So this week is junior ranger camp. 5 days. 30 kids between the ages of 8 and 12. All outdoor activities. CRAZY WEEK. Today was the first day of it. Here are some of the things overheard:
While trying to get a kid to do his worksheet on different positions in the park -
Little boy: I don't really like workin' (yes workin', southern drawl)
Me to Melissa and Dave, park rangers: Well that's gonna be a problem later in life.
To a law enforcement ranger -
Boy: I thought police officers carry a Glock 45
Me to Christina, another intern: I don't even know what a Glock 45 is!
While going to the slave cabin -
Little black girl (with her finger going, ala "Oh no you didn't"): Uh uh, I'm not going in there, just cause I'm black don't mean I'm no slave!
While on the tour of Melrose -
Jessica, park ranger: We'll see John McMurran upstairs
Kid: You mean we can see his ghost?!
Jessica: No. His picture.
On tour of Melrose, after we told them not to step on the oilcloth -
Kid: I accidentally stepped on it, don't hit me!
Jessica: It's ok, it was an accident, I won't hit you. I will cut your feet off though (joking)
Me: Yeah, we've got machetes in the visitor's center
And my personal favorite... best one of the day...
On the way to the bathroom -
Little boy: Ma'am, I have a problem
Me: What's that?
Boy: My butt itches
Me: Well you can scratch it when you get in the bathroom
Boy: On the inside
Me: (trying not to laugh) OH. Well, I don't know what to do about that...
We also had a little girl pick up a dead frog down by the pond and bring it up to the carriage house, then get mad when we threw it out. Oh and they also kicked in the door to the playhouse, built by Melrose's 2nd owners, the Davis' for their grandkids...
Hilarious. And this is only the first day. I can't wait to see what the rest of the week brings.
hahahahahah.
Love and miss you all!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Yoga is my new best friend
Yoga is my new best friend. Seriously. Like you think I'm joking. Nope. Def not. It is AH-MAZING! Here's the deal. It has been one hell of a roller coaster week. Yoga has saved my butt on 2 days where I was really depressed.
Monday I found out that Natchez was filling the museum technician position I was hoping for. One of the rangers who's been here for 7 years, and who I like a lot, got it. Now don't hear what I'm not saying. I'm not mad that she got it. I love Jessica, she's a sweetheart. She's been here 7 years, she really wanted the position, and she'll be great at it. I'm a relative newbie, so that probably would have caused problems anwyay. I didn't really want the position except as a backup. So it's not that. Still, it's a bummer getting passed over. On top of that, everything kept breaking at work on Monday. Sucky day overall. I went to yoga class. Seriously, an hour later, I felt SO much better. Like I went from crying to my dad on the phone to absolutely fine. Awesome.
Tuesday was a good day. A great day actually. WE WON TRIVIA! Partly because I knew movies and Stephen Hawking - thank you Legally Blonde "they say Stephen Hawking stole his A brief history of time from my 4th grade paper"
Past two days were good. Nothing really to report.
Today I agreed to hostess every weekend for Rosalie, 9-5. So I will be working 7 days a week. They're making an exception for me to go to Kilgore and see Luke and Emily in Texas Shakespeare Festival. I might also ask for another exception so I can go to New ORleans at some point. But otherwise I'm working 7 days a week, either 8-5 (for Melrose) or 9-5 (for Rosalie) till August. Yeah.
Then I got devastating news. Galveston bit the dust. Well, we're about 95% sure Galveston bit the dust. It could come back to life. But that's not looking very good. It wasn't my fault that Galveston bit the dust though. The finance committee took the position out of next years budget, so they cna't pay it. Yeah. The budget still has to be approved, and things are looking better than they had origianlly anticipated, and they know they desperately need a curator, so it COULD be put back in there. But right now it doesn't look good. I was really upset. I left work a little early today and sobbed my whole way home. But I knew I had to go to Rosalie and pick up my stuff to learn the story so I can start giving tours there soon. So I decided to try and see if I could get the same feeling I did when I was bummed on Monday. Keep in mind that I was MUCH more upset about Galveston than I was about the museum tech. I did 10 minutes of yoga, versus an hour. I felt SO much better. I don't know if it was taking the time in the corpse pose to pray, or just focusing on "inhale, exhale" or something about the poses. But whatever it was, it works! Granted, after I go to the ballet with Darian tonight, I will probably go home and have a break down. But still. For right now, it got me to the point that I could go to Rosalie and get me stuff, fill out an application for a job in Hawaii, and get ready for the ballet, all without sobbing, hyperventilating, or having red eyes and tear stains! THIS IS AMAZING!
Oh and I decided to claim a little bit of disability in my national park service job applications. They have the option of "distortion of a limb or spine" on their disability thing. I have scoliosis. My spine is curved. Thus it is distorted. I'm hoping that means I qualify for section A, so I can skip all the interview and bs process and get hired instantly. HERE'S HOPING.
I'm also applyign for a bunch of internships with the Student Conservation Association. Plus there's a whole list of jobs I've found that I'm sending out.
Something's gonna happen for me. I'm gonna find a job. After all, it only takes one. And all I need is my foot in the door. Even if it is just my tiny little pinkie toe, as it would be with the SCA or the STEP program. SOMETHING'S gotta work out, right?!
Love and miss you all. Please be praying for me as I get through these next few weeks. Theyt're going to be very stressful - I'm working 7 days a week and searchig for a job so that I don't have to come home in 8 weeks unemployed and without health insurance, all while having a life down here. Yeah.
Monday I found out that Natchez was filling the museum technician position I was hoping for. One of the rangers who's been here for 7 years, and who I like a lot, got it. Now don't hear what I'm not saying. I'm not mad that she got it. I love Jessica, she's a sweetheart. She's been here 7 years, she really wanted the position, and she'll be great at it. I'm a relative newbie, so that probably would have caused problems anwyay. I didn't really want the position except as a backup. So it's not that. Still, it's a bummer getting passed over. On top of that, everything kept breaking at work on Monday. Sucky day overall. I went to yoga class. Seriously, an hour later, I felt SO much better. Like I went from crying to my dad on the phone to absolutely fine. Awesome.
Tuesday was a good day. A great day actually. WE WON TRIVIA! Partly because I knew movies and Stephen Hawking - thank you Legally Blonde "they say Stephen Hawking stole his A brief history of time from my 4th grade paper"
Past two days were good. Nothing really to report.
Today I agreed to hostess every weekend for Rosalie, 9-5. So I will be working 7 days a week. They're making an exception for me to go to Kilgore and see Luke and Emily in Texas Shakespeare Festival. I might also ask for another exception so I can go to New ORleans at some point. But otherwise I'm working 7 days a week, either 8-5 (for Melrose) or 9-5 (for Rosalie) till August. Yeah.
Then I got devastating news. Galveston bit the dust. Well, we're about 95% sure Galveston bit the dust. It could come back to life. But that's not looking very good. It wasn't my fault that Galveston bit the dust though. The finance committee took the position out of next years budget, so they cna't pay it. Yeah. The budget still has to be approved, and things are looking better than they had origianlly anticipated, and they know they desperately need a curator, so it COULD be put back in there. But right now it doesn't look good. I was really upset. I left work a little early today and sobbed my whole way home. But I knew I had to go to Rosalie and pick up my stuff to learn the story so I can start giving tours there soon. So I decided to try and see if I could get the same feeling I did when I was bummed on Monday. Keep in mind that I was MUCH more upset about Galveston than I was about the museum tech. I did 10 minutes of yoga, versus an hour. I felt SO much better. I don't know if it was taking the time in the corpse pose to pray, or just focusing on "inhale, exhale" or something about the poses. But whatever it was, it works! Granted, after I go to the ballet with Darian tonight, I will probably go home and have a break down. But still. For right now, it got me to the point that I could go to Rosalie and get me stuff, fill out an application for a job in Hawaii, and get ready for the ballet, all without sobbing, hyperventilating, or having red eyes and tear stains! THIS IS AMAZING!
Oh and I decided to claim a little bit of disability in my national park service job applications. They have the option of "distortion of a limb or spine" on their disability thing. I have scoliosis. My spine is curved. Thus it is distorted. I'm hoping that means I qualify for section A, so I can skip all the interview and bs process and get hired instantly. HERE'S HOPING.
I'm also applyign for a bunch of internships with the Student Conservation Association. Plus there's a whole list of jobs I've found that I'm sending out.
Something's gonna happen for me. I'm gonna find a job. After all, it only takes one. And all I need is my foot in the door. Even if it is just my tiny little pinkie toe, as it would be with the SCA or the STEP program. SOMETHING'S gotta work out, right?!
Love and miss you all. Please be praying for me as I get through these next few weeks. Theyt're going to be very stressful - I'm working 7 days a week and searchig for a job so that I don't have to come home in 8 weeks unemployed and without health insurance, all while having a life down here. Yeah.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
"I'm going to Jackson"
I love that Johnny Cash/June Carter song "Jackson". So I pulled out a line from there. Cause technically, I am. Tomorrow.
Here's the latest update. Things have been crazy down here! First off, my project. I've really enjoyed the project thus far! Scott and I spent the past week cataloging about 96 books from George Malin Davis, the 2nd owner of Melrose who bought the house from the McMurran family after the Civil War - the Davis descendants were there till 1975, and one of the descendants donated a HUGE collection including a bunch of books. There were books in there from 1640! Well, just one. Most were from the 1800s. But still. AWESOME! Now we're cataloging some maps, all copies of stuff, a bunch of slides that I think are from the 60s, some pantaloons, and a bunch of furniture. I don't think it'll take us that long. Then we're starting on an archive project, going through all these letters and stuff from the Davis family. SUPER EXCITED!
So that project appeals to my curatorial side. I'm working on appealing to my education side with Rosalie. If you don't know already, I am summer hostessing over there. I'll be working weekends, giving tours at Rosalie, getting paid minimum wage. I'm excited, I took a tour this morning and it's got a really great family story. I've got to fill out the application and turn it in, but that'll probably start next weekend or so.
So what have I been doing down here? I think the better question is what HAVEN'T I been doing down here! Since I moved down a week ago this past Thursday, I have had something going on every single night, except last night. Last night was the first time I've had a night off. It was GLORIOUS - I watched Must Love Dogs and Steel Magnolias and part of Mean Girls before falling asleep. Yeah things have just been super busy. I've been hanging out with Kaitlyn and Emily and Darian and everybody a lot. And I guess Natchez just finally has some sort of a life, or at least I do down here!
For those wondering, yes I did meet someone down here. I'm not gonna go into detail on here. That's tacky. But basically, met him at Bowie's Tavern. Sweet guy. Went out on Thursday, had an awesome time. He's coming to trivia on Tuesday. Lots of fun. Hey, summer romance, I'll take it.
Oh, Trivia! Fun story. So I played with the Melrose team, we called ourselves "Tables of 8" cause we had 8 people. Apparently they're always "Table of ____" and it worked out well that "Tables of 8" was like "Pieces of 8" :-). Anyway, I wasn't much of a help through the first 3 rounds - there's only 4 - current events, The Beatles, and General knowledge. We were in 3rd or 4th place, 3rd I think. Then he pulls up "Worst Movies Ever". I'm not even kidding you, Christina and I totally ROCKED OUT that category. With the exception of the first question, which Scott knew, Christina and I basically just passed the sheet back and forth answering questions. I knew such classics as "Gigli", "From Justin to Kelly", "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", and "Freddy got Fingered". Christina had "Howard the Duck", "Cool as Ice", and the directors for 2 movies. We got a PERFECT score in round 4 and went from 3rd to tied with Kaitlyn's family, the Mayfields, for first place!! The tie breaker was Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels. They wrote more down than we did. We got 5, they got 8, so they won. But if we had to lose to someone, I'm glad it was them. I love trivia, I'm gonna keep doing it. And apparently there's a wager on it this week ;-).
Tonight is Solid Gold Saturday Night, so I'm gonna go to that at Bowie's. They're having a mechanical bull. I think Kaitlyn and I (after a beer or 2) are gonna ride it. We're trying to convince Christina to do it too - our thought is, if we're doing it, so is she! Tomorrow's Darian's ordination, so I'm going to that in Jackson (thus the title). Monday is work and yoga. Tuesday is Trivia. Yep.
So that's it! And so you all know, just cause I'm having fun down here does not mean that I don't miss you all like crazy!!!!!
OH I'm still trying to get all my contacts back together from my phone. When I got down here, my blackberry randomly and suddenly deleted all my numbers :-(. So please txt me and tell me who you are when you do, so I have your numbers!
Miss and love you all!
Here's the latest update. Things have been crazy down here! First off, my project. I've really enjoyed the project thus far! Scott and I spent the past week cataloging about 96 books from George Malin Davis, the 2nd owner of Melrose who bought the house from the McMurran family after the Civil War - the Davis descendants were there till 1975, and one of the descendants donated a HUGE collection including a bunch of books. There were books in there from 1640! Well, just one. Most were from the 1800s. But still. AWESOME! Now we're cataloging some maps, all copies of stuff, a bunch of slides that I think are from the 60s, some pantaloons, and a bunch of furniture. I don't think it'll take us that long. Then we're starting on an archive project, going through all these letters and stuff from the Davis family. SUPER EXCITED!
So that project appeals to my curatorial side. I'm working on appealing to my education side with Rosalie. If you don't know already, I am summer hostessing over there. I'll be working weekends, giving tours at Rosalie, getting paid minimum wage. I'm excited, I took a tour this morning and it's got a really great family story. I've got to fill out the application and turn it in, but that'll probably start next weekend or so.
So what have I been doing down here? I think the better question is what HAVEN'T I been doing down here! Since I moved down a week ago this past Thursday, I have had something going on every single night, except last night. Last night was the first time I've had a night off. It was GLORIOUS - I watched Must Love Dogs and Steel Magnolias and part of Mean Girls before falling asleep. Yeah things have just been super busy. I've been hanging out with Kaitlyn and Emily and Darian and everybody a lot. And I guess Natchez just finally has some sort of a life, or at least I do down here!
For those wondering, yes I did meet someone down here. I'm not gonna go into detail on here. That's tacky. But basically, met him at Bowie's Tavern. Sweet guy. Went out on Thursday, had an awesome time. He's coming to trivia on Tuesday. Lots of fun. Hey, summer romance, I'll take it.
Oh, Trivia! Fun story. So I played with the Melrose team, we called ourselves "Tables of 8" cause we had 8 people. Apparently they're always "Table of ____" and it worked out well that "Tables of 8" was like "Pieces of 8" :-). Anyway, I wasn't much of a help through the first 3 rounds - there's only 4 - current events, The Beatles, and General knowledge. We were in 3rd or 4th place, 3rd I think. Then he pulls up "Worst Movies Ever". I'm not even kidding you, Christina and I totally ROCKED OUT that category. With the exception of the first question, which Scott knew, Christina and I basically just passed the sheet back and forth answering questions. I knew such classics as "Gigli", "From Justin to Kelly", "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", and "Freddy got Fingered". Christina had "Howard the Duck", "Cool as Ice", and the directors for 2 movies. We got a PERFECT score in round 4 and went from 3rd to tied with Kaitlyn's family, the Mayfields, for first place!! The tie breaker was Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels. They wrote more down than we did. We got 5, they got 8, so they won. But if we had to lose to someone, I'm glad it was them. I love trivia, I'm gonna keep doing it. And apparently there's a wager on it this week ;-).
Tonight is Solid Gold Saturday Night, so I'm gonna go to that at Bowie's. They're having a mechanical bull. I think Kaitlyn and I (after a beer or 2) are gonna ride it. We're trying to convince Christina to do it too - our thought is, if we're doing it, so is she! Tomorrow's Darian's ordination, so I'm going to that in Jackson (thus the title). Monday is work and yoga. Tuesday is Trivia. Yep.
So that's it! And so you all know, just cause I'm having fun down here does not mean that I don't miss you all like crazy!!!!!
OH I'm still trying to get all my contacts back together from my phone. When I got down here, my blackberry randomly and suddenly deleted all my numbers :-(. So please txt me and tell me who you are when you do, so I have your numbers!
Miss and love you all!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Short and sweet
Alright so this is gonna have to be a short and sweet post, because I only have 15 minutes before the library closes, and I don't want to get locked in - I've got trivia tonight!
This has been my schedule since getting down here -
Thursday - moved down to Natchez, had dinner with Darian
Friday - took Dad to the airport. Hung out around town. Stayed with Kaitlyn's family, my intern friend from last summer. Had crawfish for the first time - yum! Watched Alice in Wonderland
Saturday - slept WAY too late. Moved into my apt. Had lunch with Kaitlyn's fam, dinner with Christina's. Caught up with my friends. Went to Bowie's Tavern. Out till 1:30. Saw someone peeing in the bushes and a fight. Met someone ;-). AWESOME AWESOME night.
Sunday - Church in the morning. Did my Walmart run. Saw most of Lolita for the first time - creepy movie! Went to my first Yoga class. Ate red beans and rice with the Mayfield's and watched Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged. STILL laugh at "Cut the crap Hamlet! My biological clock is ticking and I want babies now!"
Monday - started work. Yoga class at 6. Went to Emily's with Kaitlyn, Christina and Scott (Christina and Scott are my roommates, btw), had cookies, ordered pizza, watched youtube videos ("Shun the non-believers! Shuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnaaaaa!"), and watched Mystery Science Theater 3000. Talked on the phone ;-).
Tuesday - Work. Had a tour of the local Jewish temple. Checking internet now. Trivia later tonight - apparently the whole town goes to trivia at Bowie's on Tuesdays, I'm excited it should be fun!
Wednesday - Work then dinner :-).
Next weekend, Bowie's is hosting solid gold Saturday night with a mechanical bull and a band and stuff, then Sunday is Darian's graduation, followed by Yoga on Monday and doing it all over again.
CRAZY! This town actually has a life - where was it last summer, when I was bored out of my skull?!
I'll fill you in on my project later. Gotta go before they kick me out!
OH and I do get facebook on my blackberry. HALLELUJAH!
Planning to check on job stuff when I have a free minute - looks like Thursday...
LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!
This has been my schedule since getting down here -
Thursday - moved down to Natchez, had dinner with Darian
Friday - took Dad to the airport. Hung out around town. Stayed with Kaitlyn's family, my intern friend from last summer. Had crawfish for the first time - yum! Watched Alice in Wonderland
Saturday - slept WAY too late. Moved into my apt. Had lunch with Kaitlyn's fam, dinner with Christina's. Caught up with my friends. Went to Bowie's Tavern. Out till 1:30. Saw someone peeing in the bushes and a fight. Met someone ;-). AWESOME AWESOME night.
Sunday - Church in the morning. Did my Walmart run. Saw most of Lolita for the first time - creepy movie! Went to my first Yoga class. Ate red beans and rice with the Mayfield's and watched Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged. STILL laugh at "Cut the crap Hamlet! My biological clock is ticking and I want babies now!"
Monday - started work. Yoga class at 6. Went to Emily's with Kaitlyn, Christina and Scott (Christina and Scott are my roommates, btw), had cookies, ordered pizza, watched youtube videos ("Shun the non-believers! Shuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnaaaaa!"), and watched Mystery Science Theater 3000. Talked on the phone ;-).
Tuesday - Work. Had a tour of the local Jewish temple. Checking internet now. Trivia later tonight - apparently the whole town goes to trivia at Bowie's on Tuesdays, I'm excited it should be fun!
Wednesday - Work then dinner :-).
Next weekend, Bowie's is hosting solid gold Saturday night with a mechanical bull and a band and stuff, then Sunday is Darian's graduation, followed by Yoga on Monday and doing it all over again.
CRAZY! This town actually has a life - where was it last summer, when I was bored out of my skull?!
I'll fill you in on my project later. Gotta go before they kick me out!
OH and I do get facebook on my blackberry. HALLELUJAH!
Planning to check on job stuff when I have a free minute - looks like Thursday...
LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Mississippi girl
Hi from Natchez ya'll! Yep. I just pulled out the ya'll.
So Dad and I headed down here last night. We had dinner with Darian, my pastor friend from last summer, at Cotton Alley, a new restaurant in town. AWESOME seeing her. Food... eh. Dad and I had jambalaya - both agreed it wasn't jambalaya, cause it was in a cream sauce. But still yummy. And they've got reasonable prices on other stuff. So it's all good. Then we drove around Natchez for a bit before heading back to the hotel. I took him to the airport this morning, then had lunch at Pearl Street Pasta (Shrimp scampi - YUM!) and am now hanging out at the library, charging my ipod, computer, and trying to get my ebook reader to update. I'll be spending the afternoon running errands/hanging out around town before meeting up with Kaitlyn at 5 (can't wait to see her!), staying with her tonight, and moving into the apartment tomorrow. My roommates - the other 2 interns that are in from out of town, same ones from last summer - will be here tomorrow too. Busy already!
I've really started getting excited about being down here. As much as I complained about it last summer, I really do love this town. After all, it's hard to find more history and more antebellum homes than Natchez has. Yes, it's not a lively town. Mainly retirees and older. But I realized over the past year that, if I have a group of friends, even a small one, and something regular to do at nights, I don't NEED a big city with tons of stuff to do. Example - I'm from St. Louis, MUCH bigger than Natchez' 20,000 people. Yet I don't go out clubbing or partying or even just restaurants and stuff all the time. Instead, I spent the past year going to friend's houses, doing stuff with my church, hanging out, etc. So if I have some regular interaction/can get out of the apartment regularly, I really am OK with not having tons of options on stuff to do. I've already got friends down here, Darian and I are gonna try to start up ladies night at the Vue regularly (bar here that overlooks the Mississippi River) - we did that last summer, apparently sometime after i left it kinda fizzled out, but we're gonna try to start it again. Plus Darian teaches yoga and some friends I know go to that, so I'm gonna try that. Never done yoga before. Should be interesting. AND I found out Shreveport's only 3-4 hours away, which means my sister and Luke are just 4-5 hours away. So if I need to see my family, I can go up and visit them. And if I need a doggie fix, I can go see their sweet mutt, Ella, who LOVES her Aunt Katherine :-).
Yeah I think it's gonna be a good summer. I don't think I"ll be as homesick and surely not as lonely. Plus my background check is through already, so I don't have to deal with the pain of that. My big resolutions are just to get out of that apartment more. Walk around. See more houses. Travel around more. Just get away from the TV.
OH and I've realized I can get FACEBOOK ON MY PHONE!!!!! *cue Hallelujah chorus*. So I can put off the internet withdrawal a little. Oh did I forget to mention that? The apartment doesn't have internet. Yeah. BUT the library does, as does the coffee shop, and my church down here, Grace UMC, does and Darian said I can use the wifi there, so it should be good.
Plus I'm getting a new computer. *cue Ode to Joy*. I'm SO EXCITED about that! It'll be here Monday.
Still no news on the job front. I'm gonna continue searching this summer. Keep your fingers crossed.
One last thing. Remember I don't have internet down here, so I prob won't be updating the blog quite as much as I have. I'll try but we'll see what happens. I want to try and get away from my "I need internet!" fixes and enjoy Natchez, Mississippi, and Louisiana a little more. So while I may be checking facebook on my phone... ok I def will... if I"m not on here, that's what's up.
Miss you all already! But I think I'm gonna be fine down here. Catch you on the flip side!
Love you all,
Katherine
So Dad and I headed down here last night. We had dinner with Darian, my pastor friend from last summer, at Cotton Alley, a new restaurant in town. AWESOME seeing her. Food... eh. Dad and I had jambalaya - both agreed it wasn't jambalaya, cause it was in a cream sauce. But still yummy. And they've got reasonable prices on other stuff. So it's all good. Then we drove around Natchez for a bit before heading back to the hotel. I took him to the airport this morning, then had lunch at Pearl Street Pasta (Shrimp scampi - YUM!) and am now hanging out at the library, charging my ipod, computer, and trying to get my ebook reader to update. I'll be spending the afternoon running errands/hanging out around town before meeting up with Kaitlyn at 5 (can't wait to see her!), staying with her tonight, and moving into the apartment tomorrow. My roommates - the other 2 interns that are in from out of town, same ones from last summer - will be here tomorrow too. Busy already!
I've really started getting excited about being down here. As much as I complained about it last summer, I really do love this town. After all, it's hard to find more history and more antebellum homes than Natchez has. Yes, it's not a lively town. Mainly retirees and older. But I realized over the past year that, if I have a group of friends, even a small one, and something regular to do at nights, I don't NEED a big city with tons of stuff to do. Example - I'm from St. Louis, MUCH bigger than Natchez' 20,000 people. Yet I don't go out clubbing or partying or even just restaurants and stuff all the time. Instead, I spent the past year going to friend's houses, doing stuff with my church, hanging out, etc. So if I have some regular interaction/can get out of the apartment regularly, I really am OK with not having tons of options on stuff to do. I've already got friends down here, Darian and I are gonna try to start up ladies night at the Vue regularly (bar here that overlooks the Mississippi River) - we did that last summer, apparently sometime after i left it kinda fizzled out, but we're gonna try to start it again. Plus Darian teaches yoga and some friends I know go to that, so I'm gonna try that. Never done yoga before. Should be interesting. AND I found out Shreveport's only 3-4 hours away, which means my sister and Luke are just 4-5 hours away. So if I need to see my family, I can go up and visit them. And if I need a doggie fix, I can go see their sweet mutt, Ella, who LOVES her Aunt Katherine :-).
Yeah I think it's gonna be a good summer. I don't think I"ll be as homesick and surely not as lonely. Plus my background check is through already, so I don't have to deal with the pain of that. My big resolutions are just to get out of that apartment more. Walk around. See more houses. Travel around more. Just get away from the TV.
OH and I've realized I can get FACEBOOK ON MY PHONE!!!!! *cue Hallelujah chorus*. So I can put off the internet withdrawal a little. Oh did I forget to mention that? The apartment doesn't have internet. Yeah. BUT the library does, as does the coffee shop, and my church down here, Grace UMC, does and Darian said I can use the wifi there, so it should be good.
Plus I'm getting a new computer. *cue Ode to Joy*. I'm SO EXCITED about that! It'll be here Monday.
Still no news on the job front. I'm gonna continue searching this summer. Keep your fingers crossed.
One last thing. Remember I don't have internet down here, so I prob won't be updating the blog quite as much as I have. I'll try but we'll see what happens. I want to try and get away from my "I need internet!" fixes and enjoy Natchez, Mississippi, and Louisiana a little more. So while I may be checking facebook on my phone... ok I def will... if I"m not on here, that's what's up.
Miss you all already! But I think I'm gonna be fine down here. Catch you on the flip side!
Love you all,
Katherine
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