08.09.07

Wednesday:

yesterday the mom and i made the trek south to meet up with my uncle and his girlfriend for lunch. we took a serious drive through amish country, so pretty and so green. honestly, manure doesn't smell the best when it's 90+ degrees out and humid as a mother. but aside from that it was perfection. we stopped at a farm for some fresh produce and a cute little amish girl came out from back to wait on us. we then made our way to meet up with my uncle at his flea market stand. chels is somewhat enamored by the amish way of life so i snapped some pictures of some buggies tied to a fence and sent them to her. her response was a picture of a farm. apparently we both were in the country at the same time. we both found ourselves with spotty reception, i guess you'll have that. we attempted to have lunch at the main restaurant that was "down town" but found that they were without power. so we drove to the next town over and ate at a similar restaurant. it was funny, i think that i live in a small town but when you have to go to the neighboring town to find a restaurant because the ONE in your town isn't open it puts things into perspective. the food was good, i mean you can't really go wrong with a salad bar. after lunch we hit a little market to buy some cheese and then hung out with my uncle and his girlfriend and their place. i think the heat and sun did all of us in. when my uncle looked like he was about to fall asleep, we decided it was time to vacate. of course we stopped for some ice cream on the way home, because that's just how we roll.

today i got caught up on my boys and the newest installment of the real world. it had a different look to it like it was shot on film now or something. dunbar, if i'm remembering his name correctly, is a serious slab of beef. i have no problem understanding why the girls are about to scratch each others eyes out over him. i got a little uncomfortable watching it thanks to the blonde who seems kind of racist, shallow, evil, possessed... i'm not sure how long i'll make it through this season. i can't believe i've been watching this show for 14 years. why is it that the ones overseas tend to have the lamest casts? london, yawn. paris, whatever. CT was fun to look at but even he wasn't enough to keep me around for very long.