We have been lax in our blogging for the past few months partially due to the weather (we got an inch of snow) and a schedule we haven't quite adjusted to. This post is our first attempt in several months (we are optimistic it will be a successful return to diligence!) at documenting our time here. Since it's best to bite off small pieces of the elephant we've been neglecting, we'll start with our weekend trip to Atlanta.
About once a month we make the two hour drive to Atlanta to go to the temple. To clarify, it's a two hour drive one way. Technically we are in the Columbia, SC temple district, but that drive would tack on an additional hour of driving, in addition to a toll booth or two. No thanks bub. While it's a drastic change from the 15 minute (max!) drive in Provo, we've enjoyed our trips for the most part. The drive down is a time for us to babble, catch up, and listen to podcasts. The only downside is the driving style of nearly everyone in this area. Apparently the idiocy (pardon my rude frankness) is something that is infamous in this part of the south, and it's bad enough to make the saintliest granny toss a few ill-wishes and foul phrases to a driver. Or two. The highways are all two-lanes. By law, slower traffic is to keep to the right, and all drivers are to keep right unless passing. The minimum speed is 40 mph, and maximum speed is 70 mph. Naturally you get slow people in the left lane, and fast people passing on the right, with the occasional reckless driver riding your bumper and semi trucks cutting cars off to pass other trucks at a whopping mile per hour increase.
But I digress.
The temple is always a great experience, and we've enjoyed participating in monthly worship.We usually schedule a Costco trip as well, and this jaunt was no exception. We splurged on a slice of pizza and a churro, both of which were surprisingly satisfying.
Additionally, the weather has been a phenomenal mid 60-70 degree sunny, contrasted to the ice and snow and 20 degrees of the past couple of weeks. Much praise and blessings! It's a happy day when we can open our windows and have the temperature inside go from 60 degrees to 70 degrees.
That documented, things are going well overall. We will play more detailed catch-up in the next few weeks and put a few more pictures up.
This was a fun post. I miss you guys!!
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