Kirksville Trip

You know it's true love when you can waste an entire day away and have a blast doing it. My female friend and I spent the weekend away from both of our towns in a small college community. We didn't go there for the things to do in that town, but just to spend time together. There isn't even much to do in that town, but we had a blast and found a couple of things we will do on the next trip out.

Saturday was such a great time just getting to know more about each other. We decided to drive around and see what this place had to offer and as soon as I saw a sign that said Used Books And Unicorns, I had to find a place to park. It would have been so cool to buy a unicorn and ride it around all day, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, the place was closed when we got to the front door. I was so disappointed! It was a funny thought, though. We decided to walk up to the square and see the small shops. From a block away, I could see the Hidden Treasures sign. I wasn't sure I wanted to go in if all the treasures were hidden. What would be the point of it? We made our way around and I purchased a few small things for my roommates and kids. When we got to Hidden Treasures, I was ready to see if I could find what was hidden. It would be a real treasure hunt, right? When we got inside, much to my dismay, I actually found hidden treasures!! I saw a remote that looked like my DVD remote and when I bent down to pick it up, I saw some plastic coming from under a throw pillow. Sure enough, I lifted it up and there were some comic books hidden under this pillow. I was truly amazed and said so loud enough for the people running the shop to hear. We continued looking around and found a cabinet that had black material that kept you from seeing inside it. I decided to open the doors to it and again I found more hidden treasures! There were some dishes inside it. I was on a roll finding these hidden treasures. I felt like a real treasure hunter! I just needed the Indiana Jones outfit and I'm sure I could have used a whip. Maybe not in the store... This was truly a fun time just going through this small town square. We found a couple of tattoo shops, a business called Sugar that had some great African chocolate, Pungo Jungo (a Spencer's style store where I got the gifts), and a used CD shop that was fly infested on this particular day.

We didn't do anything of importance, but seeing how each other reacted to our humor, the heat, the interesting things we spotted, and the things we both avoided was just a great way of getting to know more about each other.

We saw the movie Lady In The Water that night and it brought tears to my eyes. I'm an emotional creature as much as I hate to have emotions at all sometimes. That movie was just a great fairy tale that centered on a regular guy who seemed to have lost everything once you knew his story. It was great at drawing us in to the movie. There were people in front of us on the edge of their seats watching with interest. I was truly impressed by this movie and hope to share it with my daughters when it comes out on DVD.

We got to have real A&W root beer floats this weekend. I'm a sucker for a root beer float. My grandparents got me started on them. We also had some TCBY yogurt yesterday. I know those things are in Des Moines, but I haven't been to TCBY since living here and I've probably only been to the A&W in town 3 times since living here. They are truly a treat and fun to share with someone you care about. I've taken my daughters to A&W as a treat and will probably take them there before the summer is over this year.

This is probably the first of several trips to this community as it's a good half way point. In two weeks we are heading there and hitting the beach we found. I don't think I've ever felt this way before, so this has been quite the adventure finding love at my age.