Saturday:

  • Land and I ventured downtown, via TRAX, to soak up a small sampling of Olympic culture. Yeah, yeah… I know… I said that I wanted to be out of Utah when the Games came, but there I was in the middle of it. It was cold and crowded… but it was also cool. The sheer numbers of people reminded me of downtown Baltimore and/or New York.
  • We stopped at the cancelations office and said “hi” to Julia (there today and tomorrow), some other people there from the REC, and the other workers.
  • Then the long – and somewhat convoluted – walk (in the cold) to the Gateway Center. I stopped in the Starbucks there and saw one of our customers from yesterday – she works there. I said hello to her and she got a puzzled look on her face as if she was thinking: “He looks familiar, but where does he know me from?!” I silently mouthed,”Post Office,” to her when she looked back in my direction. Another puzzled look, and a silent “Where?” I pointed in the direction of the mall. It took a second to register, but she got it.
  • We ate at the California Pizza Kitchen. I ran into Jeff and Paige (friends of mine who were out with other friends) and Shane, a former REC employee. Julia joined us after her shift at Crossroads.
  • We headed back to the TRAX station… a different one, actually, to get back to our cars. Lines o’ people and crowded trains. Yay. Back to the cars and off to get Jess and then…
  • BOWLING! Jess, Larry and I bowled; I won three or four of the five games. Julia came and watched. We had 4 lanes of post-prom/dance kids on our left. Once again, I found that the concept of “lane courtesy” was lost on our neighbors. Joy.
  • Home to pack. It only took about :45 minutes to gather and stuff everything.

Tomorrow, at this time, I will be in my old bed at my mother’s enjoying the pleasures of a week-long vacation on the Right Coast. I like Utah and the rest of the Left Coast, but I miss the green – SLC is on a desert plain; there are trees here, but nothing like on the other side of the country. Besides that: it’s home. And, before I completely space it off: If anyone (in NC or MD) is interested, and has the time, I’d enjoy meeting you. ‘Twould be nice to put real faces with the LJ alter-egos.

As promised, I posted the pics from Friday. They can be seen here. This is the raw form, I’ll tidy them up and put them on a nice and neat page while I’m vacationing.

Bedtime.

Peace.