Backseat Dialogue #2

We are now professional insulation installers. We have had two wonderful days of stuffing insulation and caging it in with masses of attacking chicken wire. Throughout the two days there are a number of quality lessons we have learned.

#1- Fiber glass makes your shirt shiny
#2- The combination of fiber glass and sand up your nose makes your boogers glitter.
#3- Wear gloves while working if you don't want to look like a self-mutilator.
#4- Crawling/hanging out under houses is really a very enjoyable experience.
#5- Shannon is a rock magnet.
#6- Not even the underside of a house is dry during a rainstorm.
#7- The quickest way to get everyone out from under the house is to find a huge dead rat.

Last night we had the privilege of livin' it up in the French Quarter. We began the evening at a fabulous seafood restaurant where only 1 out of 5 people actually liked seafood. However, the restaurant - the Bubble Gum Shrimp Company - had totally sweet atmosphere. Forest Gump was playing on the TV's, there were quotes on the tables, ping pong paddle menus, and even a roulette wheel. (Which Taasha just happened to guess the winning number for.)

After dinner we explored Bourbon Street. The first store we went into was a Voodoo store (which were all over). While our curiosity pulled us in, most of us left just a bit creeped out. Also while traveling down Bourbon Street Teresa was approached by a drunk guy who insisted on giving her "dancing" lesson which she gratefully accepted and proceeded to go to a hotel room. (Just kidding about the whole accepting part. She walked a lot faster...)

To wrap the evening up we spent some quality time relaxing by a body of water... probably the Mississippi.

Also, after spending the entire evening in search of some quality ice cream, we finally found a Walgreens. This was comparable to heaven for us with its large variety of wonderfully tasty ice cream. We bought a couple pints to share and enjoyed the creamy goodness as we waited for Ma, Pa, and the rest of the clan to take us home.

Today we arrived back at camp very early! We got rained out. Ok- we didn't just get rained out, we got POURED out. We were wet... very wet, and our wonderful van drivers were no where to be found! So we stood outside the van, in the rain, for what seemed like forever and a day. While getting wet we got to talk with one of the residents of Musicians Villiage. He stood out in the rain with us for a while and said, "Well, if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em." We liked him. He was cool.

So here we are... sitting in our construction site (Camp Hope), wondering if we're doing anything tonight, and enjoying being above the floor instead of below it.

With sincere regards,
Teresa, Shannon, and Kelsey