Busy Bee
Though “mosquito” would be more appropriate, given the environment in which I live. This past weekend I made my Florida West Coast tour, hitting such locations as Tampa (well, Lithia to be precise), Sarasota, and all the necessary points in between. In Tampa, I visited with some friends and we went to Busch Gardens. Oh, a note on the past few days: rain. Driving to Tampa on Friday was close to some of the worst weather I’ve ever driven in, at points not being able to see 100 yards in front of you due to the rain. Yes, it also rained at Busch Gardens, it rained, and rained, and rained. Apparently when it rains at Busch Gardens, the majority of the park closes down, but we still managed to have a great time anyways, and at points, the weather cleared up permitting us to ride almost all the rides we wanted to anyways. Favorite quote from Busch Gardens, “I’m sorry sir; the boat doesn’t work well when it’s raining, so we had to close down the ride.” “So you’re saying the boat doesn’t operate well in wet conditions?” “Yes.” However, our proudest moment was getting everyone to boo in the line to the R.L. Stein Experience (spelling on “Stein?”). After waiting for about 30 minutes, they began to repeatedly open and close the doors without letting anyone in. So, after about the third occurrence of this, a friend and I started booing, and the whole crowd chimed in with like sentiments. While in Tampa, we stayed at a friend’s house, were fed incredibly well, reminding me of a former vacation, and both watched and made fun of the films High School High and Harry Potter.
Prediction for the next film: Harry and his friends snoop around, hear some stuff they shouldn’t hear, get caught in some places they shouldn’t be, one of his friends goes unconscious, the Malfoy’s get more evil, and Harry saves the day on no merit of his own. Oh, and Gryffindor wins. And no, I have not read the book.
After our fun in Tampa, I drove my friend to his hometown of Sarasota on Sunday. I’d say it’s been about, at least 10 years since the last time I was in Sarasota, so I thought it was nice to go there again. Before I left, we drove to the beach and looked at the “world’s most beautiful beaches” after a semi-hurricane had just passed through. I dropped my friend off back at his house and proceeded to drive in the worst driving conditions of my life on I-75 back up to Gainesville. I’ve never used my hazards before on my car, ever, so this was a first, driving with my hazards on because I couldn’t see 20 yards in front of me. North of Tampa, everything thankfully cleared up for the most part, and I’ve made it back safely to Gainesville. Yes, I prayed on that car ride, and yes, thank God.
Today I’ve been working outside for most of the day. We’re trying to get grass to grow, so today I spent hours raking a yard, revealing soil that hasn’t seen the sun since at least last fall. After finishing up with the raking, I swept and mopped the kitchen and the foyer. I’ve got to head off to do Preview in a few moments (it’s the event where new UF students get acquainted with the campus), then drive to some nursery and buy some more plants, and tomorrow we’ll be planting and throwing down the new grass seed. I’ve been busy as a “mosquito,” or that ant pile I raked earlier today.
Coming Clean
The house in which I live, the GCL House, is slowly, but surely, getting cleaner. Last night I mopped the kitchen and pantry floors, and the difference was astounding. This evening, after dinner, I cleaned the stove, and I noticed, “Wow, the area around the burners is actually white, and all that brown stuff is not rust.” Such comments as “Hey, the floor isn’t brown, it’s actually a light green,” are not uncommon after cleaning in the GCL House. The house is coming clean, slowly, but surely.
News… Again
Didn’t quite now what to title this thing, so I thought that the above title would do 
. Anyways, it’s been a while since my last post, I’m coming off of a thousand miles or so of driving and like 120 hours of straight packing/unpacking. These past few days I’ve been back and forth to Orlando more than a few times, and after a long, seemingly grueling at points, process my room is in relative order and I feel as if though I’ve made progress on my move (being about 85% done). So, that’s more “news.”
Updates
Finished painting my room today ! It was quite a surprisingly hard job and I’m truly thankful to everyone who showed up to help…and yes, your pictures will be on my web page…someday . It turned out before we painted, we had to strip as much of the old paint off the walls as we could get, this was annoying. But, after two or so days of stripping, I finally got to paint . Unfortunately, those who wanted to help paint really didn’t get too due to timing, for this I apologize. But, the room is done, and as said before, a big thanks to those who helped .
One More Thing
Oh yeah, one more thing: I’m gonna be painting my new room this weekend, if anyone can and would like to help, the help would be much appreciated; I’ll buy pizza for whoever is there. Give me a call and lemme know, thanks! And, I have made the commitment not to type on AIM for the rest of the semester, if you guys want to talk to me, call me. I may still put up away messages, but I will not respond. Peace.
