I like planes. I don't always care to ride in them, and I don't know random facts about a 747. I do, however, like watching them. I find them intriguing. It blows my mind how humans are able to fly in the air with these things.
Besides being amazed at the ability of flight, I also like to imagine where a plane is going or what the people are thinking that are in the plane. I like to imagine what vacations are heading to or family they are going to visit. Sometimes when I am inside a plane, I imagine someone wondering the same things about me.
When I was an SM, the island was incredibly tiny. We could pretty much get right up to the fence of the runway and watch planes take-off. Unfortunately, because it was such a small island, planes rarely landed. A couple times I was able to just stare and watch a plane take-off. Since we've been in Taiwan, we've gone to a couple parks and watched the planes land in the middle of the city. I thought those experiences were great, but now, I know how silly that was. This last Wednesday Zach took me on a date to watch planes, and our new location was phenomenal. We were right up against the fence. The first plane that landed was, my guess, a Boeing 777. It came in really slow and as it was almost there, I actually felt a little scared. We were right in front of it, and it looked like it was going to land right on us. As it flew over us, I nearly fell over from the wind and exhaust. It was as impressive as watching a whale breach, which I haven't seen in it's entirety, but I imagine they are similar.
Someone asked me shortly before leaving for our date, "What exactly do you do when you watch planes?" "Just watch them. I like having something simple to watch and let the conversation flow." We didn't take any pictures of our date, but if we had, they would have looked something like these pictures.
After we were finished staring and gazing at planes, we headed home for a special Coldstone treat. I absolutely LOVE Coldstone. Unfortunately, all the Coldstones in Taiwan have Asian flavors. Yeah, they still have some staple flavors like vanilla, cheesecake, and sweet cream, but they also have rose, green tea, and earl gray. Gross. Needless to say, we don't frequent Coldstone as much as I would like to. For the date, I decided to make our own Coldstone. We were each given a list of items (all of which were available in our home), and we created our own creation. Delicious! 
Mine was ridiculous. I had cake pieces, pie crusts, caramel, sprinkles, and whipped cream.
