Long day yesterday, The afternoon went as planned; I did laundry and read, watched a movie on Netflix instant (Factotum - eh, Barfly was far better), and grabbed a bite to eat. I went to the Mellow Mushroom, which I now realize is a chain. There's one in Valdosta, but it's in an odd location and always crowded, so I've never gone. This one is about a five minute walk from the dorms. I had planned on eating there, but when I arrive, it was pretty crowded, and there wasn't an obvious table for one, so I ordered a pizza to go. I got a regular cheese pizza, but with kalamata olives and pesto on top. The receipt was really interesting: the cashier's name was listed as "ghost" (no caps), my name was listed as "joesph" (which is far more common than you might think), and the pizza was listed as "cheese", followed by "actually kalamata" and "pesto swirl." After typing this, I guess it's not that interesting, but "actually kalamata?" What does that mean? The pizza was really, really good.
The thing at Hunter and Barbara's house was later in the afternoon, and it went really well. There home is tucked away, up a hill about five minutes north or west of town. Beautiful, but not ostentatious, home - nice view of Grandfather mountain. Lots of hills, greenery, fireflies, and apple trees. The food was good, conversation interesting, and Hunter went down the hill himself to put on a pretty good fireworks show. Everyone left around 9:30 or so; Frank, Yoshua, and Jason and I went to a bar called Tavern Inn for a couple of drinks before getting back to the dorm around midnight. I woke up at 8 this morning, but stayed in and out of sleep until 10:30. I have Brian Eno's Bloom app for my phone, and it can really make the transitions between awake and asleep pleasant.
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