Charles City has been, by far, the greatest overnight town we have experianced thus far. Our host family was absolutely phenomenal--we love the Ayers's. We arrived around three in the afternoon, and shortly after moving all of our bags into their gorgeous house, we found ourselves completely captivated and amused by Olivia (and her adorable pedophile stories, Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber quips, and more...), their eleven-year-old. That, and thier whole host of disfigured cats (Kristen when we first arrived: That cat has a thumb!). In actuality, one cat had a sixth finger (if cats have fingers). But enough about their cats...
We went in town that night, intent on bungee jumping (Mel clearly has no idea as to what bungee jumping truly is), but we quickly discovered that this was not to be. (Monika speaking: Jumping on a trampoline while dangling by a harness is NEVER worth twenty dollars). Monika is slightly mistaken--it was five dollars, still far too steep a price. So, we wandered through stores, Monika intent on finding some post cards for her family. (And those will be coming soon, god love the Iowa post system). Interestingly enough, we wandered into a small art store that Olivia had never entered--the Rustic Corner. Monika found her postcards, not all that fascinating, but Olivia and I made the greatest purchase EVER. Buttons--all shapes and sizes. Fifteen dollars and nearly 14 ounces of buttons later, we returned to the Ayers home to construct a multitude of items from our million (or so it seemed) buttons.
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