Wow, sorry.

OMG! It's been a long time. I apologize. Did I spell that right? Anyways, I've been fairly busy.
First there was my trip to Iowa.

That was a lot of fun. I just wish I could have been there longer. So I left SLC and had a layover in Phoenix. Yeah, not much of one. I land in Phoenix and had to go to the other end of the terminal for my connecting flight. Well, since I was late getting in, they had already announced that there was a gate change. But I missed it. So I get all the way down there just to find out that the gate was back where I had just come from. So I had 10 minutes to get back there. I got to the gate right as they were shutting the doors. They had to run me down the jetway and stop the plane for me. Talk about embarrassing. LOL. I finally get to DSM and man was it humid!! It was freezing in SLC. Might I add, that in the SLC airport, going through security was a joke. They yelled at me for forgetting to take off my belt. And then for not knowing where to put it cuz they didn't tell me. Anyways, so I land in DSM and go to the rental car place to get my car. NICE!!! 2007 Pontiac G6. The only problem- it was white. Boy that thing purred. So I pull out my map cuz I forgot where I was going. It had been 4 years afterall. I went and saw my old house and then went and had lunch with my friend Chelsey. Then I went to Mandi's house. We talked for a while about her wedding and stuff and I visited with her parents. Then I surprised my friend Cody at his house. We went for a walk around the block and chatted about his mission and about why he wasn't married yet. :) He had a lot of homework to do, so I didn't stay long. Then I called up my friend Matt and we went and got some ice cream, after attempting to find his house many times. He gave me really bad directions. Then I headed up to Ames.

The next day Johanna and I went to Target. Fun fun. She needed to get a wedding gift for Mandi. And we were bored. Then we did a little scrapbooking and went to dinner at Perkins.
Friday was the wedding down in Winterset. That was alright. We checked out some of the covered bridges and also went to the John Wayne museum. I was able to see the Yourstones, however Scott and Katie are out here in Utah going to school. The reception was in a state park. It reminded me of being home in the canyons. We ended up having to ford a river to get to the lodge. I can now officially say I have driven through a river. LOL. It was a very small get together. Pretty though.

After the wedding, Johanna and I hit the Merle Hay Mall. Then we met up with her sister Gabe at Starbucks. Then the 3 of us went bowling. That was fun. I had a really bad night. We'll just leave it at that. :) We all went back to Gabe's and had pizza before Jo and I went back to Ames.
I had to go back the next day-Sunday. I was so sad to give up my car. So once again I'm at the DSM airport and I get stopped at security. This time I get pulled aside and told to sit in a chair in a seperate area. This security lady comes over with the little wand thingy and starts asking me questions about me being a terrorist. Then she does the body search. My bra straps made the thingy go off and so she had to frisk me. Then the things on my pants went off. Again, frisking. Then she goes over my back pockets and it beeped because I had big buttons. Once again, I felt violated and embarrassed. I had to turn my waistband out and take off my socks. Yeah, humiliating. So then I arrive in Phoenix. I walked to the other end of the terminal to get to my gate and once again, it was at the final boarding call. Oh yeah, on the way there I was in the emergency exit row and there was a whole bunch of turbulence and it freaked me out. Also before we took off, the captain got on the thing saying there was engine trouble. The starter was broken and therefore they had to wait for the engineer dude to come and start the plane. But until then there was no AC. So I land in SLC and it's pouring rain. And cold. And I didn't have a sweater. All in all, it was a good weekend.

I would tell you about my hunting trip this weekend, but I'm tired, so that's for next time.

Here's the link to my pics of the wedding and my trip, if you would like to check them out.
http://picasaweb.google.com/tinlizzie85/Iowa2007