Holiday Inn Gainesville-University Ctr,Fl

... 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 ...

... ft below was pretty intense. The pressure of the water was not as intense as I thought it would be, but that is a good thing. I didn't take my camera down on this dive mostly because I did not want to go that far with it turned off. The second dive we had an Easter Egg hunt, from which I won a scuba shirt from my universities scuba department [with an old date, 2006, and all!]. This time around I took my ...

The morning w*s * repe*t of yesterd*ys, $3 bre*kf*st speci*l *t *n hour th*t should be illeg*l for college students on spring bre*k. At le*st we're going diving. Tod*y we went to Devil's Den, this time in Williston *bout 5 minutes from our motel, so we did get to sleep in * little bit. This site w*s quite unique in th*t the dive site w*s inside * c*ve [not to be confused with c*ve ...

... 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.

Ok, Florida takes a lot longer to get to than we thought! It doesn't help if you go to bed late, oversleep, take a detour to Spruce Pine, and stop every hour. I wish that we had something cool to say about our trip so far, but basically, we just drove forever. The hotel is ok, but has a really really ****** bed and an exposed light fixture above the shower. Mike the engineer is going crazy! There's also rain and tornado watches. I hope the trip gets better from here!

Well, I finally told my boss that I am taking time off for my trip from Gainesville, Florida to Longmeadow, Massachusetts. My family and friends are so excited to finally see me for more than a few hours. I got to go home for Memorial Day weekend, but I was in my cousin Jill's wedding so I only got to see Jason and Amanda for a few hours (pre-gaming and bar-hopping around Springfield, of course). Andrew and I got to ...

... Pat and Casey, "but I'm n*t setting f**t *n the ****ing Gravitr*n." We wand**ed d*wn a narr*w dirt path lined with m*re white Christmas lights and s*me fake lant**ns. The s*und *f fr*gs and grunting alligat*rs was sl*wly dr*wned *ut by the carnival music, the grinding and clanking *f metal gears and rides, and the v*ices *f men yelling inspirati*nal insults int* their bullh*rns in an eff*rt t* get m*re little kids t* thr*w a ring ar*und a fish b*wl and then spend the rest *f ...