My favorite places

Two of my favorite places in the world will make you laugh. At me. Not with me. Because I'm not laughing. I'm super duper scary serious.
Two of the places in the world that make my heart unbearably happy are:
Dairy Queen.
and the old inside Pizza Huts.

Dairy Queen makes joy inside me because it's Texas. It's tradition. It's something you've done your whole life.
They're both places that you only ate at during vacation, and our vacations were usually in Texas.
Although, I do remember eating at an indoor Pizza Hut in Oklahoma once. I pass it every time I go visit Sara, and it makes me smile every time I drive past.

You don't find the inside Pizza Huts much anymore. They're usually found in more rural places, I suppose. They remind me of the good ole days. Not really any specific good old days, just olden times of yonder. The pizza tastes like innocence and wonder. I do remember eating at one in McAlister, Texas on a mission trip once. So I guess there is one specific memory there. But usually eating at one just wraps me in a warm sense of nostalgia. I made Sara eat with me at one in Waco on the way back from the ranch this year. It was bliss. I love it. I feels like childhood and happiness.

I feel the same way about Dairy Queen. We only ate there on vacations because there's one at every exit. Well, and because that's the only fast food restaurant they have in Three Rivers. So it reminds me of childhood and Texas and it makes my heart burst. I always try to go there when I'm out of town. If Hannah and Jill had forced me to choose, I would've gone there in College Station too. But i'm glad we didn't.
I love their Texas toast. It's insanely delicious. Three Rivers got a brand new Dairy Queen from the one we grew up with. It's completely different. I don't know if they tore the old one down and started from scratch or if it's a massive remodel, but funny enough, I actually do like it better. It feels so small town. My heart and mind are on overload in those places because I imagine what it would be like living in those small towns and having Dairy Queen be the place the hang out, the place to bring a date. I like that. I like that idea. It's simple. It's wonderful.
I'm a feeler. I feel things. I feel Dairy Queen and the old indoor Pizza Huts. Weird, eh?

So there's some more sketchy secrets about Jordan Hoover. That's me.

goodbye.