Pi Day

I don't think of Pi Day as a real holiday. It's not that I don't think that pi is important, it's just that I think it's a little silly, because 3/14 isn't exactly pi, and people think "pie" just because it sounds like "pi." I haven't always felt this way and used to somewhat celebrate it. At one time, I would allow myself to eat pie for the one day, but now only the regular St. Patrick's Day rules apply.

2013. I went outside to do some homework because it was a lovely evening. While I was outside, Michael Wyatt came out and said hi to me. He said that there was that one day every spring where everyone quit doing homework and went outside, and that day was the day. He said I could have some pie at his apartment, but I didn't because I didn't think there would be any green pie. Then I needed my bishop to sign something, so I walked up to his office to get him to sign it. When I got there, I learned that he wasn't there, so I had gone up there for nothing. Not wanting to have my time wasted, I found a small hill on the campus grounds to study on. I was amused to see a large amount of ducks sitting on the lawn where there were "Don't walk on me" signs.

Then I went grocery shopping. I thought that since everyone was eating pie that day, I could try to find a green one I could eat. I went to Fresh Market, but I didn't see any. Then I went to Smith's to try to find one. While I was there, I realized that, of course, the key lime pies would be in the freezer section, not the bakery section, so I bought two small key lime pies. But they turned out not to be green. Here is my journal entry for the day:
"I really need to get better about writing in my journal, and about going to bed earlier.

"This morning after Phonetics I did some Planets studying. Then I went to work and finished my second-to-last Nibley abstract. I'll be so glad when those are done! Then I did some studying outside, since the weather's amazingly springlike. I went to the Wilk because I needed Bishop to sign something, but he wasn't there. So I studied on a grassy hill on campus. Then I went grocery shopping, and then I studied for one of my exams next week." 

2012 or 2011. I remember that on one of these days, I was sitting on a bench eating lunch--including a mint chocolate granola bar--while I heard a loudspeaker announcing the pi day activities. Someone was able to recite a lot of the numbers of pi.

2010. I went to dinner group that day, and the other members liked my shamrock tie. Later, I was in the kitchen eating carrots when my roommate Jeff and some of his friends came in, since it was his birthday. I was deeply embarrassed, and I couldn't say anything because my mouth was full of carrots. I left the room because I felt so awkward. Then I went to a pi party in the ward, where they had some music playing and a pi image on a TV screen. Collin Allan had bought peach pie and a circular cake, and I ate more of it than I should have.

2009. My companion, Elder Betenson, and I went just out of our area to the grocery store to get pies. He got a strawberry rhubarb pie, but I can't remember what kind I got. Elder Betenson was riding with the bag of pies on his handlebars. He was riding ahead of me, and suddenly an enormous St. Bernard started barking and chasing him! It freaked both of us out, but then the dog retreated. We went home and ate our pies.

2008. This is my journal entry for the day:
"We didn't do too much today--but, very oddly, we drove on a street I've dreamt about. In my dream it was all muddy and family members were present but it was the same location. I had the dream I think in the MTC. It is the second place I've found on my mission that I've dreamt of before."