Gobble gobble gobble.

Sorry for not writing earlier, I’m sure so many of you have visited many many times anticipating my next update (well, I can pretend at least!)

So my family went to visit my U.T. (Uncle Tim… he started calling himself this in emails because he didn’t want to type his name out and it kind of stuck!) and A.L. (Aunt Lynda… so she would match with UT!) in Concord, NC. Our travels there were very interesting. Our Jack Russell Terrier, Spike, was a *tad* excited about riding in the car… just picture that commercial for the Bissell with the dog that is bouncing up and down everywhere – that is basically Spike in a nutshell.

The funniest part of the car trip was when we were very close to being there, I had to go to the bathroom. Badly. If I would have been standing up I would have been doing the “gotta go” dance. And of course, since we were going along city streets Spike was VERY excited and trying to jump up towards the windows so he could sniff. At one point, he decided to stand on my already-in-agony belly, to which I yelled, “SPIKE GET OFF MY URINARY TRACT!” I’m not sure I really find this humorous, but my family did. In fact, they seem to think that I am really quite funny. They obviously have a strange sense of humor.. hehe.

We had a lot of yummy food last week. I finally had some authentic southern BBQ, which we were too afraid to get over the summer. Also my first portabello sandwich at Jillians, which was much fancier than the one in Albany! (bowling alleys AND SKIBALL!) And an exotic raspberry chai latte. Lup lup lup! And that’s not even mentioning the turkey. My cousin Tim especially enjoys the “Jello” (what he called cranberry sauce outta the can as a kiddie).

I also made lots of new animal friends. There’s my Aunt’s bunnies, Bo and Frances (Frances has a serious attitude, she stomps her leg when she’s pissed off!) – and then my mommy’s new chihuahua, Lucy! She is 2 pounds of puppy love. A little rat/dog/cat thing, so ugly she is cute. I’ll have to post pictures sometime soon.

We also had our times of serious creativity. We made colorful mobiles and went to music stores to fuel our musical talents. However, I noticed a serious lack in any groovy accessories or music for clarinet. Well, there was one book that contained “Born to Be Wild”… “We Will Rock You”.. etc.. but for some reason I feel that the clarinet would take any coolness right outta those songs. haha It’s wrong, just wrong I tell you! I spent the rest of the week threatening to play boring Etudes. And Opuses (Opii?). And English Suites. And Symphonies. Etc. Etc.

Needless to say, I am tired from all this action. But it is the last week of classes, which is always quite busy. Fooey. Must muster up the energy somehow!

Posted by Carrie on Monday, December 2, 2002
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