I have always loved writing, but blogging is not my favorite form. There is something impersonal about tapping keys and watching the letters magically appear. That's why I love doing these things the old fashioned way. Feeling the ink flow out of the pen and onto the paper somehow makes it feel more like a labor of love than a task on a to do list so here's what you've been missing for the past few days.
I've mostly just been working on my draft proposal for the Mann-Simons site, and the draft that I will be turning in to John will be the 4th draft I've written even though It will be the first time he's seeing it. John has been out of the country for two weeks on a mission trip with his church and I'm really excited to hear how the trip went. Hopefully everything went well and he'll have lots of stories to share, after he digs his way out of a zillion emails that is. The proposal is coming along really well and short of a missing date and some images that need to be reworked, it is close to being done. To get it to this point I've been working a lot with Jake. He has been really helpful in reworking things so that they flow the way they need to and making sure that the images are the best representation of the site. I'm excited for John to see the proposal and see what he thinks of my work.
Other than working I've been enjoying pretty much everything in Cola. I'm finally starting to feel like I live here. I'm finding my favorite places to get lunch, coffee, snacks, and groceries. It doesn't feel as strange to call everyone "Ma'am" or "Sir". Being called "Ma'am" is still a bit weird for me but I'm finally getting over it. I am trying to get the most of this experience and so far that has included food. So far my favorites are Cafe Strudel, Pawley's Front Porch, Palmetto Pig, Yoghut, Liberty Tap Room and Grill, and Pita's. Palmetto Pig and Pita's came courtesy of everyone at HCF and they were fabulous recommendations. I can't wait to take Monica and G&G to a few of them while they're here.
The only bad thing I can find with Cola, other than constantly being just a touch too hot (its 101 here today), are the stupid palmetto roaches. I've never really been scared of bugs. At least not to the point of shrieking and running away but I cant even get close enough to kill the suckers! Even if I did get close enough some day the stupid thing probably wouldn't die. A tour guide in Charleston said it best "They're leftovers from the prehistoric era with exoskeletons like plate armor and no matter how many times you hit them they just dont die!". They're DISGUSTING and EVERYWHERE!!! Its a good thing Dr. Hilliard told me about them before I left or I would be having a kiniption. No matter how clean you keep things, or how nice and new your apartment is they always turn up. Currently there is one that made its home in the dishwasher and the garbage disposal which has become seriously crippling for my cooking abilities. Hopefully while I'm at HCF today it'll come out of its hiding place and Wes will kill it so I don'st have to see it again. Blech. I never thought I would miss the june bug invasion at Camp Shalom every summer or the box-elder bugs that coat screens in Iowa but let me tell you...those suckers are TAME!
(This is where I was going to put a picture of one of the giant nasty things that plagues this city but as soon as I started looking for a picture I had that feeling that they were crawling on me and I couldnt do it....so just imagine it...or google it if your brave!)
I don't have any great pictures to send you off with but I promise I will next time!
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