How Two Unemployed College Graduates Spent Their Fall in Florida

•Collected coquinas and made coquina stew
•Prayed...A LOT
•CJ finally got me to watch Star Wars for my 1st time…and I loved it!
•Skeet shooting competitions













•Memorized scripture
•Attended a discussion seeking to raise awareness about sustainability issues – Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, was on the panel…a brilliant man!
•I completed about 70% of my current six month semester in a month and a half
•Carved a Cat in the Hat inspired watermelon, oh yeah and a pumpkin

•Kayaked
•Hunted: 2 Florida alligators and CJ got his first deer
•CJ recorded a cd “Line Around the Outside” – the digital files are currently available for sale on facebook and myspace!! Check it out the lyrics WILL make us a more peaceful and united people

•Read – the Bible, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stepping Lightly, I Am a Strange Loop, Lovely Bones
•Yard work and two garage sales
•Enjoyed Friday night date night
•Swam in the Gulf of Mexico

•Dreaded each other’s hair

•CJ took the GRE and has nearly completed his Grad school applications to six schools!
•Trained for a sprint triathlon but then didn’t participate as we drove to Mississippi that weekend
•Drove to Mississippi to help my Army brother, Kyle, while he was moving from Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX to Fort Bragg in Fayetville, NC

And much, much more...