From the bookcase to the car...a long series of events that led to the Saturn getting stuck in the snow this morning.

In an attempt to organize our new life together, Kevin and I were quick to go to Ikea and get a bookcase. We looked at lots of them and finally decided on one that was within our budget. Our bookcase has served us well and we like it.

Turns out, four months later, that Kevin's employer is moving offices and is surplusing all the furniture. Kevin came home wide-eyed, telling me that we could get a free bookcase, made of real wood. (The Ikea one, to our chagrin, isn't as solid as we would've preferred...but hey, we shop with a budget around here.) I remind him that free isn't always good . . . we already have a lot of furniture in our house.

Not to be deterred, Kevin asks if someday I might like the bookcase, like when we have more space. I say yes. So, he convinces his sister that lives in Spanish Fork to hold onto one for us if we get one for them for free, too.

Well, it's been snowing around here a lot, and we haven't had the opportunity to go pick them up. Last night was the absolute last time to get them before they clear everything out and tear the old building down. Luckily it wasn't snowing, but the truck had a bed full of snow. Kevin scraped it out with a board into a mound of snow in our parking lot. Keep this in mind for the end of this oh-so-long story. (We're still in the introduction.)

After our tasty dinner of Kung-Pao chicken made by Kevin, we successfully got the bookcases to Spanish Fork as it just starts to snow...how lucky are we!

So now, the story of this morning: Kevin walks me out to my car so I can leave for work at 7:40 am. That's just enough time for me to get there by 8 am. I'm pulling out and waving to Kevin, obviously paying just enough attention so I don't hit the fence, and then what? I get stuck in that pile of snow he removed from the truck bed last night! Of all the ironic things!

We didn't fuss for too long until a neighbor came out that needed to leave for school (the Saturn was right in his way), and he and Kevin pushed it out.

I was only 10 minutes late . . . good thing I stayed late on Wednesday so I still left on time today!

Yay for snow!!!

PS Have I mentioned yet that not only am I an official Utah resident now, the Saturn now has Utah plates. It was a sad day in the Hoopes household when that happened.


PPS If you're still reading this, you've passed the true-friend test.

PPS If you're still going to frequent this blog, you've passed the even-truer-friend test. I'm not exactly the most engaging storyteller, but I'm working on it.