Hamilton Happenings

Now that I've graduated, we took advantage of the possibility to move away from Rexburg. It's a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home that we're renting in Idaho Falls. We like it. Melissa ended up not feeling too great on the day of the move. But I kept pushing along. The actual move went fairly smooth. A couple guys from Church came to help load up the uHaul. We filled most of the 20-footer within 90 minutes. And then 2 other guys from our new ward/congregation met us in Idaho Falls to help us unpack. The primary living areas are pretty clear. But the 3rd bedroom is loaded with boxes right now. Maybe Channing and I will just keep it as-is to make some awesome box forts or mazes. The home was built in the 50's, so it certainly has some peculiarities. The hardwood floor feels like it has some dry-rot in the hall. I'm sure my foot will go through the floor one of these days.  People must've been much shorter in the 50's, the shower head is mounted fairly ...

People will always judge others on their eating habits. Melissa and I went to a Japanese Hibachi grill for our anniversary dinner in December. That's where someone cooks food on a grill right in front of you and serves it onto your plate. It was a lot of fun. But shortly after we sat down, 4 other adults were seated at our table. It certainly is different dining with strangers. You feel they are judging your eating habits. Example 1:  Our little Japanese cook tossed broccoli off the griddle into our mouths, at least it was supposed to go into our mouths. The first one he threw was to me. I didn't realize what was happening until the food was going through the air. I didn't catch it. He tried again. I still didn't catch it. Then he moved onto Melissa, she was able to catch hers pretty quickly. Then came the judgement: the Japanese cook said " She better than you. " Yes. I'm aware of that. Everyone is aware that she's better than me. Example 2:  I...