Tuesday, May 20, 2008

"Big City Girl" :)

Yes, the rumors are true. I am done with school for at least a year. Its weird that it is over; I don't even know what to do with myself!! The lack of "blog posts" confirm my 100-mile an hour life this past month. Within an hour after I "walked" for graduation, I moved straight down to The SLC. The move itself was interesting, consisting of a brother and father who do not deal well with "big city" neighbors of mine (like cross-dressers). I don't have a problem with these types, but my small town, Cache Valley family members (especially the males) might be scared of them. Thats all I have to say about the move into my apartment.

The chain of events after the move involved lots of running around and studying for the Escrow test. Licensing is required for me to do my new job, so I was a little stressed about passing this test. So basically I jumped from finals into studying once more.... Story of my life

In between the studying, was the downtown Walmart experience. Nobody warned me about this wretched place; I learned the hard way. Walmart is bad enough, but the 1300 South Walmart that I experienced is unheard of. I wouldn't be suprised if customers found cockroaches and maggots, drugs, and/or needles in their Cheerios from this location. Additionally, a new human species (that has yet to be discovered) lurks in this premises. There will be a whole blog to come about this experience. This experience confirms my distaste and somewhat hate of Walmart. (Sorry for the negativity and to all those Walmart die-hards/lovers)

Many interesting experiences have happened at my new job, here is one of many. One day my co-worker, Zac, and I were driving to a lunch appointment. I was in the middle of telling him an awesome story, when he abruptly interrupted and said, "What is that?!!!" I expected to see some sort of interesting car, a homeless person, a 3 legged dog (etcetera) but instead I saw this. Here we have a real kayaker wondering the city. This man consists of an age of over 70, white shaggy hair and beard, florescent sun glasses, rocking long legs with Chacos, booty (skin colored) shorts, and lets not forget the dragging of his kayak and paddle. Where, might you ask, is he going?? We sure didn't know. As you can see in the background, this is the CITY, not the mountains. Does he kayak down the streets?....... Maybe. But why is he dragging the gear around the town? Does he not have a car? If he is homeless, why is he spending money on kayaking gear, instead of food? Where are his clothes? Why does he sport a heavy knit sweater with the shorts? Does his wife, children, and grandchildren know he does this? Do they know about the transparent shorts? The list of questions go on and on. Fortunately I got a pic, given that most of my stories sound unbelievable. One day I WILL get these questions answered.

The many other stories I have are TO BE CONTINUED..............

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! I bet you and Zac laughed so hard. People-watching is fun. I'm sure you'll have plenty of blogs yet to come just from people-watching.

Shannon

Kera said...

well OBVIOUSLY he just came from the bank in the background and he is heading to REI to get his GEAR ON!!! and then maybe a quick shave before he heads to the RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT. question answered.

Candyce said...

New job? SLC? Cross dressing neighbors? I am jealous. So did you see anything through his shorty shorts? Now THAT would have been good.

Suz said...

I can't believe you ventured to the getto of all getto Walmarts. I went there the other day and was amazed at how gross and dirty it was. Let a lone the weird old guy who had growths all over his face who was my cashier. There is just a different bread of people that shop there.

meghan said...

that's my kind of guy! i love granola guys that aren't ashamed to show it...or parade it through the SLC for that matter. and he is rockin those booty shorts and chacos. wear em proud, granola!
ps-what did you expect from wal-mart?

Shaeli said...

The Wal Mart experience was simply out of desperation Meg, and I suffered greatly. Just wait til you read the encounters.

Sheena said...

Thanks for the warning... i will never go to that walmart. I cant wait to read the rest of your adventures at walmart. next time you are back in CV call me. And i will do the same when i am down your way. I would love to do lunch or if you want we can hang out at my moms on the back patio and play cards all day long. Maybe have a soda and not tell your parents...

Kenon said...

Don't you wish that we all dared to walk around SLC in booty shorts dragging a kayak? He could care less...that is the best way to live. :)

Anonymous said...

hahahahaha!!!! it sounds like you are just having all kinds of fun!!! i can't wait to hear more about your experiences.

p.s. it sure is lonely without you. no really great pages!!

leata :)

Ashley said...

Hey, I saw your comment on Michelles blog. She and I went to school together, and just thought it was funny to see someone familiar comment. I don't know if you remember but we trained together at Convergys for a couple of weeks. Fun fun!

Alex and Anna said...

man i love you blog it always kills me!! I laughed so hard at all the wal mart stories !!!

Meesh said...

He was most definitely having a more interesting day then the rest of us. i mean why else would you want a kayak downtown? You obviously have big plans for it I'm sure!