A Cougar Day!

So today was interesting, it was my first morning in Utah, I woke up excited to see what Utah had to offer. But it also turns out that Phyllis has school on this lovely Monday morning and so, Phyllis and I went to school at BYU. We walked up what they call the 300 steps and up the hill even farther and it was not a pretty sight the both of us huffing and puffing up the hill, not to mention, just for Phyllis's fill of Irony for the day, I wore my Cal gear. Scarf and Sweatshirt made its appearance on the campus of BYU on the first day of school. We went to a building called Joseph F. Smith Building, acronym(ed) JFSB.... but apparently the maintenance crew have nicknamed it, JFSOB because off all the windows that the building is covered in. Good lesson learned. It apparently is also called the Mommy Major building because it houses the family life major. Which I think is cute. After class we met up with Phyllis's main man, Chandler and we made it down the hill (also known as Rape Hill at night), but during the day its "The Hill", and we walked by the duck pond so I could see what they call the "Jesus Ducks".

So apparently "the duck pond" is well known, and during the winter season, the pond freezes over in certain parts and so the ducks walk upon the water while some ducks sit on the frozen pond and others like in this situation, just swim in the non frozen water. This photo documents the "Jesus Duck", amongst the regular floating/ swimming ducks.

After our little trip down duck pond lane, I got a chance to go shopping in Utah at a store called Macy's and that was one interesting trip.

This place was not a Costco or Whole Sale store, this was your everyday grocery store, but with a Utah twist. They have great sales. Ones that you would never want to pass up, if I wanted to work on food storage, I would come out to Utah, because I can get everything I need for cheap and stock up by the plenty. We purchased five 12-packs of soda for under $2 a package after the sales, and if we used coupons and other deals, I am sure we could of stocked up on amazing soup deals for food storage.

Things are also larger in Utah. This soup can for instance that Phyllis is modeling for us, is not any soup can, its an extra large family size soup can. This is just so much larger than I expected and it was a pretty good deal if I ever needed this many cans of processed condensed soup. Or a serving the size of my head. After our little shopping adventure buying soda and chips and other junk food periphenalia, we headed to lunch at this great place called: GURU's. It was quite the interesting place with their very California-esqu decor and healthy green for you foods. I almost wish there was a little place like this in Berkeley, and then it dawned on me that there are places like this all over berkeley, just not combined to make this awesome place.

Their sweet potato fries are amazing. I had the fish tacos (which remind me never to eat seafood in a place where there is no touching sea), and Phyllis had the teriyaki bowl ( a little reminder of home).

This was the sight I saw after lunch, heading back to the apartment. This is a sight I wouldn't mind seeing everyday on my way to school or work. What a great first day in Utah!