Waking up, I felt like I was still in a dream. I ate pop-tarts on our porch overlooking the ocean. My hair was blowing as a storm rolled in, and once I finished, I ran out to dip my toes in. I felt like a little girl; I kept running in up to my knees and running back out because I was too chilly. I took pictures of the jellyfish that had washed on shore and documented the storm clouds. I felt like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz; suddenly, the sky got black and the wind seemed like it was going to blow me away. My surroundings looked like a picture Monet would have painted. Pretty soon, everyone else woke up and came outside to play touch football. I had an interception and got to be the hiker. It was so much fun. Just as we were making our way inside, the sky opened up and started to wail. It sounded like the house was going to fall over between the thunder and pounding of rain on the roof. During the next hour, Brendan and I gathered up our stuff and loaded up the car. I hated saying bye to everyone. We made better friends with the people we spent time with for four days than we have during our two and half years at Butler. We (and by we I mean Brendan) then proceeded to drive the six hours to Mississippi State to meet up with my friend Brad. I met Brad during YLC, and he and I both went to Washington DC over the summer to be staff assistants. It was really nice to reunite with him. He took us to his favorite burger place, and I got a peanut butter burger. I think it is in the top five best burgers I’ve ever had. After dinner we proceeded to have intelligent discussion until 1 a.m. To say it was intense would be an understatement; at several points throughout it, at least one person had to leave to cool off. Brad, his three roommates, Brendan and I disagree on a lot of topics, ranging from the economy to arrogance to outsourcing. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
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