oh wait.

did i forget to mention the terrible part of my trip to rexburg?
(i really do try to focus on the positive)

i will tell you.

after the photo shoot on monday, kelle and jason dropped me off at the airport.
i said goodbye and went inside...not an unfamiliar feeling...
i've been there many times.
so i get up to the ticket counter and give the girl my id and itinerary and soul
and she says, "your flight is booked for march 14th"
not february 14th. crap.
totally my fault.
then she says, "here call this number" so i do...
and i hold...and hold...and hold....for a long time.
finally i talk to someone on the phone. it will be $70.
sure, whatever, just get me home right?
not so.
the girl at the ticket counter had to "clear me" on some list...
and apparently the computer wouldn't let her.
keep in mind there are only two gates in the idaho falls airport and rarely are they both operating at once and my flight had not left yet.
so both the girl on the phone and the one at the ticket counter say, "sorry"
and send me on my way, what?
that's real life.

so my lovely awesome roomie kelle came back for me...and i stayed another night in rexburg.
feeling a bit miserable.
i watched the guardian with kelle and jason while i figured out how to get home. saddest movie ever.
not my best valentine's night. lame.

the consensus was that i would take the salt lake express shuttle down to utah and my parents would drive up and get me.
(yes, i have the best parents ever and i'm very spoiled)


ok.

so maybe...this doesn't sound all that terrible as you read it.
but i was really hating this turn of events.
however!
there was good that came of it :)
quite a bit actually.

first of all, i felt terrible as i called my two jobs to tell them i wouldn't be there the next day. but...when i called dsw a wonderful tender mercy by the name of Delores answered the phone and said,
     "oh casey? my little teacher casey? oh how are you mija?! i think about you sometimes and i just think you have the prettiest smile!"

thank you delores :) that compliment is happily accepted. (she calls me her "little" teacher even though i'm probably eight inches taller than her. haha)

next, the salt lake express.

for one, the salt lake express is actually very entertaining. interesting people on that little bus...haha i was loving it.
way too much.
the guy next to me had on hunting pants and ate beef jerky and sunflower seeds the whole time.
<---this guy had a cane with a
dragon head on it.
hunter boy was replaced by a girl with a huge pink bow tied around her neck like she was a present.


i was wearing sweats and a christmas cosby. (i fit the crowd of weirdos with beardos)
and there was an lds guy from england who was meeting his "mate" (or mission companion) at the salt lake temple.
and they were all very nice.

awesome

then i had 45 whole minutes totally alone with just my camera on temple square

needless to say...that was heaven and i took a ton of pictures.
i was wishing so bad that i could go inside...
but that's for another day :)

and finally, i got to ride back and spend time with my parents.
they are funny
good times :)

so...the moral of this very long story is...well, you can figure it out.

i've already said too much.