A Final Week in Idaho

What a final week in Idaho it has been! To start off with, I got a super awesome surprise birthday present: my sister and brother-in-law came to visit. It was quite the week! And on top of that, the rest of my grandparents also came from Oregon to help celebrate, so our house was pretty packed, which meant Jamie got to sleep in the camper (for one night at least, but it got way too cold and I wimped out for the rest of the week). On my birthday, I had a party at my grandparents’ house. It was a lot of fun, especially since we spent the majority of the day outside playing yard games. I must admit, I really sucked at the majority of them, but was getting better by the end. Still, I think I only won one of the zillion games that I played. But, such is life, I suppose.

Since Sam and Joe were here, I spent the majority of the week with them. We did lots of shopping in Lewiston with Megan (Bud’s girlfriend), took lunch to Mom at work, and spent plenty of time at the casino (where I did fairly decent). I also got to learn how to play disc golf. I must admit, I did a very horrible job since it was my first time playing. It doesn’t help that Joe is like a disc golf master. I also was able to tie Sam at one hole, but that still was not enough to put me anywhere close to them overall. Maybe I’ll have a bit more time to practice before they come back.

The hardest part of this week was saying goodbye to all of my Idaho friends and family. On Wednesday, I worked my final day at Wal-Mart (until January at least). It was bittersweet. I won’t miss babysitting, or all those customers that are convinced that they are always correct and I am always wrong. I will however miss Adam, Justin, Sam, Brianne, Obsidian, and Vin, my electronics buddies. And I will even miss my manager Liesha, even if she is crazy about 99.9% of the time! And, of course, all my non-electronics friends!

Today, I had to say goodbye to my sister, brother-in-law, and Grandma and Grandpa Lockie. It is definitely hard to have to say goodbye to everyone. But, this is all part of growing up, right? I have to grow up and get out of my comfort zone in order to succeed in life, so this is just the beginning of that.

And a few short hours from now, I will say goodbye to Idaho, the place that I have called home for 20 years. No more clean, crisp air. No more sound of the cedar mill late into the night. No more listening to the neighbors dog howl every five minutes all night long. And no more living in a place that only has 800 people in it (in case you weren’t aware, Sevilla had well over a million!).

In my head, all I can think now is a theme song: “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toy’s-R-Us kid!” Don’t ask me why, but I do think the beginning of theme song definitely fits how I’m feeling at the moment.