Culture Shock

So it’s officially been a week since I moved to Provo. Things sure are different around here! My uncle helped me go to IKEA, and let’s just say it was a complete sensory overload and I loved every stinking minute of it. But! To catch you all up in my superbly exciting bachelorette life here’s what I have done with my life in that one week:

Monday: arrived in SLC, went to Gpa’s house and hung out, went to Provo, moved in to my room, went to Nick’s FHE group activity which was a bonfire activity, hung out.

Tuesday: only slept in till ten, woke up showered, and went to IKEA, which took all day! Then came home and played musical furniture with some dressers, and cleaned my room. Also on this day, my brother thought it would be hilarious to teach me how to drive stick shift. On the highway. It was very scary. But kinda cool. But still kinda scary. So I was amid running around asking for job applications, and then it happened. I stalled in the middle of the intersection. Twice. There were like six or seven cars behind me and they were honking and one car drove around me and yelled “LEARN HOW TO DRIVE!” I just screamed back “IM TRYING!” ugh, that was a day. Haha  

Disclaimer: Boys are dirty. Very dirty. Especially teenage boys. And this room, which I am so grateful for, and thankful that my uncle would actually take me in, hasn’t been lived in, in quite some time. So cleaning the room was a two day process with cleaning the windowsills and washing the walls and sweeping and refinishing the floors.

Wednesday: I cleaned some more, made a job resume and a cover letter, and then went country dancing! Which was AWESOME. Even though I wasn’t always dancing, I had a great time watching some of the couples swing all over the floor. We (we being my friend Joe from Alaska who goes to BYU, his roommate Austin, and two girls so I was the odd man out but it’s not like there weren’t lots of other available men to dance with) met a guy there who told us about how on Tuesdays its instructional and they teach you new things! So now I know where I’m going to be spending my Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights!

Thursday: cleaned my room some more, played even more musical furniture, my uncle said it’s like I’m a girl or something… and I need lots of space for my clothes. I drove around in the stick shift…

And all that which was written above^^ was written LAST week but then saved as a draft because my brother and I decided to go dancing again. Which was great fun.

SINCE THEN. I have gotten a job, (WAHOO!), I bought my first car, (another WAHOO!) and I had a meeting with the bishop of ward 228. (It’s ridiculous because were not even the last ward. THERES SO MANY PEOPLE.)  I’m having a challenging time with that. My job is at Buckle in Provo Towne Center, I was hired in the Leadership in Training program. I am very excited. My car. He is awesome. It’s a he, but I don’t have a name yet. There’s a list of possibilities I’m testing out. It’s a black 1998 Volvo S-70 with leather interior, with a sunroof (that’s what sold me, just kidding! Kind of… ). I really like it.

I have started to make some friends! And when I say that I mean the three I met at church and then my brother friends who I count as mine.  

Anyways, this is really long and I'm running out of things to say.

Other than….

A HUGE shout out to my mom and pops, D&D, Debbie & Dougie fresh, who are the best parents in the entire world and I love them so much and I am grateful for everything and appreciative for all that they have done for me. Which has been but not exclusive to, multiple phone calls a day, probably a hundred texts a day, and already like six care packages already. P.S. I’ve only been gone 21 days….