Florida

Yesterday was our first day back from Florida. I am missing Cammy and Grady, but definitely not the humidity. Our family went down there for my mom's conference, a yearly occurrence for us. While I am too old to actually be a student there, I thoroughly enjoyed my "guest pass." The highlights included the fancy dinner, or "gala," where I was able to dress up; that night's entertainer- comedian/magician Tim Gabrielson; and hearing Erin Gruwell (the teacher that inspired "Freedom Writers"). She was awesome. After the conference, the four of us and my friends from Minnesota headed down to Key West for a few days. While there, we went jet skiing. I thought it would be a smart move to go with Grady, since he was the only one who had ridden one before. However, I had been forgetting though that he is a 17 year old boy. Needless to say, I spent the next hour screaming into his ear to "slow down" and that I was "slippery". He threw me five times, which is pretty impressive considering how hard I was holding on to him. Anyway, I left Florida thoroughly depressed that Minnesota is so far away from California and that plane tickets are so expensive. However, I did get about 1/3 the way through my Scottish history book with all the traveling I did, which was a major achievement.

Since coming back, I have been moderately productive, at least by summer standards. I have started to go through Galatians with my dad, started sewing my sock monkey again, and booked my flight to Switzerland. Tonight I am taking the next step to total geek status and going to see Harry Potter for the third time. Yikes.