Home Is Where The Heart Is

As the title leads you to believe, this post is about home. I went home this past weekend to see my high school perform "Damn Yankees."

Well during my adventure home, I got to visit the new mall City Creek. It was amazing! My favorite part was the Disney Store. It was nothing like the 2-story one in New York, but still! I finally found a plush doll of Peter Pan. FINALLY! I swear... Disney hates Peter. I mean all they advertise is Tinker Bell. And she's great and all... but the movie is called PETER PAN. The only cool thing Tink does is fly around the castle.

ANYWAY....

I got to look at some clothes store and such. Me and my friends Katherine and Whitney rode the Trax down and back and laughed until we cried. It felt awesome to be back with friends. I hadn't seen either of them since January and I missed them dearly. It's true, distance makes the heart grow fonder. Even though we hadn't seen each other for such a long time, it's like I never left.

Speaking of which, visiting feels so weird. I see people that I spent three years with, and some people that I saw every day of those three years. I see some of my friends and it feels so weird.... I miss them all so much. I went to see the Productions Company, and it made me miss it so much. I miss every moment of ProCo. But I especially miss the family aspect of it. We had each others backs, ya know? We were a home away from home.

Now onto mi familia! My daddy made some flank steak and potatoes for dinner on Sunday. It was so yummy! I missed home cook meals. My step-sister and her boyfriend were there, my other step-sister and her husband and my baby niece came too! Oh she is so adorable! She is about a year and a half and just a ball of cuteness. She discovered what sprinklers are and she just stood there and laughed as a fine mist floated over her. My heart melted! My other step-sister couldn't make it, but I will see her soon!

One of the best parts of the entire weekend was seeing my cat Oreo. I know that sounds ultra lame, but I love the little ball of fur. Or should I say fat ball of fur. He slept right next to me every night for the past like 5 years. And for the two nights I was home, he was right there next to me =] Oh I missed him so. Also, my baby niece loves him too! She went through the house yelling, "Oreo! Oreo!" and she even looked through his cat door to the garage. She finally found him and laid by him, she pet him and kissed him. He is such a good cat. He just laid there and let her be fascinated by him.

On Sunday, I went to my home ward and it felt so weird! Finally stepping foot into that building as a member! They announced it in sacrament meeting and made me stand up.... I felt so awkward haha. But it was nice being there, even though I am in that awkward stage of not being a youth, but not being an adult. So if I went to the youth classes, I'd be the oldest. But if I went to the adult class, I'd be the youngest. I went to the adult class and didn't get any of the jokes they made.... it made me feel young.

Well, this is it for this post!

Stay excellent!
-Sarah Penrod