Aggie

Do you have places that you went to with your grandma, your mom and full-on plan to take your kids to? That’s Utah State for me. It is more than just a college, it is where my grandparents on both sides worked, it is where my parents met. It is where I found myself.

I always think back to that feeling of graduating. I could do no wrong. The journalism department awarded me the ever-so-inflated title of ”student of the year.” I had a job lined up. I was queen.

When I lose that feeling, I turn my mind to my days at USU. I find my girl power and I rock whatever needs to be done. My mom and I ventured up to USU on Monday as part of this whole “get centered” trip. If I look totally sweaty in these pictures, it is because I was. It has been a week of scorching temps. I’m used to 70-degrees year-round. The extremes of Utah would take some getting used to.

First stop was Aggie Ice Cream, which is the best ice cream out there. I know you BYU people think your Creamery is better, but that is just not so. I challenge you to an ice cream throwdown any day of the week. Mostly because I will eat ice cream of any type and this would give me an excuse to do just that. So it is on, Cougars, it is on.

Second stop was a walk around campus. See this building? It is new. But they ripped down my place of employment — the Merrill Library — to build it (feeling old moment number one). For two years, I toiled as the girl who checks out the books. It was amaze. I got so many dates from that job.

Now the journalism department will be moving into the new building, a fact I discovered when I stopped into the department to say hello and found that many of my professors had retired (feeling old moment number two). And abandoning the Animal Science building, where I spent so many hours of my life at USU. One time we learned that Pita Pit will deliver to campus at 2 a.m. And many times I re-learned that the smelly couch doesn’t seem like a bad sleeping prospect when you arrive on campus at midnight to edit video and all of the editing bays are booked.

I hope they don’t rip down that building. Too many memories. We walked around Old Main and then went to the Bookstore for a new t-shirt. When in Rome, right? One of the best moments was when a girl I used to babysit came running up to me. She’s a freshman this year (feeling old moment number three). And then I found my cousin in line for a student ID. This was not planned! We were all on campus at the same time on the same day. How amaze is that? Well, they had the excuse of starting school, but still. I introduced them to each other and now they are going to be best friends.

After campus, we went to have my specialty — a blueberry, raspberry, strawberry shake at LeBeaus. You can steal my recipe for success. And then thank me later. I met up with Emilie — this was a schedule meeting, not per chance. This meeting was long overdue. And my heart enjoyed our conversation, no matter how fast.

After that, we picked up my dad’s favorite pizza. My parents used to go on dates to Fredricos. They’ve remodeled the outside, but the inside is still dark and lit by lamps. The garlic bread is amaze.

So basically we ate our way through Logan, thank you very much. Clearly I associate good times with good food.