Journal Entry #8

Well, It has been a while! I have been pretty busy lately, trying to get ready for the move, so have not had that much excitement in my life lately. There have been a few things worthy of mention though...

It is hurricane season once again in FL. They are predicting that it will be just as bad as last year, with about 15 tropical storms and 9 hurricanes. So far, I believe it, cuz we already got our first tropical storm, only days after the official beginning of the season. It has been raining forever now, and while this morning it seems to have cleared up, (maybe I should go to the pool while I can) but I think that it will start coming down a little later on again. Lately, I have been selling my furniture, and so far I have been successful getting rid of about half of it, however the rain has made it difficult to move it out. Well, the rain let up for a while last night and it was go time. Moved the table and entertainment center as quick as possible, and then dropped my cat, Shadow, off with a friend named Kristen. She will be watching after the kitty while I am in Argentina. I am going to miss that cat, she brings me so much joy. I have never seen a cat with so much personality. I am so glad that I adopted her from Pinella’s Pet Center, located on 34th st. S. She came house trained, with all of her shots, and already spayed for only 34 bucks, what a bargain! Plus she has been the sweetest cat in the world, cuddling with me at night, and whenever I am having a bad day!

Last night I went out with my friend Kaci, a girl from St. Louis that I met on the London winter term trip at Eckerd. We went downtown to the Baywalk, and had a drink at Wet Willies, a great place for a frozen drink. I had a mojito, but I would recommend the “Call a Cab Home”, it is much better tasting and properly named. Kaci had some of her other friends meet her down at the bar, and caught a ride home with them. I met up with my boy Andrew, and crashed at his house down on 4th ave S. Had a fun walk home through downtown St. Pete. Reminded me a lot of the days when we used to roam through The Hill out in Boulder; nothing but college kids out, drunk, having a good time. Ate a gyro that was so good; it was big, delicious, and only $5. They are open till three, but I can’t remember where it was exactly(Yea, definitely reminds me of The Hill. We used to eat gyros late-night over at the University Market Deli). After finishing up, we ran into a guy named Rod. He was waiting on a cab cuz he lost his licence, and told us about some other good bars in the area. We will have to take that advice, and if we ever run into him again, have a drink with him. He was one of those real friendly people that probably has a lot of interesting stories to tell.

Well that sums up the last few days. Today I have to continue cleaning and packing, so I better get to it. I will write more later...

{Marketing tip#1: I put flyers up at all the local apartment complexes, around the mailboxes and laundry mats. I have gotten far more responses to this than running an add in The Flyer, which cost me way more money than it was worth.}