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The State Bird of South Carolina –

charlsiekate — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:58:40 +0000

Is the Palmetto Bug. A.K.A. The Flying Roach.

I can deal with a whole lot of things, and flying roaches are not on that list. They make me die a little inside every time one gets close to me. Which is unfortunate, since I come in close contact with them on a regular basis these days. I have the Orkin man on speed dial and he told me today that it was a battle we were going to have to fight together. They live outside, these are not the sort of roaches that inhabit the inside of your walls. These are the kind of roaches who might fly off with your dog if you leave her in the backyard for too long.

Although, I do have to say that these roaches have nothing on this sucker that lives in maggie’s parents pond. I swear to the heat of the South Georgia summer that thing in the water is a giant catfish. Who Maggie swears wants to eat her dog.

This train of thought is going to spin off in two different directions – one – animals around here that want to eat your dog - over in Aiken they have collected 7 monster pythons – man-eating pythons as they are called – and placed them in a big pit to see how they survive. Sweet. This sounds like a HORRIBLE experiment. Apparently a bunch of pet shops carried these man eating pythons in Florida back in the ’90s and a lot of the snakes escaped in the destruction of Hurricane Andrew. (side note – Florida is like another country. When you enter Florida on I-95 the big trucks have to go through a customs like check point. How weird is that?)

A direct quote from the article -

While pythons don’t make a habit of attacking people and most aren’t large enough to eat a person, Gibbons called the possibility a “nightmare.”

“What about the first kitty cat they eat? Or the first little poodle? They’d love poodles, I imagine,” he said.

Mike Dorcas, a professor at Davidson College in North Carolina, has sliced open pythons in Florida to find the remains of white-tailed deer, bobcats and large birds.

Then this last part -

Pythons are masters of disguise — slippery and quick — and all but one of the serpents was invisible within minutes of being deposited into the pit.

So counting pythons in the wild is a daunting task. Scientists don’t have an accurate estimate of how many pythons are in Florida.

“It’s certainly in the thousands, or tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands,” said Gibbons.

The other train of thought is the safety of the fish you catch in the Central Savannah River Area. I thought it was interesting that the parts of the river that do have advisories say – one meal per week. Is that one fish per week? Because, my meal is not the same as some other people’s meal. Some people could eat four fish.

So, we do a lot of quiet title actions around here, which is how you clear title to a piece of property that has been sold at a sheriff’s sale when the property taxes haven’t been paid. Although quiet title actions do not normally involve any particularly complicated legal principles, the difficulty lies in finding all the people who have ever had a claim of title to the property and serving them, which often time includes adjacent land owners or the heirs of an estate. Which means I spend a lot of time trying to find people and figuring out how to serve them in Jamaica, New York, or Erie, Indiana, or, as the case was today – Denver, Colorado.

The process server I found in Denver is a fleet of bike couriers. How cool is that? This time my petition to quiet title is going to be delivered by bike! This really made my day. And the guy I talked to on the phone was so nice and friendly and it made me really wish I was in Colorado. I got really Colorado Home Sick. Or maybe I’m just, IT IS REALLY HOT HERE SICK.

Last night at tennis clinic I got to play singles with Jane. AGGHH. I LOVE singles. I love singles so much more than doubles. In doubles I feel like I’m in the way, or the wrong place, or I should have made that shot because I’m letting my partner down. In singles, I know where I’m suppose to be the whole time. Maybe I’m not always there, but the knowing is much more instinctive. It’s been so much fun getting back into a sport. I haven’t played a game in a really long time and I didn’t even know how much I missed it.

Briscoe has been sleeping in the new big bed with me recently and every morning I wake up I feel the need to grab her toe and sing to her about catching a tiger by the toe. She fails to see the humor and normally either tries to bite me or kick me.

Digging through drawers

charlsiekate — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:38:13 +0000

When I was young, I used to love to go through my grandparents drawers and closets looking for treasure. The adults in my life would tell me to stop plundering.

I love the word plunder. Especially as applied to digging through junk drawers. Oh, you don't have junk drawers? I don't believe you, mostly because if you are telling the truth we probably won't be able to be friends. People who don't have a single junk drawer in their house kind of frighten me. I have quite a few junk drawers and I love them.

Last night I was digging through my mom's desk drawer trying to find the password for my parents wireless, and I came across a greeting card I'd given my parents for Easter when I was in high school. It was an Edward Monkton card. I used to LOVE these cards. And I'd totally forgotten about them. I was so happy to be reintroduced to this quirky hilarious artist. I felt like I'd found a treasure.

I'm still watching the hurricanes compulsively, mostly because if my coastal friends have to evacuate for Hanna they can come to Augusta and we can have a big party. And I'm tired of reading about people complaining about not being able to get back into New Orleans. It sucks to have to evacuate. It sucks to not know how your stuff it doing and whether your house is still standing. And I'm sure there were lots of problems involved with the evacuation. But last time I checked, New Orleans is in the United States, which is on the planet earth, a place full of uncontrollable destructive weather which is populated by humans who are not perfect. Let's try to appreciate the work that was done to prevent another Katrina.

Also, I love the google quote of the day – "An idealist is person who helps other people to prosper." – Henry Ford.

Rain Rain go away

charlsiekate — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:38:29 +0000

I'm tired of hurricane Fay. I like it when it rains, and I enjoy weather in general. But it's been cloudy since thursday and raining since yesterday morning. It is suppose to continue raining until wednesday. Blah. I drove through some terrible rain today. I can't remember the last time I was in such torrential downpour weather. I-20 was a river. It was no fun. I'm glad to be home.

It was a wonderful weekend, Katie was a beautiful bride and I got to see a lot of old friends. Jessica and Jamie have an amazing house and Birmingham is a cool town. I felt like I was in the mountains all weekend. I wish it wasn't such a long drive to get to so many great friends. But I guess you can't be close to everyone.

Tomorrow is my second Monday at my new job. I'm excited. I have a lot of things to work on and I'm looking forward to getting settled. I'm going to try to go to sleep early tonight and wake up early in the morning. I went shopping on Friday and got some new work clothes. I hate shopping for work clothes, but I love waking up every morning and having clothes to wear that I like. There is nothing exciting about anything I bought, but I'll be glad about it in the morning.

Hurricanes cause me to become obsessed with the weather channel. Even more so than usual.

Whose excited about football season! I AM! YAYAYAYAYAYAY! Can't wait. I need to get some sleep this week and get ready.

I know this list is long, but I thought it was interesting

charlsiekate — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:05:19 +0000

(I got this as an email from my rad COOL AND AWESOME friend Rivers Davis Powell, who supports my blog.  Dave got it from someone in the goverment or something, Department of State.  I found it interesting that none of the European actually gave cash.  But I love Greece's contribution.  I thought the Netherland's contribution was a little haughty.  But Sri Lanka brought tears to my eyes, and I was impressed with Qutar). 

U.S. Department of State Summary of Foreign   Assistance Received or Expected to Date 

Afghanistan                $100,000 cash

Albania                    Pledge of $300,000

Armenia                    Pledge of $200,000

Australia                  $7.6 million cash

Austria                    Tarps, camp beds

Azerbaijan                 $500,000 cash

Bahamas                    Pledge of $50,000

Bahrain                    Pledge of $5 million

Bangladesh                 Pledge of $1 million

Belgium                    Operations teams, generators, water                            pumps, logistical teams of 9 working                            with Red Cross since September 7. 

Bosnia/Herzegovina         Pledge $6,414

Canada                     Pledge of $5 million to the Bush-Clinton                            hurricane relief fund 2 Griffin helos,                            search and rescue teams, Air Canada                           evacuation flights, supplies, security                            teams, Three Canadian force ships(1                            Destroyer, 2 Frigates, and 1 CG ship)                            with 3 Sea King Helicopters and other                            donations in kind

China                      $5.1 million cash, relief supplise,                            relief teams, 1000 tent, 600 generators,                           bedsheets, children's clothes. 

Cyprus                     $50,000 cash

Djibouti                   Pledge of $50,000

European Commission        Has activated its Civil Protection                            Cooperative Mechanism

France                     600 tents and relief supplies.  

Gabon                      Pledge $500,000

Georgia                    $50,000 cash

Germany                    High-speed pumps and other supplies

Greece                     2 cruise ships

Hungary                    $5,000 cash

Iceland                    Pledge of $500,000 to the Bush-Clinton                            hurricane relief fund

ICRC                       Web-Based tracking system for displaced                            persons

India                      $5 million cash, 3000 personal hygiene                            kits, 3000 blankets, 3000 sheets, 150                            tarps

Iraq                       Pledge of $1 million cash to the Red                            Cross, via the Red Crescent

Ireland                    EU $1 million cash

Italy                      Generators, water pumps/purifiers,                            tents, supplies

Japan                      $200,000 cash & $844,000 in relief                            supplies, private pledges over                            $1 million

Kenya                      $100,000 cash donation

Kuwait                     $400 million in oil products &                            $100 million cash

Maldives                   $25,000 to the Red Cross

Mexico                     45 truckloads of supplies,                            transport vehicles, 2 field                            kitchens, 2 helos

Mongolia		   Pledge of $25,000

Nepal                      Pledge of $25,000

Netherlands                Levee inspection team to                            assist Army Corp of Engineers,                            water pumps

New Zealand                $1.4 million cash to Red Cross

Nigeria                    Pledge of $1 million cash

Norway                     $1.54 million in relief                            supplies/cash

Organization of            Created a fund for donationsAmerican States            from Member States to the ICRC                            and donated $25,000 cash from                            its emergency fund

Palau                      Pledge of $50,000, additional $50,000                            donor drive

Qatar                      Pledge of $100 million cash

Republic of Korea          $30 million in cash and various                            in-kind relief supplies

Russia                     Air transport, generators, tents,                            blankets, water, water pumps,                            relief supplies

Sao Tome and Principe      Pledge of $18,000

Saudi Arabia               $5 million from Aramco, $250,000                            from Agfund

Singapore                  3 Helicopters

Spain                      65,000 barrels of oil for 60 days,                            relief supplies

Sri Lanka                  $25,000 cash to the Red Cross

Sweden                     telecommunications equipment

Taiwan                     $2 million cash, relief supplies

Thailand                   Blankets, relief supplies

UAE                        Pledge of $100 million cash

Uganda                     Pledge of $200,000 dollars

UK                         Water and water purification assets,                            field kitchens, 500 person tent city,                            blankets, camp beds

Venezuela                  Up to $1 million to Red Cross and                           state government

Vietnam                    $100,000 donations to victims

Yemen                      $100,000 donation to Red Cross

Katrina

charlsiekate — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:14:40 +0000

My mom is in town helping me fix my apartment up. She came in town last night, which was great timing – she was going to come today or tomorrow – but as it turns out rain is going to be a problem in the next 48 hours. Any of you who know my mother don’t have to ask what we did last night – Accu-Kate and I drank wine and watched the weather channel. Accu-Kate has been at Loch Laurel all weekend where there is no tv and had not had seen enough hurricane coverage – so we had to make up for lost time. She woke me up at 8 this morning because the only tv that is set up at my apartment right now is in my room.

We are both quite upset about this hurricane – here are some points of interest I’ve found:

Free Parking in Houston if you have a LA license plate
This really touched me. I’ve never been to Houston, but everyone has such terrible things to say about it as a city, but right now it is my favorite city.

There is no air conditioning in the Super Dome and two holes in the roof.
Really? No air conditioning? Obviously this was a foreseeable problem, but not one that I thought about. Marshall Seese just told me that there are between 9 to 10 thousand people in the Dome right now. There IS electricity – from generators, but the generators can’t support the air conditioning.

Speaking of generators, Governor Jeb just got on television to tell the morons in his state not to use generators inside. He said this would be like driving your car into your house and turning it one. Apparently a couple of people have already died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

close calls

charlsiekate — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:41:42 +0000

I almost died today. I mean, it wasn’t that big of a deal, lets put it this way, I could have died this morning. When I woke up this morning, I was confused about what was making the noise on my roof. Then I realized it was the torrential downpour of rain from Hurricane Jeanne. Once I came to this conclusion, I vacillated between whether it was worth it to wash and dry my hair, considering that the weather would just cause it to freak out on me later in the day. I decided to go with the decision to be clean. When dressed, I determined that I needed something to eat, and, even though I could not find my umbrella, I went to Kroger for some Chick Fil A instead of opting for something that didn’t involve getting out of the car. When I tried to get out of my car in the Kroger parking lot, the wind caught my door and tried to blow it off the hinges. I kinda take this personally, because I am rather attached to my car.

It made me contemplate how even if I could have a new car tomorrow, I would prefer my old car (except that if someone was going to give me new car, I would take it because who knows if any one will ever offer me a new car ever again). I’ve never had a brand new car, and this might be cool, but the bottom line is I’m attached to this one, and they don’t make the style that I have now anymore. Certain cars are better old. Not that I think my car model is one of them (because it isn’t), but you know how you loved your uncle’s old wagoneer? And how your friends in high school all had Bronco’s? Other cars that are still made, but were better in the old version are, Troopers, 4-runners, and those old mercedes convertibles that came in cool colors like metallic blue.

Back to how I almost died. Okay, after going to Kroger I stopped off at home to try to find the hood to my ski jacket I was wearing because I can’t find my rain jacket, and I found an umbrella. So the ski jacket was abandoned for a fleece with a hood. I’m feeling much better about the rain, equipped with my folding umbrella; and once safely parked in the deck, I set out for school, umbrella up, hoping to not blow away.

As it happens, what you worry about is not what happens. I was distressed that my little umbrella might blow inside out in the gale force winds. As I trapse across the quad, careful to stay on the sidewalk (because the tree gods get mad when you don’t stay on the path during storms, I’ve seen people barely miss limbs thrown at them), I am thinking about what I need to get out of my locker when I am startled out of my thought by a noise like, "whoooosh-thump", as about 30 feet in front of me a huge limb falls from the sky and lands directly across my trajectory. I mean, if I hadn’t taken the time to open my umbrella, or if I hadn’t stopped to listen to the end of that song on the radio, the limb would have gotten me. Although the chances of another limb falling on the same path are not good, I decided not to risk it. I doubled back, and went all the way around the quad, trying to avoid trees at all cost. I think Megan is right, the trees are out to get us.

My mom is always worried about the hackberry trees in our backyard. But she isn’t worried that they are going to drop a limb on us. She is worried they are going to topple over on top of us (or, more importantly, one of the dogs). I think she should worry about the oaks throwing things. I learned yesterday on television that the oak is America’s national tree. I just hope that no one gets hurt on north campus.

Last night was fun. I went to the girls high school and middle school bible study I am helping with, and I really enjoyed it. It is nice to see what Athens is like from a family standpoint, and it is refreshing to be around. After that I went to Theta, to catch the end of that bible study, and I liked this even more. I love Theta, and I know that on some levels I should just move on, but I think I have moved on, and now I can serve Theta in a different capacity. The girls there last night are girls that I care a lot about, girls that I rushed, and girls that I lived in the house with. I know it will be different when those girls are gone, but for now, I am glad they are still there. That house means a lot to me. I also really appreciate Julie Powell, who leads the bible study. She doesn’t have to do that, and she does it strictly out of the goodness of her heart and her love of God. She doesn’t have any ties to Theta, but she is very much needed. She was sick last night and came anyways. I hope she feels better. It was good to be there last night, sometimes I think i have had some of the most important conversations of my life in the parking lot of that house. This entry was not suppose to be this long, I have to go read for workers comp.

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(sigh)

charlsiekate — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:41:48 +0000

I’m tired of hurricanes. Augusta is next on the list as a target for hurricane Jeanne. I like storms. But I am sick of hurricanes. Too much rain, too many winds. Poor Florida. I really feel bad for Florida. Even though Georgia doesn’t get hit first with the hurricanes, every single hurricane passes over the state and rips stuff up. It sucks. I just hope we get a break after this.

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legitimate recycling and sham recycling….

charlsiekate — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:41:10 +0000

it is one thing to burn it for real energy……..Do you think that running on a treadmill or around a track is a waste of energy? I’m sorry, environmental law is making me think. "In order to know if something is a waste, you have to know how it is being used…" Whatever, I don’t want to think about that anymore. Even though I love this class. Mostly because I love Appel, my professor. He is entertaining. I missed this class yesterday, because I had to stay home with my sick computer. My computer is feeling a lot better now, mostly because Jon Mills is the greatest person in America and fixed it for me.

While at home with my computer I realized that the only people that watch tv during the day are unemployed. Not just "without a job" but "without and job and searching for a job" (because if you aren’t looking for a job, and you don’t have one, you aren’t considered unemployed, I think). Every commercial was either for some technical college that would teach me a trade, or for someone that would consolidate my debt into one low easy payment. I wonder if the technical college would accept me if I had a lot of debt, or if that would matter at all.

I didn’t just miss Environmental Law yesterday, I missed all 4 of my classes yesterday. I didn’t sleep very well last night, even though I had a great run at the botanical gardens. Late last night before I went to sleep I talked to my friend Todd on the phone. I was actually worried that something bad had happened to Todd, because he lives in New Orleans, and when I called him last week to make sure that the hurricane didn’t get him and to make sure he was safe, he never called me back. I probably called him about 4 times to make sure he had evacuated, because I thought he probably hadn’t. I did get in touch with my friend Michael (he called back promptly and emailed(I think he had been drinking, but it was sweet)) in New Orleans last week, and I hadn’t talked to Michael since like the week I got back and it was great to talk to him. Michael was good enough to keep me updated on the storm and to let me know he was safe, which I really appreciated. Todd, on the other hand, didn’t call me until Saturday, when he said, "Sorry, We have been partying a lot lately." As it turned out, Todd’s phone was not working and Michael’s was, which I did know because I had to call Todd like 3 times before it would work, so Todd is going to get a break here, but last week I was worried. Todd did call me twice on Saturday, but I didn’t know that until I got all my messages on Sunday when my cellular decided to get its act together. So Todd and I sorted all this out last night, and I also learned that Tulane has saturday school for the next three weeks because they missed so many days of school for the hurricane. This really sucks. I can’t imagine. I don’t think my friends in New Orleans understand that I live in a different time zone than they do, but whatever.

But it was good to talk to Todd, he helps me calm down and keeps me grounded in reality. But for some reason, when I got off the phone, I could not go to sleep. I don’t know if it was because I couldn’t breathe so well because of allergies, or because my neck has been bothering me, I don’t know, but I didn’t sleep well. And now I am exhausted today. But I am in a good mood regardless. I am looking forward to spending more time at the botanical gardens, and I am excited about going home tomorrow. Now, I am going to lunch with my mentee, who I don’t think is very impressed with me so far.

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This weather is almost more

charlsiekate — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:41:45 +0000

This weather is almost more than I can handle. I LOVE it. The only thing that I don’t love is the fact that whatever is in the air makes me feel sick. Like, I have a terrible cold but I don’t actually feel bad sick. My throat hurts. But I’m not sick. I have started taking my adderoll again full time (crazy people never like to take their medicine and I am no exception), and I didn’t sleep very well last night. So when I woke up this morning, I wanted to pretend like I was sick. But, I wasn’t. And I have stuff to do today. I have an interview in about a half an hour, and I have volunteered to be Elizabeth and Staci’s witness for mock trial (since Christy and I dropped out). After being up for a couple of hours I am glad I didn’t try to be sick today. If you didn’t know, I am a hypochondriac, and a lot of times the only thing that is going to keep me pretending to be sick is a busy schedule.

My friends Emily and Jennifer and moving to DC, and it is sad. These are two of my best friends in the whole world and I am going to really miss them. With Libby in New York, I feel like everyone is leaving me and I have to stay. Emily already went up there for good, and Jennifer is leaving after this weekend. The one thing this weather really makes me wish I had is a front porch. I need a front porch. So I think I am going to go home this weekend and sit on my parents front porch, with my dogs. I miss my dogs. I feel so torn sometimes when it comes to Augusta and Athens. This week I have this overwhelming desire to live in a neighborhood with a big porch and backyard. Jennifer says this is just something that happens sometimes in Athens and that I should "shake it off." And she is right.

I have felt unstable since I came back from Greece, and I think this is part of the problem. I went to Greece because I wanted to get out. And I had such an intense experience. I was so emotionally exhausted, and I don’t think I have recharged yet. I am hoping that some of my friends from Greece are going to come visit for the LSU and the Tennessee game, because I think that will help me. I really miss them. I didn’t realize how much I missed them until I talked to a bunch of them last week, checking on the hurricane in New Orleans and just finally getting in touch with other ones (like Kallie and Niki). So, Greece friends, if you get this, I love you and I miss you.

I just had an interview, and it was fun. The girl that interviewed me was a Theta at Florida State, and so we got along. It is a litigation firm in Birmingham, and although I know there are things about litigation that don’t sound appealing, part of it seems like a lot of fun. And I liked these people. We will see, interviewing is good experience.

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hurricanes and tornadoes

charlsiekate — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:20:11 +0000

I am sitting in the dark in my apartment. The electricity hasn’t gone off yet, but I was watching a movie and now the movie is over and I am too lazy to get up and turn the lights back on. I have been playing hurricane all day, which basically involves me not doing anything but watching movies and drinking coke, while eating the occasional oreo. I forgot how much I love oreos, especially (or particularly) frozen oreos. Not that the weather has been too bad most of the day, it really only got bad around 2 this afternoon. And I have been playing hurricane since about 11:30 this morning. I did get up and go to class at 9:30, but I only had one class (Trust and Estates, which I really enjoy). Now, it probably would have been intelligent to sit in the library and do work, seeing is how I am behind in everything, but how often do you get to play hurricane? (this being the third hurricane in the last month, I’m not confident in the strength of this argument).

But the problem with being in the library is that I don’t know where my rain coat is right now, and without my rain coat I wouldn’t have a good way to get away from the library once the rain started. I wish I had stayed at the library though because they had a tornado drill, there was a tornado WARNING in Athens today. Isn’t that crazy? that means that a tornado was spotted. kinda scary. We are under a tornado watch until 9 tonight.

And the weather people don’t have a clue about what the weather is ACTUALLY going to do. They can tell you what they think, but it will almost always be wrong. It was suppose to rain all last night, but didn’t really pour until this afternoon. Right now it isn’t suppose to rain at the game on Saturday, but who knows. If it rains, at least it won’t be as crowded. My mom said she wouldn’t sit in the rain, so I can sit in her perfectly situated seat. I wonder if my dad will go to the game without my mom.

I know they are still coming the Athens, regardless. My parents love to come to Athens. Almost as much as my brother loves to come to Athens. I mean, I kinda wonder if my family would ever come to visit me if I lived somewhere that wasn’t much fun, like Macon. I guess they would still come sometimes, but I can promise you that I would see a great deal less of them. But hey, I shouldn’t complain, I don’t go home very much. Mostly because I like being in Athens.

The movie I watched today was MIRACLE. It was very enjoyable. I was pretty confident about how the movie was going to end, but that almost made it better. I watch enough sporting events where I don’t know the end, and I can only handle so much stress in my life right now. I borrowed the book from Nick a couple of weeks ago, and he has been hounding me to watch it, and I am glad that I did. Now I need to watch Tombstone. I love movies. I watched War and Peace with my parents on Sunday, and I thought it was great. I love Tolstoy, and Audrey Hephburn is awesome.

Last night was fun. I went to bible study, and I enjoyed it. I think the group is shaping up well, and I am really looking forward to getting to know all of the people in the group better. I need a group of people like the ones in bible study. I am so much more grounded when I am reading the word (i.e. the bible) and I am so much more likely to read the bible if I have something keeping me accountable like bible study.

After bible study, Cristina and I went to Moes, and Cybil met us up there. The weather was really nice, cool and breezy and muggy. After Moes we went to meet some of our first year friends at Wild Wing, but it was crowded so we went to the Winery. The object was to find somewhere that we could sit outside, and this was accomplished at the winery. We ran into Kipp, Desmond, and Michael, and shortly thereafter Christy and her two friends who evacuated the pan handle came to meet us. This was very fun because lately I have been spending a great deal of my law school time with Christy, Desmond, and Kipp. I love them all and it was very fun. We ended the night (basically) with a trip to Ga. Bar to chat with the first years. Almost every first year that I know was there, and it was really good to talk to them outside of school. I am learning all of their names, and I like so many of them, it is very encouraging. I know that I am going to miss my 3L friends a great deal next year and I feel better that the 1Ls are cool as well. I haven’t been out on a week night in a long time, but last night was great.

I think I am going to join the gang tonight and go bowling. I love bowling. I just wish the bowling alley in Athens sold beer. For the obvious reason that I love beer, but also because it would be so much easier to convince people to go bowling with you if you could entice them with beer. I know that this is everything that is wrong with the world, but the bottom line is that not everyone likes to bowl as much as I do, and they motives other than a love of bowling.

Okay, the wind is picking up, so I think I am going to take a shower. Mostly because I am dirty and because I don’t want to take one after the electricity goes out. I bet the bowling alley won’t be open the the electricity goes out. Ohhhhh, and I will miss the season premier of ER. Maybe bowling won’t happen, but what are vcrs for if they don’t tape shows that you miss…..this is the longest post I have given in a while, I kinda enjoyed it, I guess that is what happens when I can’t think everything out while running at the botanical gardens. stupid hurricanes….lucky you. kisses.

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