The Hippie Show

Here is a picture of Kristina holding my neice Savannah Belle from a recent Florida football game....

Last night I had to work at a concert at the University of Florida bandshell. The band was called the String Cheese Incident, which I had personally never heard of so I didnt quite know what to expect. Apparently they are really big with the hippie crowd.... so for 8 hours I got to watch flower children dancing around barefoot and smoking pot in the middle of a field at UF. Needless to say it was quite interesting. I was amazed at the impressive amount of hula hoopers that there were walking around with their hula hoops and dancing. The music was actually fairly good, but the people watching was much better!

I am finishing my last 48 hour shift today and tomorrow.... my last trade time to pay back from vacation in early September. Then all of the additional hours I work will at least be overtime and not a trade.

Shawn is at home finishing the nursery today.... he tried to get the new paint on the walls Friday while I was at work but ran out of paint before he could finish. It was still a very nice surprise to get home Saturday morning and see it almost finished. The new color matches perfectly with the bedding, so I cant wait to get the walls finished and hang the valence so we can see how it all looks together.

I start back at school tomorrow... which will be the first time in almost 2 years that I have to be studying! But Im sure it will fly by... I am taking Accounting and Medical Ethics this semester. Ive emailed with both of my professors already and they seem very cool. So far my entire experience at Saint Leo has been very positive... they are very helpful and nice to work with. Next semester I will be eligible for a FRAG grant, which is a grant they give people in the state of Florida who choose to go to private schools. I should get enough money from my grant to pay for all of my classes, so hopefully school will basically be free for me! That would certainly be nice.

I talked to Helene last night for awhile. She is having a coed baby shower, which seems like it will be fun. She says she has a bunch of games for the guys, including one that challenges them on "Daddy skills" so that will be funny to watch! I cant wait to go down and see her and Jim... the last time we say them was in July and it seems like it has been so long! Her baby is due in January and she is having a little girl that they plan on naming Lana. She said she also has some maternity clothes for me... so it seems that I will have quite the wardrobe to choose from, which will be nice.

We went down to Macintosh yesterday before I had to be back at work. Shawn and Ben's boss has a huge house down there so they had a barbeque while the festival was going on. I didnt get to stay very long, but definitely had fun while I was there. Shawn ended up talking to one of his friend's wives who works in the financial department at Shands and said they just posted a job that Shawn would be very qualified for with his background in banking. She said for him to get his application in and she would make sure it gets looked at, so we are keeping his fingers crossed. It would combine banking with healthcare, which is what he was looking for, plus it would be 3 12 hour days so that would work out much better for us then him working every day.