I'm back . . . again

Well, I went to North Dakota again. This time I took the bus. It was horrible. I left Friday night and didn't get to Bismarck until Sunday morning. That is because I had a 9 hour layover in Butte. The other thing that was annoying was that every single guy there seemed to think it was not only his right, but his duty to talk to me. Most of the time it was just kind of funny, but there were a couple of guys that creeped me out. On my first bus, there was a guy who was drunk (I could smell the alcohol on him, though it took me a while to remember that smell from my experiences with drunk Russians) and said some crazy things. He told me that not only was the owner of Levi Strauss on our bus, but so was the younger sister of Willie Nelson and the oldest daughter of Dick Cheney. I've never traveled with so many important people before!
In Butte, I spent a lot of time reading (I read a lot the entire trip) and went across the street to a grocery store when I ran out of food that I brought with me. I was relieved when my new bus finally came. It was a long drive, but at least we didn't have too long of stops anywhere. After it wasn't as crowded, it wasn't bad either. We had a stop in Billings where we switched buses, but that was about it.
Sunday, I went to church after a short nap. It was weird because they are meeting in a different building while our building is renovated. It was nice to see people, though.
Monday, the first thing I did was renew my license. I didn't want to risk forgetting to do that! The new North Dakota license is weird. I'd show you what it looked like, but I don't want you to be able to figure out my personal information. That night, I had to pick up my brother's car from the shop (my dad took it in so that it would be road-worthy) and then Erin and I hung out. We went to see a movie. It was the new Adam Sandler movie, the Zohan or whatever. It wasn't what I expected. It was interesting because there were a lot of references to Israel and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but it was a lot dirtier than I've become accustomed to with Adam Sandler. He's been doing better movies lately, but this one was horrible. There were some funny lines, but I wish I hadn't wasted my money. Oh well, it was nice to hang out with Erin.
The next day, Tuesday, I went to visit Erin's kids. It makes me feel good that they still love me. Later that night, Sara and I left for Utah. I wanted to get back down here to have a good night's sleep before work this morning. I made it! We got in around 4 pm, I dropped Sara off and helped unload her stuff, talked with Linda (my aunt) for a bit. She's having a rough time right now because she has to go through Chemotherapy. But, I was surprised at how well she is handling it. Then again, she is that kind of person. She always seems to roll with the punches.

Here I am

So, I guess you've all figured out that I am back by now. Not much has been going on. I've been working, resting, reading, hanging out, and getting ready to go back to Bismarck for my youngest sister's graduation on May 25. I'll be heading out next week, stopping to visit friends along the way before getting to Bismarck on the Saturday before. I'll be getting my stuff, but the main reason will be to see Sara graduate. Then I'll be heading back down to Utah and possibly to Provo to an apartment that I have found. I haven't worked out all the details yet, but I am hoping to figure it out before I leave.
Anyway, that is about all the news. I probably will not be writing as often for awhile since exciting things don't really seem to be happening. One thing, my dad's sister was diagnosed with breast cancer just before I got back from Jerusalem. She had surgery and is cancer free as far as they know, but has to have radiation therapy and chemo as well to be on the safe side. We are all very hopeful because it was found early.