I promised

you a story - so here it is! Now that this weekend is over and done with, I can laugh about it. But let me tell you - I was VERY annoyed as it was happening!

Tim's little sis went through the Boise Temple on Saturday, so we made a quick trip up. The good part of the weekend besides being there with Rachel as she went through the temple was that I saw an Uncle and Aunt at the Temple. On the way up, I had hoped and prayed that they would be there so I could see them. I thought it was be awesome if they happened to be going through a session at the same time. We were running behind and as we were running into the Temple, I ran into my Uncle Don and Aunt Mary. I can't tell you how excited I was - my simple little prayer had been answered. I seriously had maybe a minute to talk to them - and I totally forgot my manners and cut in on their conversation with another couple - but it was nice to say Hi and have a quick hug.

Now here is the long, long, funny story. Our plan was to leave at 5 p.m. Friday - Tim was going to pick me up from work and we'd head out for the 5 hour drive. Just after 4 pm, Tim calls me to tell me that his sister wanted to know if we could bring someone up with us. A guy who had served his mission in Idaho was going up to be with her as she went through the Temple. Sure - we could bring him along. No problem! I called him and told him we'd be leaving at 5 pm and asked where he would be. He told me he was driving at that moment, but that he didn't know if he'd be in Eagle Mountain or Taylorsville. Didn't know where he'd be? I hoped it was Taylorsville because Eagle Mountain would be an hour out of our way with the rush hour traffic and all. I was slightly concerned. But, we worked it out so that he'd get to our house and leave his car there. At about 4:40 he called for directions and said he was in Provo. At 4:50, he said he was just leaving Provo and asked if he could write a check to us to cash for him. Okay, I was thinking that was pretty weird - but he was a friend of Rachel's so we could do it. But if he knew we were leaving at 5, why didn't he leave Provo earlier? Instead of leaving by 5, we got on the road at 6. Not all his fault, but he was a delay of about 30 minutes.

Okay, so the story would be so much funnier if I told you everything in detail, but to save space and time I'll highlight the main points. It should still be pretty entertaining =)

Friday eve:
-We bought his dinner and when I offered him "some french fries" he took the entire thing from me. Really! I had maybe 3 french fries. Didn't want them anyway - I mean, the 99 cent hamburger was enough to fill me up.
-We had a new GPS and he wouldn't leave it alone - he was constantly taking it and messing around with it. Tim barely took it out of the box and this guy was messing with it and getting fingerprints all over the screen. I HATE fingerprints on things. And I HATE for people to start messing around with my new toys when I haven't had a chance to mess around with them.
-He took my ipod and acted like it was his. At this point, I was a bit more concerned and refused to give him my earpieces. Who wants to share ear wax? Not me! So we listened to a mix of radio, ipod, and game music all at the same time. Annoying. At least my ipod had a cover on it so he couldn't get fingerprints on it, but he kept poking and prodding at it looking for the speaker.
-He made the mistake of messing with my radio station. No one touches my radio. Not even Tim.
-He asked to look at Tim's laptop and then started to play games on it and watched a movie on it. So when we were driving in the dark, we saw the movie in the window. totally not a distraction!

Saturday:
-We wanted to go to the commissary on base; he wanted to go to the Air Force base to visit people. We had an hour and a half before we had to leave for the Temple and decided we cold do it. It took him 30 minutes just to get ready. Didn't leave much time for going to the base.
-On base, he told us to drop him off at one house and pick him up at another. We had no clue where the other house was - so he started to explain it was through that park, over the next road, no, two roads down..... Lucky for us, the first person wasn't home so we could just drop him off at the next house.
-We got to the Temple 1.5 hours early (barely got there in time) and since he and Tim didn't need to be there, he asked Tim to take him to visit some people.
-Tim took him to 4 different houses and had to fly back to the Temple to get there in time. the guy still had another family he wanted to visit but there just wasn't any time. They got to the Temple 20 minutes before the session started - and they still had to get inside, get clothes, change, etc. Tim was cranky.
-While at one of the houses, Tim saw him walking back and forth in front of the door talking on his cell phone. That visit was productive!
-the guy fell asleep in the middle of the session.
-the guy started to crack his knuckles toward the end. It was loud. Really loud.
-Afterwards, he asked to go to Nampa to visit some people. Nampa is 15 miles in the opposite direction of Rachel's house. The drive took 30 minutes to get through town to Nampa. We drove past a three streets twice - once going one direction and once going down another street. (Yes, I used our new GPS and looked at the map. Sure enough - we practically went in a circle!) We were expected in Mountain Home at 5 p.m. and it is 45 minute from Boise to Mountain home. We reached the family's house at 5 p.m. This guy and Rachel went in to visit while Tim and I stayed in the Jeep. An hour later, they finally came out. Yes, an hour. It took two texts to get them to finally came out - with the man quite surprised to see people waiting!
-On the way back to Boise to go back to Mountain Home, this guy calls the mission president and tells him we'll meet him at the Mission home in a few minutes. yep, we had to stop AGAIN. 15 minutes after we got to the mission home, the Mission President shows up.
-We got home almost 2.5 hours after we were supposed to. Rachel's husband was waiting and upset (he is not LDS but let her go through the Temple) and the kids were all starving.
-The guy was there 5 minutes and left with some lady to do other visits.

Sunday:
-We tell them we have to leave at 1 pm.
-The guy is very unhappy to have to leave. Guess Rachel didn't tell him we were leaving Sunday, not Monday.
-We leave late.
-This guy starts eating our snacks. Who does that? You ask and then you eat some when you are a guest in a strangers car. He didn't. He ate and ate.
-And the best part: He had originally planned on leaving Mtn. Home Monday. His plan was to spend the night in Utah County with his dad, head up to American Falls, ID, and then go to Burley, ID, to visit some people. Why not drive yourself and save yourself some time?????
-We got home, he helped carry in the suitcase, used the bathroom, and hurried off.

This guy is a winner! He really was nice - except not too brilliant. I would never hitch a ride with someone to save money on gas (that was why he came with us - to save money) and then expect them to drive you all over to visit people. Tim was really upset by the time he got back to the Boise Temple - he was fit to be tied. And then sitting in a car for an hour didn't add to our fun experience.

Good thing we can laugh about it now!

Oh, and I would say his name instead of calling him "the guy" but he lives in the same town in Arizona as a relative - and although the town is very large, with my luck my cousin would know him. So, there are no names.