SIT DOWN AND COLOR A PICTURE!!!!!!!

Well lookie here it hasn't even been a week since my last post! You're welcome.

Oink oink weekend was exactly how I had imagined it: taking an entire two days to get to and from a town four hours away and making hi-larious and de-licious (and sometimes both!) stops along the way. I saw the world's third largest fire hydrant, naively spent $12 on a baked potato (it would've been worth $10 though), played on a castle park to preemptively burn calories, saw (and considered purchasing) the world's largest gummi bear (but went with a 1/2 pound of lethally mouthwatering fudge instead...), consumed FROG LEGS AND ALLIGATOR!!!!, had iced coffee and "Hummingbird Cake" while enjoying local art at the darlingest coffee shop in eastern Louisiana, ate an original beignet at another adorable Louisiana cafe (to which we were welcomed by the local attention-loving mutt), and, of course, sampled yet another town's version of seafood gumbo. Woofta. I may or may not have kicked my own butt in the gym today as retribution for my decisions over the previous 48 hours, but let me tell they were so very worth it. I must say I do love road tripping. And themed road trips? Go, to, bed! So much fun. Expect pictures (aka evidence) of all of our adventures soon.

Don't let this mislead you in any way, but even if this weekend hadn't been so blastastic I would have still loved the opportunity to get away from this stupid building for two days. So no, nothing's changed. I'm still miserable here. But here's something cool! I am assigned to take the 14 and 15-year-old Summer of Service group on Mondays, so today was my opportunity to get away from the Club and all that it implies (little kids, to name one), and work on a service project with these older-yet-still-young bucks. We went to a nearby bird observatory and build a boardwalk to prevent birders from sinking into the mucky mud after rain storms. Despite the horrific volume of mosquitoes and intense humidity, it was awesome! My group is really a fun bunch. I just remember hating those awkward years of my life so much that it's pleasantly surprising to work with such self-aware and mature little people at that age. And they're FUNNY. Seriously they are already comfortable enough with us to poke fun and even tease a little after only four days. It's cool to see; I'm looking forward to Mondays every week now. (And bonus: Yet another excuse to get away from this building! Woohoo.)

So....yeah I'll leave it at that for now. Maybe the regularity that is soon to befall Sun Three in the upcoming weeks will improve my currently dreary 'tude. Hang in there with me!

Miss ya!
kt