I'm going on a mini vacation of sorts. After this TOEFL shift, I am off to the familiar, beautiful sauna that is Arkansas. My dad told me yesterday that it hit 117 degrees one day recently. 117! Said it was the hottest day on record ever. The funny thing is the official record was a mere 114 since apparently they take the temperature in the shade, which doesn't seem to make much sense to me. His poor garden is wilted and suffocating under the blazing sun. Not that is hasn't been pretty hot here too, but geez. However, after last winter, I don't think I should complain ever again about heat...it's probably bad karma or something.
Even with the heat and humidity, I cannot wait to get there. We just finished the madness of summer session last week and I need a BREAK. Not only do I need a break, I need to be home. I miss Arkansas, I miss my family, and I miss my friends. I've met some lovely people here in Springfield that are making living here a bit more tolerable and it's great to have my grandma here, but it is still so...different. That's as far as I'll go with that. I wouldn't want anyone talking bad about my hometown so I won't do that to anyone else. Amazing that a relatively short four hour drive away could make such a difference - that you can go from being in the south to feeling like your smack in the middle of the mid-west. I'm just not so sure I'm a mid-west kinda girl.
So, I'll look forward to, in a couple short hours, loading up Frazier and heading off to see the greatest people in the world, my family, and soaking up the 249 degree heat by the pool at Grandma's house. I'm taking my camera and hopefully for once in my life I'll remember to take pictures. Perhaps I'll also get a little recipe inspiration. With Brian gone, I've been trying to eat up random things and avoid going to the store so there hasn't been much cooking going on. It's a good thing I'm leaving today or my dinner might consist of pickles and a hot dog bun...
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