Belated updates are lengthy!

I realize it's been a few days since I updated. Partly due to the fact that I've been in South Carolina for the last few days.
We drove up to SC to Kitty's boyfriend's grandparent's house for her 22nd birthday. They have a lake house up there, so we were able to go “swimming” (meaning that she and I were on floating things and splashed around; I didn't really want to completely get in because it smelled too much like fish poo), and get a couple of boat rides. The last boat ride was this afternoon before we left to come back to Georgia, and it was raining. There was one pocket of rather heavy rain, so it felt like getting pelted with little rain paint balls (granted, I've never actually been hit by a paint ball, but it's what I imagine getting hit by a paint ball would feel like).




De, Kitty, and I also drove to Newberry to go antiquing on Kitty's birthday (Friday). I kept finding these awesome “African carvings” that I wanted to take home with me. But I highly doubt my suitcase would have had room for anything else by the time I'd packed all of them. There was one guy for 5 or 10 bucks (can't remember which) that was squatting and had this crazy grin on his face. I loved him! He will remain in my heart for a long time.
But while we were there (Newberry), it absolutely POURED. As in heavy rain, lots of wind, and thunder and lightening. Hello southern weather! At least I got a chance to get rained on during that last boat ride. Kitty and I were giggling and singing merrily (guess which song), and were mildly disappointed when we dried off considerably before we got back to the dock.

On the way back from Newberry we stopped at a grocery store called Piggly Wiggly (oh yes) to pick up a few things (including Parmesan Garlic Cheez-its, which were uber delicious and far too addicting for our own good). Apparently I'm a celebrity there now, because I received three enthusiastic compliments on my hair:
Number 1: A girl came up to me and said “I LOVE your hair!”
Number 2: Kitty saw/overheard a woman smack her husband on the back and say, “Will you look there! That girl has all different colors in her hair an' it looks good!” (Imagine in thick, Georgian accent.)
Number 3: The checker gave me a huge grin, and kind of laughed giddily, saying: “You're hair is so cute! I love it!”
I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up in the local newspaper.


Being here has made me realize how much I really want a cat. I'm going to look into it when I get back, hah. My favourite has been the chihuahua/jack russell/shih tzu mix named Dolce. She is super cute, and is quite the snuggler. She rolls over on her back when you pet her so you can scratch her tummy, and her eyes roll back and then close. You can practically hear her say “Ooooh, yesh yesh, more plz. I luvs you!”


Today, after we came home, Kitty and I ventured back out again to pick up some things and get dinner. (Did I mention that I'm driving a van for the first time? That's the car that's available for me to drive [it happens to be De's] while I'm here, so Kitty and I can go places. It actually isn't too bad. I've only run over a curb once!) My beloved yoga pants have finally met their doom, as the drawstring has broken and they're too big for me to wear without it. Therefore, I needed new ones, as well as new pj bottoms, as my yoga pants also doubled as pjs. My old ones broke the night we got to South Carolina, conveniently, so I had to wear jeans to bed and then sneak them off after people had left the living room and gone to bed. I decided to buy men's boxers as my new pj bottoms, because I've always found them to be outrageously comfy and more fun than your average bottoms from the women's section. So I traipsed over to see what kind they had, and there they were. Marvel Comic Superhero boxers.
Dare it be true?
Are they the right size?

Well, they were a small, but a men's small fits me fine; snug with enough looseness to be comfortable. 8 bucks for this incredible nerdiness? I think I can afford that.

We also came across fake facial hair at a quarter-toy dispenser thing outside of Dollar Tree. Of course we thought it would be hilarious to get some and wear them.


So far my general thoughts on Georgia is that it really isn't that much different from home. Athens is a college town, so I don't notice much difference, except maybe the weather (and the humidity hasn't bothered me much so far). It's almost like a mash up of the places from California. I see pockets of Nevada City/Foresthill, some more suburban-y Rocklin/Roseville, and Davis-esque pieces (especially once you get to downtown where the college is. The only difference is that it's very very hilly, and not flat). What's interesting me are the increased number of baptist churches and the more equal ratio of black and white people. Since Placer County is SO white-dominant it's refreshing to have a change. Even if I had to come to Georgia to experience it for the first time!

Kitty and I are being very silly (big surprise) and lots of giggling has been a result. Her boyfriend has a guitar he was given, and I bought new strings to put on it, so I can use it. Kitty and I have had a running list of silly songs we're planning to write ever since we came up with the “C-Tab” joke, and decided it would make a great band name. (C-tab was developed because we used to send each other <3s (hearts) on instant messenger, and then started sending each other LOTS of hearts, which looked like this: <333333. One of us remarked that they looked like curly butts, and the other said that they were Curlier Than Average Butts. Therefore, C TAB was born.) So we're hoping to get at least a few of them done!

My food issue hasn't been an issue, either, which I'm grateful for. The Kroger's that's near the house has a decent organic section, and there's a Whole Foods-esque place in downtown Athens called Earth Fare that has everything else I need. So, yay!

More later; that's all I can think of at the moment!