Tracey

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Tracey
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Wed, 07-06-2005 - 9:28am

HEY YOU!

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Registered: 07-24-2003
In reply to: keli003
Wed, 07-06-2005 - 10:30am

HEY!! I would have called you but it was hopping busy yesterday. I picked up Savannah and my niece for the day and was returning them (and doing my laundry) when you called. I didn't get home until after 10 your time.

Camping was SPECTACULAR!!! I had SUCH a good time. I think I am going to zip up to where most of the group shoots pool tonight and harass them. My tent-mate was very sweet and respectful (dang him!), but we had fun. I didn't catch many fish until the last day, then I caught a bunch of northern pike and bass. Was a blast. I took it VERY easy on the drinking and was the only one except my roomie (lol) that was doing ANY drinking on Sat night that wasn't hung over on Sunday...blah! Then again, when I went to bed Sat night the dang tent wouldn't stop moving around LOL! My roomie didn't notice it moving at all, but I swear it was! :) Only blah part - and this is NASTY....

...they don't have even traditional outhouses where we went. They have the out but not the house! Just a stool sitting in the midding of the woods. Sara would NOT use it, and we were giving her a hard time about it - her reason was that she grew up in a really poor and rural part of FL (no electricity or running water) for the first 10 years of her life (or so) and outhouses were dangerous because snakes liked to go in them. We teased her SO badly. Until Sunday at dusk. She and I went to the "outhouse" and as I went to lift the lid on the stool I noticed something between the lid and seat (in the space there). I said "what is THAT?" (I was thinking someone made a mess) and she very sternly and calmly ordered me to back up. I told her to hang on and kept trying to figure out what it was. She practically YELLED at me to get back and that if I didn't she was going to move me back. Then it MOVED!!!!!! I walked back to where she was and we watched as a snake (just a garter so we went near it and "measured" how long it was - around 4 1/2 feet) slithered out of the toilet. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I will NEVER use an outhouse again. My skin is STILL crawling.

The guy from work called me on Friday last week while I was packing and we had a nice chat. He had good reason to run out that day, so I got over it.

ALSO - my EQ sweety and I have been having quite the chats....for hours. He is desperately looking for an excuse to come up here....I laugh. I am fairly confident that he will be here by the end of the summer for a visit. :)

ANYWAY, I go on and on and on!

I am SO glad you are feeling better. I'll call you later!
Tracey

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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: keli003
Wed, 07-06-2005 - 10:51am

OMG, I am SOOO jealous!