Time to say goodbye...

i went on a little trip tonight with my old roommate, she was looking for a very specific type of candy, and i thought i'd make it about memory lane for myself. we went to many of the stores that i went to who knows how many times in the time i've lived here. as i kept taking pictures she kept saying "nile! please!" and my response, "it's for the memories!!" it's true though. i have so many memories from my time here. i can't believe i'm done. i finished my last test today and i graduate tomorrow. it's surreal, there aren't really any crazy feelings. it's kind of like when it was time for me to come home from my mission, i just couldn't fathom it. it seemed like the days were still going to be the same, i just couldn't see it being over, it just was same old same old, and that's what it feels like now. i'm sure it will hit me when i get home (just like the mission, hit me HARD), but i'm happy and it's good to be done.

^^^good old broulim's, i'd never even heard of this place until i got here. one of the apartment complex's i lived in was right across the street from here and even when it wasn't i still made many a trip on foot to this wonderful store. i can't even count the number of times i went here, and it was the place for great groceries ;) however cheesy that sounds.

^^^oh the dollar store!!!! how could you ever survive without one of these?? i must say though, i really really miss the dollar stores in japan (they're called hyakuyen shops), they are AMAZING. they have quality stuff and you couldn't help but feel like you needed at least five more things than what you originally went in there for, and it was worth way more than a dollar too! i mean, probably at least like five... just saying, japan does beat america at times. i spent many a dollar here, kites, candy, soap, toys, etc. the dollar store has been good to me.

^^^main street. it is so cute at christmas, all decked out in lights. again, who knows how many times i actually rode, drove, and walked on this street. taco bell, broulims, the plasma center, and every important side street was here, and what a wonderful main street it was.

^^^this is the only walmart i like, and i don't mean the only walmart in rexburg (of course there's only one), i mean the only walmart ever, anywhere. i don't like walmart, i don't do walmart, this mainly comes from my mom who has had a dislike for walmart since forever and she just kind of passed that along to us (at least me). but rexburg walmart is different. it wouldn't be a normal week if i didn't go to walmart at least three or four times, usually more than once in a day, at least! i feel like this place was my second home (okay, not really, but just so you can get an idea of how much i went here). i am really going to miss it. i feel like it's a special thing for the college students here, it's walmart, it has everything, it has more meaning than just being walmart. it probably sounds dumb or cliche or whatever, but it will always have a special place in my heart, and no other walmart can take that away.