Presidents' Day

I'm going to remember as many details as I can about the Presidents' Days of my life.

2012. I was putting up St. Patrick's Day lights at home and listening to music from my laptop. My mom told me that I messed up the grammar on my Facebook status: "The false prophet Stephen Duncan and I met in East Wenatchee..." I pointed out that it was right. My mom thought that "Stephen Duncan" was an appositive for "false prophet," but it wasn't. Jessica Penix from my mission liked the status. (I'm not friends with her anymore--she unfriended me back in May when I sent her a message asking her to change her pornographic profile picture.) My aunt came over and my computer was playing a Charlie Brown song; my aunt asked, "What are we listening to?" and I told her "Vince Guaraldi." Then I drove back to Provo. The radio played a Jewel song, and then the next song kept saying, "L U V Madonna." I thought, "Jewel and Madonna? Is this a 90s day or something?" But then they said it was Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj, so I knew it was a new song.

2011. I think this was the time I went grocery shopping with my mom and she bought me a bunch of canned goods for recipes she has that consist of canned products.

2010. I wore my new St. Patrick's Day shirt. In the morning, I was complaining to my mom that I couldn't get the songs I downloaded the night before onto my computer, but I was able to figure it out. I would have brought out St. Patrick's Day decorations, and I took a few shamrock window clings to take back to Provo. I went to bed when I realized that I didn't have a parking permit on my car, since I traded cars, but I thought it would be OK overnight and I'd move it the next day. (I turned out to be wrong.) [This post was taken from my last one.]

2009. Our district went to Kohl's for P-day because there were supposed to be some good sales. I bought a white-and-green-striped tie for St. Patrick's Day. I looked at the St. Patrick's Day t-shirts but I didn't care to pay the price to buy them. Elder Canova admired the Snoopy "Party Like a Rockstar" shirt. We looked at a shelf with clearance stuff on it; the perverted Elder Stafford talked about the "man thong." I found an orange beanie. I thought it would be good to have, since we frequently had to walk along unlit roads with no sidewalks at night. Then we did our grocery shopping. That year, M&Ms made green candies for Valentine's Day (stupid idea), but since no one liked that idea, there was plenty of clearance candy, so I bought a bag. Then we went to the Days', where Elder Lestarge and Elder Kitchen lived, and played the typical missionary game Bang! Elder Dunn liked the M&Ms. While we were waiting for a ride back to our house, I put on my new hat, and Elder Stafford commented on it. When we got home, I looked in the mirror, and realized how ridiculous my orange hat looked. It looked like a bathing cap. Elder Betenson said that he wasn't going to say anything, but that he agreed it looked terrible. He said that his previous companion, Elder Torrance, had cut up a hat and used it as a neck warmer. I mostly cared about the orange for the visibility, so I cut it up. But he said it still looked dumb, so I threw it away. Then we went and tried to visit a Sister Locarni, who lived close to us. We found out she was an active member, but her husband wasn't a member. We learned that Brother Wilhelm, the ward mission leader, visited them, which was a scary thought, since he was notorious for teaching false doctrine. After 9:00, Elder Wilson called me and said, "I have sad news," and told me that Brother Martin from the Davenport Branch had died unexpectedly. They announced it at stake conference. I think I might have called Elder Love and relayed the info. This is my journal entry for the day:
"Today was my first P-day in the district. It was a hassle with all the people; we had Elder Stafford in the trunk. I bought an orange hat to be more visible at night, but it looked ridiculous, so I threw it away. I also bought a green tie (and green M&Ms) for St. Patrick's Day. We also played Bang.

"Then this evening we met Sister Locarni, who is active, but her husband is not a member. We tried to see others, but they weren't home, and we came back.

"Elder Wilson called me and told me Brother Martin from the Davenport branch died unexpectedly."

2003. I remember I had a dream that I owned a tie that said "Presidents' Day" on it. That day I was changing one of our porch lights to green for St. Patrick's Day. I put the green lightbulb in my pocket when I went outside, and while I was moving the ladder the lightbulb fell out of my pocket and crashed on the ground. I asked my mom if she would buy me a new one, and she was annoyed because she had just bought that one.

1997. I remember wanting to show my mom the picture I drew of Mt. Rushmore for Presidents' Day. But maybe that was 1996.

I don't know why I don't remember much about Presidents' Day.