"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!