First I wanted to say, "Congratulations!" to my sister, Sara. She graduated from Bismarck High School on Sunday. I had a long weekend driving to North Dakota for her graduation. On my way, I stopped in Idaho to visit Megan (a friend from my Jerusalem days). I was also able to go to the Idaho Falls Temple. It is beautiful, like always. I spent the night at Megan's house and it was nice to see her after so long. She wants me to come visit again, and I hope to be able to later this summer. We shall see.
After leaving Idaho, I was just over the border into Montana when my car started acting funny. It started loosing speed. I pulled over, but realized that I wasn't anywhere where I could get help. I didn't even have service on my phone! So, I got back on to the highway. This time, my car seemed to be working fine for several miles. I thought it had just been a strange fluke, but once again, my car started having trouble. What was I going to do? I was literally in the middle of nowhere! I debated for a while, and finally decided to pull over at the next stop that had services. When I exited the interstate and came to a stop, my car died. I then had a hard time getting my car to start. I called Heather (one of my best friends) unsure of who else to call. She called her mechanic and I think also talked to Mike, her husband. Then she told me to buy fuel injector cleaner and top off my car with gas. I did that and headed back out on to the road. I still had a little trouble, but after awhile, I guess after the cleaner got through the gas line, my car started running like usual. It was such a relief! I was worried that something major was wrong! After all, my car is older than I am. But luckily, it is just as healthy, if not healthier.
I had already planned to stop in Sidney, Montana to visit Heather, but because of the car trouble, leaving later than I had planned, and a 20 min nap, I didn't get to Sidney until really late.
The next day, Heather and I had fun together. Heather had taken the day off of work so that she could hang out with me. We got manicures (that was great!) and then drove to Williston for lunch and a little shopping. We were going to take Heather's uncle's car, but we couldn't get the key to turn in the ignition. It was really strange. No big deal, we just took my car. We had a lot of fun, and it was nice to just hang out. I hadn't seen Heather since I met her in Glendive on my way down to Utah before leaving for Jerusalem.
The next morning, I left for Bismarck. When I arrived, I didn't have much time to relax because Elizabeth, Sara, and I had planned to go see a movie together. We did that. Later we went to an Italian Gelato shop in the mall. That was really tasty.
My dad had asked me if I wanted to take my brother's car back down to Utah. He said that they didn't need to have two vehicles since his wife doesn't drive. I didn't really want to give up my car, because I love it so much, but otherwise my dad was going to get rid of my brother's car, and I didn't want that either. So, I decided that later this summer I will come back to Bismarck (by bus or something) to drive that car down to Utah. After all, Sara is coming down and she will eventually get her license. It would be nice for her to have a car to drive.
Anyway, Sunday we had church and after church I went to visit Erin. I didn't have much time before Sara's graduation, but what can you do? I hadn't really thought of that factor when I figured out how much time I had in Bismarck.
Sara's graduation was different than any other I've been to. They actually had two lines for graduation so that two people graduated at a time! It made it go quicker, but it made it hard to see the graduates. Sara was on the wrong side, so we didn't even see her face when she graduated. Oh well, she hardly looked up when she was sitting, either. Perhaps she was embarrassed to be graduating.
The next morning, yesterday, was Memorial Day. We got up early to go to the cemetery. We didn't take flowers, but that is ok. I hadn't yet seen my mother's headstone. Sara almost didn't come with us, but she decided to at the last minute. Elizabeth, Sara, and I spent a few minutes there at both my mother's and my brother's grave. Then we headed back. Lizzy and I needed to leave so I could be back in Utah in time for work this morning.
It was a long drive. I didn't have too much trouble staying awake, so that was nice. I didn't even have to stop for a nap! We even made it back to Utah in time for me to sleep for a couple of hours before coming to work. That was nice. But, I'm sure I'll be tired for a few more days.
So, I totally spaced the fact that my license expires this year. I have to go back to ND before my birthday to renew my license! If I would have realized, I would have planned time to renew my license while I was there. That means I have to leave in a couple of weeks to go back and make the drive again! This time, Sara will be coming with me.
-I will post pictures as soon as I can. I've waited to post this until I could add the pictures, but it's now been over a month and I haven't found time, so sorry about that.
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