i have just discovered that our dishwasher swishes to the beat of 'we will rock you'. you know the quick-quick-slow beat that plays the entire song? ya, that is what our dishwasher is doing. and now i can't get that song out of my head. wish i knew more of the lyrics...
i have two neat facts to share about rexburg.
number one.
rexburg = windy
i would really like to go visit chicago so i can see if it really deserves the title of the 'windy city'. i can't imagine a place being more windy then here. it's not everyday. the last 2 days it has actually been pleasantly calm. but today was just ridiculous.
let me paint you a picture...
i usually just carry chet when i take tank on his walks. but today i thought i would be crazy and put him in his stroller for one of them. the stroller was in the back of our car. so i got chet in his bassinet (that fits in his stroller), got tank leashed up, and got our trash and headed down to the parking lot. i think i was being a bit too ambitious trying to do 3 things at once, because it all went downhill from there.
the wind was insane.
i plopped chet and the trash on the ground while i pulled the stroller out of the back of the car. i set up the stroller and then tied tank to it. but i didn't put the brakes on the stroller so as soon as i let go of it the wind started pulling it away from me. tank in tow. at the same time the wind decides to carry away my trash too. but in the opposite direction. and it rolls until it hits my neighbors car, who, of course, is walking out to his car at that very moment. oh man! i eventually got everything back in order, but it was so frustrating. to top it off, just when i thought i was done fighting with the wind it stole tanks poo bag. i chased it for a minute or so. but it was one of those times where whenever you get close to the bag it gets blown just out of reach again, until it finally dissapeared. i refused to go back up to the aparment to get a new bag. so don't tell anyone, but i didn't pick up after him today. shhhhh.
stupid wind.
number two.
pedestrians do not have the right of way here. if you are a pedestrian you are on the defense. if you have a gimpy leg you are in trouble because you gotta be quick. quick like an ardvark. (my 7th grade english teacher used to always say 'quick like an ardvark'. i never understood why.)
but there is some good news for pedestrians...
the city of rexburg has come up with a stellar idea for its busy intersections. flags!?
