Sunday, August 30, 2009
Wasn't it freaking AWESOME?!
Okay... here I go on the blog, I know everyone has been on the edge of their seats, waiting... So many things have happened in Ames, it's hard to even know where to begin. Then you put it off a bit, then you go on vacation, then you come back and spend 5000 hrs trying to finish unpacking, then classes start, etc. etc.
I know, it's all lame. But fear not, faithful reader(s), blogging will commence.
At some point last week, I believe it was Tuesday, we had to go to the bank and fix our account to be joint. We had Bob, the most down home, true Iowan, earnest banker around :) He spent an inordinate amount of time copying C's social security card and less time than you'd expect talking to us about the account.
The absolute best part of this encounter though:
Okay, other than the fact that when I had to tell him our previous addresses, I had to spell the
word "Maryland" for him. Apparently my hint, "Like the state" wasn't helpful enough. But okay, I digress.
After we happened to mention that we were new to Ames and had just attended the Iowa State Fair (more on this later perhaps), his eyes lit up and he said:
"Wasn't it freaking AWESOME?"
Completely serious. And he wasn't a young guy either.
I think it actually would have been worse though if he was being sarcastic. That would have been kind of sad.
He went on to tell us how he had not missed a state fair in 30 years! And I tried, honestly I did, to match his level of enthusiasm. I said something about the multitude of foods on a stick available at the fair and Bob replied something like there were 70 different foods on a stick.
I actually don't find that unlikely.
There was A LOT of food on a stick at the fair.
Even things which one would not normally think of as being possible to eat on a stick. Lo and behold...
I don't know if I'm doing Bob justice here... Needless to say, I don't know if he actually fixed our account properly but I have to say, the experience with Bob... well it was worth it.
The only problem with these encounters is we cannot look over at each other, lest we start laughing aloud and then seeming like total jerks.
So anyway...there's Bob for you...
Good times..
Oh, how could I forget this part-- Bob also told us this was the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to Iowa-- and that he was there.
I thought what he said was that the Pope was at the fair but upon further thought, maybe that's not actually what he said. I think it was when he was telling us about the OTHER thing we should do in Iowa; which was visit the Living History Farm in Des Moines.
I know, it's all lame. But fear not, faithful reader(s), blogging will commence.
At some point last week, I believe it was Tuesday, we had to go to the bank and fix our account to be joint. We had Bob, the most down home, true Iowan, earnest banker around :) He spent an inordinate amount of time copying C's social security card and less time than you'd expect talking to us about the account.
The absolute best part of this encounter though:
Okay, other than the fact that when I had to tell him our previous addresses, I had to spell the
word "Maryland" for him. Apparently my hint, "Like the state" wasn't helpful enough. But okay, I digress.
After we happened to mention that we were new to Ames and had just attended the Iowa State Fair (more on this later perhaps), his eyes lit up and he said:
"Wasn't it freaking AWESOME?"
Completely serious. And he wasn't a young guy either.
I think it actually would have been worse though if he was being sarcastic. That would have been kind of sad.
He went on to tell us how he had not missed a state fair in 30 years! And I tried, honestly I did, to match his level of enthusiasm. I said something about the multitude of foods on a stick available at the fair and Bob replied something like there were 70 different foods on a stick.
I actually don't find that unlikely.
There was A LOT of food on a stick at the fair.
Even things which one would not normally think of as being possible to eat on a stick. Lo and behold...
I don't know if I'm doing Bob justice here... Needless to say, I don't know if he actually fixed our account properly but I have to say, the experience with Bob... well it was worth it.
The only problem with these encounters is we cannot look over at each other, lest we start laughing aloud and then seeming like total jerks.
So anyway...there's Bob for you...
Good times..
Oh, how could I forget this part-- Bob also told us this was the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to Iowa-- and that he was there.
I thought what he said was that the Pope was at the fair but upon further thought, maybe that's not actually what he said. I think it was when he was telling us about the OTHER thing we should do in Iowa; which was visit the Living History Farm in Des Moines.
man with Corn
So every day here in Ames brings a new story to us. For some reason, odd things seem to happen, things that make you wonder if you really truly just witnessed it.
Tonight we walked over to Hyvee to get something to make for dinner. On the way back, we had crossed the street and saw a man walking with two dogs who appeared to be eating something.
It was sort of dark out so at first glance I couldn't tell WHAT exactly he was eating; I thought only that it was something on a stick, that he was holding in one hand. Of course he had the dogs' leash in the other.
He glanced over at us, said hi, and WAVED his corn cob at us!
Afterward, Cory & I waited a respectable amount of time before looking at each other and starting to laugh and say, OMG, Did that guy really have CORN?!?!
Oh, Iowans...
Tonight we walked over to Hyvee to get something to make for dinner. On the way back, we had crossed the street and saw a man walking with two dogs who appeared to be eating something.
It was sort of dark out so at first glance I couldn't tell WHAT exactly he was eating; I thought only that it was something on a stick, that he was holding in one hand. Of course he had the dogs' leash in the other.
He glanced over at us, said hi, and WAVED his corn cob at us!
Afterward, Cory & I waited a respectable amount of time before looking at each other and starting to laugh and say, OMG, Did that guy really have CORN?!?!
Oh, Iowans...
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