Sunday, September 23, 2007

Lost: Not Just the First Episode but the Entire First Season

This Saturday was typical. I cleaned a little, then Dillon, Mom and I went into Boise for a little sewing machine/Halloween shopping and then to help Uncle Terry get some couches out of his storage unit. Naturally, I wasn't very satisfied with how my one day off was going, so I came up with the great idea of going to a dance. I'd drive into Boise, drop Cassidy off at Austin and Heathers' (she babysat for them) and then Dillon and I would go on to the dance. Saturday Night Entertainment Problem: Solved. Or so I thought...
First, I tried to call Amy Carpenter to see if our old stake was having a dance that night. I called three times and never did get to talk to anyone. This of course didn't slow me down, because I'd already talked to Heather and she'd confirmed that there was a dance this weekend, so we were good. Then Dillon decided he didn't want to go to the Meridian Stake Dance because, quote, "There's so many people". After a brief scuffle over this, I apologized and told him he didn't have to go if he didn't want to and fortunately he was eventually talked back into going by Mom and Dad.
So, finally, Dillon, Cassidy and I get in Dad's car and head to Boise. Without event, we make it to Heather's, say goodbye to Heather and Austin and then hang out with the Baby Luke until about 8:20 (the dance started at 8:30) which gave us just enough time to get to the stake center at Eagle and Ustick (where Dad thought it was). Except the dance wasn't at Eagle and Ustick. So we heads over to the stake center at Ustick and Linder (where Heather thought it was). Ten minutes and four turn arounds later, we conclued that there isn't a stake center at Linder and Ustick.
Just beginning to get frustrated, we called Dad, who informed us that there wasn't a stake center at Ustick and Linder (we already knew this...) but there was one at Linder and Chinden, and perhaps Heather had been confused. So we head to Chinden, keeping our eyes open for stake centers, and we found one, not before Chinden but before US Highway 20. Nobody was there, so we kept going on our search for Chinden, which eventually took us to US Highway 44. Now pretty frustrated, we pulled over and called Dad, who informed us that we were stupid and that everyone knew that US Highway 2o turns into Chinden. He also told us that he was on the phone with one of the Meridian Stake Counselors and that he'd call us back. So we start driving back towards Chinden, and then Dad calls back, and proceeds to tell Dillon (I was driving) that the dance was at McMillan and Shamrock, and that we'd better tuck in our shirts because it was Sunday Dress.
Now more than a little frustrated, we pulled into the church and walked up to the doors, only to have a chaperone tell us that we couldn't get in without ties. By this time, it was 9:30 or so, so I figured "What the heck, we've gone to all this trouble, we might as well just borrow a couple of ties from Austin and come back." So we drives down to Austin and Heather's place,(after getting a little lost) and stop the car just long enough for Dillon to get out, swung a U-ie, parked and rushed to the door where Dillon stood knocking softly on the locked door. Really frustrated, I ran around to the back of the building, dashed in through the sliding glass door, opened the door for Dillon (Cassidy was on the phone with Heather for some reason) and started to look for ties. Seven minutes later, we got back into the car and drove back to the stake center, except we missed a road in the dark and got a little lost again. Attempting to get into the church for the second time, Dillon and I walked up to the door and the man said "Oh, I'm sorry. If I'd known you were coming back I would have told you to change into slacks. You (me) should probably be fine, but I'm afraid I can't let you (Dillon) in here with jeans."
So I drove Dillon back to Heather and Austin's (after getting a little lost pulling out of the church) and nearly stayed there myself, but just thought that it would've been pretty lame to just stay at their apartment and watch movies when there was still an hours worth of dance going on not six minutes away. And so I went back. And got lost again. And then finally found it. And walked in. And actually had an enjoyable time. There was great music, some circus animal cookies and a couple s that totally had the hots for me, I mean, what else could I have asked for?

4 comments:

sarahandmatt said...

I love your emails, Derek. Very entertaining. I'm glad you got plenty of practice driving and I'm relieved to know that you finally got your license. Good on ya.
Sarah

Flake Family said...

Derek--

You are so cool. That was a hilarious story, altho I don't believe you really know how to drive and I'm scared that you're driving around meridian. But totally awesome story. Glad you had a good time.

--Ash

Kustin and Jelsey said...

Why don't you try NOT getting lost, and see if you have more fun.
-Senor Flake

Flake Family said...

Really funny, Stoater, but I am sorry I didn't know where the dance was from the beginning. Thank goodness you are easy going and very forgiving.
-Heather