Hilton University Of Florida Conference Center Gainesville

... the community....<br><br>There was a woman who decided that she was to be our acting coach. Though she mostly laid backstage and yelled at us for being there.  She would fall in and out of sleep mumbling Shakespearean text and sharply requesting water.   She used very foul language and really needed a hug.  <br><br>Then there was this dude Bill. He was about 40, tan, drunk, and barefoot. He wanted to help. So ...

 <br> <br>6:30 pm<br><br>Sherl Crow's singing about leaving Las Vegas on the radio. She's a couple days late but I can dig it.<br><br>Gna go to the sushi place and then the beer place with matt and ashley tonight. It should be swell.<br><br>We're about 20 minutes away.<br><br>Matt's already mixing the drinks.<br><br>Here we go again.

If anyone is interested in looking at ALL of the photos from this trip, I managed to get them all to upload to my SmugMug site. I have the best luck with that provider. There are only 817 to plow through. Good luck ...

Today we went to our final dive site to finish the check out dives to become fully certified. Unlike the other two sites, these dives were just to swim around and enjoy so the instructors could be satisfied and we get our 5 required dives to obtain a certification card. Just the opportunity I need to play around with my Olympus 1030 SW underwater digital camera [10 MP and waterproof up to 33 ft]. The Blue ...

... did this time, since we h*d some free diving time, w*s pl*ying *n underw*ter g*me of Euchre. We bought * deck of c*rds *nd four people went down *nd pl*yed * few h*nds, complete with h*nd sign*ls, until the c*rds st*rted to disintegr*te. This w*s the beginning of our shen*****ns. Afterw*rds, while w*iting for *nother group to finish diving, * few of us c*ught * c*tfish in ...

... assist breathing. We all passed all of these without a hitch and got to continue on. Most people never fail, anyway, but it is just a formality to get your cert card.<br><br>After a long day of diving and a cookout we went back to our motel to do the only two things there were to do in Williston aside from diving, eat Subway, and drink. I'd say it was a pretty good way to end the night with some new friends.<br>

It's really starting to cool off, but still much better than at home, where it is in the single digits. The local office sent me a goodie basket...wine, cheese, crackers, cookies, fruit. It was so nice of them to do that. They really know how to make a person feel special. Walked to Cracker Barrel for dinner. Last chance for a while to enjoy wearing a light jacket outside.

... days have been filled with preparing for my big trip. I'm trying my damndest to get people to believe in me and send some money my way. I've resorted to emails, phone calls, selling things, fundraisers...the ones that look the most promising are the full fundraisers. I am going to be working in conjunction with 2 local non-profit agencies to have 2 separate big fundraisers. Hopefully that will move me along quite a bit. In the ...

... that even the slightest j*lt t* my system w*uld cause me t* puke up my entire digestive tract. The b*dy build**s w**e equally as sick save f*r the suave guy, wh* simply slid d*wn the wall, arms still cr*ssed, t**k a deep breath, and n*dded. "Time f*r a c**l-d*wn ride," Y*laf said. "Let's g* *v** t* the little planes." The little planes w**e th*se kiddie ride plane-shaped cars that r*ll ar*und sl*wly *n an uneventful track. Seemed like the p**fect way t* let my st*mach ...