My trip to Utah was great. But there were a few random memorable moments that really make me laugh when I think about them.
My flight there was delayed a bit, so I had time to get dinner at Chili’s in the airport rather than fast food. But the only place they could seat me was at the bar. That’s just fine. Except the guy they sat next to me. He talked to me the whole time, telling me about where he lives (some place in Canada that he says is real boring), where he’s been (seems like he’s just flying from one airport to the next), and many other random things. I’ve never been hit on at a bar before. Not only did he not get my number though, but he did not even get my name. Just as I was finishing my meal (I must remember I do not like mustard the next time), Brett sent me a text telling me to tell the old creepy guys at the airport to stop ogling me. I laughed and looked up to see if he was watching me because the timing of it was just too perfect.42D
Sunday I stopped at my old ward in Orem to say hi to people there. I got there a bit before Sunday School finished and was just going to attend Relief Society, so I sat down in the foyer. One of the people who lived just down the hall from me saw me sitting there and said, “Wait, did you move?” Why yes I did move, four months ago. I’m glad my neighbors were so observant.
Monday night I went to dinner at the new Tucanos in Salt Lake with Brian and Michelle. Dinner was amazing. Wonderful company, wonderful food, wonderful weather (which was important since they had the HUGE windows open so it felt like we were sitting on a patio). As we walked back to the car we passed a clothing store. There was a three or four year-old boy playing in the display window. He was lifting the shirts of the mannequins and hitting them. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It was one of the more bizarre things I’ve seen recently.
Monday night while playing a game with Brian and Michelle, one of us squished an ant that was crawling on the floor. Earlier during dinner I’d seen a trivia fact that said that the weight of the entire population of people on the earth is equal to the weight of all the ants on the earth. Boggles the mind. But with the squishing of that ant I commented that, “now humans are winning by that much.” I’m probably going to think that every time I squish an ant now.
On the flight back they gave me the whole can of cran-apple juice because I was the only person on the plane that wanted that.
And the walking tour of the airport in Phoenix was definitely memorable as well.42D
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Squishing ants to that end can never work. Every time you kill an ant, another must be born.
It’s the same principle my high school physics teacher taught us — for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. He’d jump up in the air and say, “I just moved the earth. Did you feel it?” Then he’d pause and say, “Probably not. At that exact moment a physics teacher in China just jumped up in the air too.”
The universe must stay in balance. It’s called karma.
Oh come on. Let me have my moment squishing ants. As long as that new one isn’t born near me, I’m fine with it.
But China isn’t on the exact opposite spot of the earth from Bountiful.
PBS is advertising the NOVA show for next week – Lord of the Ants. The naturalist it looks like most of the show is about says something to the effect that he can’t understand why everyone doesn’t study ants. This might be interesting.
And then the next week I can watch NOVA again, this time it will be Master of the Killer Ants.