For those of you who wish to know what we did over our time together(ALANNA), here is a recap:
Wendesday, December 28th- drove home from Spokane, had soup, and went to bed. On the three hour drive home, there was an incident where I was so afraid to pass a logging truck, and attempted and failed about 3 times. After I finally did it, Scott of course told me I was ridiculous and proceeded to mock me the rest of his time in Montana.
Thursday, December 29th- Woke up, went to the Book Exchange & Ace Hardware, drove around the University area & Downtown, and had lunch at my favorite burrito place- Taco Del Sol(Scott had the fish & I had the veggie & we talked with Sarah Worthing on the phone for a long while). Afterwards, we went to my grandparents' house to pick up my skis my grandfather waxed for me & went for a walk by the creek. My grandparents loved Scott & my grandmother even showed him her plants. As soon as we walked out of there, Scott looked at me & said " I love your grandparents." I think that was his way of telling me he liked them more than me. We then went by my mom's house, grabbed our stuff, and headed to Flathead Lake. On the way to the lake we stopped by the Missions & took some glorious pictures( see FBOOK Alanna), and stopped in Polson to pick up a veggie pizza(we originally wanted Thai food, but they were closed stupid people). We also stopped at Safeway and discovered the best ice cream ever- Red Velvet Cake by Ben & Jerry's. I cannot express to you how much I love this ice cream. Let's just say audible noises were made while I ate half of the pint. Once we got to the cabin, we ate dinner & ice cream, watched Modern Family, and went to bed.
Friday, December 30
Well.. we were going to go skiing, but I chickened out and didn't feel comfortable driving up the road.. so we got coffee and took a different route back to Missoula. Scott got to see a lot of orchards and terminal moraines, so I think he was happy. Once we arrived back in Missoula, Scott went on a run, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon chilling in my living room, being stupid on the internet, reading, and me sleeping a bit. That night we went on a date( I paid since Scott had already seen it- luckily we went at a weird time so we only had to pay $5.50) to see Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Needless to say it was a very graphic movie(I closed my eyes at one point), but it was enjoyable(although the book was much better). Alanna told me beforehand that Travis thought it was very humorous.. I only laughed once during the movie..so I have to question Travis' judgment a bit. After the movie got out we came home, had some dinner, and then went to bed early like old people.
Saturday, December 31
We woke up and Scott had a bunch of errands he wanted to run that I did not, so he dropped me off at my Dad's house so I could spend time with my family & brother on his 9th birthday, and he took the car and headed to the antique shop, nursery, and a coffee shop. After he finished his errands we went back to my mom's house and hung out a bit(and of course I fell asleep again). That night we went and met my friends Meaghan & Kahlen & Meg's friend from the academy - Gabe. We all went to the free ice skate(which wasn't really free since you had to rent skates). Ice skating was fun, although I was a total baby, and skated really slow. It is amazing to me that I used to figure skate as a child. During that whole experience, I kept thinking to myself how on earth did I used to skate backwards, do jumps, spin, and or even skate faster than one mile an hour. Everyone else skated super fast of course.. losers... Hey, at least I never fell. When my ankles started killing me, we all decided to hit up my favorite Mexican place Fiesta En Jalisco for dinner. Post dinner we went and saw the ice sculptures & a little indie women's group play. Once they started singing about spaghetti, we got up and left...
The rest of the night was spent at my home with me dozing in and out of consciousness & Scott trying to keep me awake to watch Parks & Rec and welcome in the new year. I yelled Happy New Year when it was 2012 in Virginia.. but he didn't seem to think that counted:(
January 1, 2012
Strep throat for Kate:( That day we mainly spent hanging out and doing nothing. That night we went to my grandparents house for about 4 hours and had dinner with my entire family plus friends & girlfriends minus the Arkansas fam. It was a great time, filled with a lot of laughs, great food(black eyed peas), and everyone in my family telling me how much they all loved Scott and that I should stop being stupid and marry him. Ah.. such is my life....
We went home afterwards & watched parks & rec with my puppy Gracie, and I of course fell asleep.
January 2, 2012.
We woke up early that morning and my step dad & Scott flew us to Alta, Wyoming for two days of skiing at Grand Targhee(the place we would always go for Martin Luther King Jr weekend when I was a child). We arrived fairly early, and spent the day on the slopes. The weather was fabulous and the snow as great & it was SO fun to spend time at place that holds some of my best childhood memories. Scott got to try some of the Northwest's best brews and we had the most incredible fries I have ever had in my life- with garlic & parmesan. We stopped skiing at about 4:00 and went inside to rest before dinner. I started reading a great book Sarah's Key while my grandfather slept. We went to dinner at around 6:30 and my mom and I split the best veggies & chicken EVER. After dinner we came back to the lodge. Scott and I read our individual books and my grandfather watched a football game. I of course, kicked Scott out at nine so that I could sleep.
January 3, 2012
We spent another day on the slopes with equally awesome weather though not as great snow. We flew back to Missoula that afternoon and arrived to a wonderful dinner prepared by my grandmother. I got cleaned up and Scott watched the Virginia Tech game while I went out to dessert with some of my friends.
January 4, 2012
We woke up and headed off to another antique shop for Scott to spend buckets of money on coins, a shop for me to get a replica of my cousin's Montana necklace, the nursery, and grocery store. We had lunch at Noodles Express & Subway, and then spent a lot of the afternoon hanging out with my mom watching The Bachelor- yep, that's right Scott watched it with us!!! AHHH Then we hiked the ranch with my dog, Gracie, and had dinner that night at my house. We both packed, relaxed, and of course watched Parks & Rec one last time... and I of course fell asleep.
January 5, 2012
We woke up early, got coffee & gas, and headed to Spokane to pick up Sarah! After picking up Sarah, we headed to downtown Spokane & got lunch at a place called Taste. This place had by far the best soup I have ever had- a grilled red pepper soup that I must find the recipe for. Plus there was a cute guy there- A WHOLE LOT OF WIN. Afterwards, we went to two stores and tried on two super cute dresses. I am pretty sure Scott wanted to kill himself.. oh well. Post shopping we headed to Sarah Trax's house where she showed us around and then took up to a grocery store to get ingredients to make Ghanaian food!!!! AHHHHHH
Her friend Kofi(from Ghana) came over and prepared everything - plantains, stew, rice, and chicken we got from the store. We listened to Ghanaian music and ate on the floor in a circle and talked about our various study abroad experiences with Sarah's roommates and friends. After dinner we headed to Jen's apartment and spent a lot of time talking about the wedding( Scott probably wanted to die again). Then we all went to sleep:)
January 6,2011
I woke up at 4... and then we left at 4:50 to take Scott to the Spokane airport. It was very sad when he left us:( Sarah and I then drove back to Missoula!! The one plus of driving so early was we got to watch the sun rise over the mountains!!!
I had an amazing time with Scott and I already miss him.. although not as much as my mom & dog probably do. Hopefully all of my Ghana friends can come to Montana this summer:)
