himself again. I tried so hard not to let him
notice that I could hear him perfectly. I also tried really hard not
to laugh when he would turn back for a peak.
Poor
young man! Part of me wanted so bad to run to him and ask him on a
date just to put him out of his misery and to help his confidence!!
Poor young man! He was trying so hard :)
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