I can’t even begin to explain the things I have learned at this conference the last two days. It has truly been insane. The amount of oppression and just horrible things in the world is overwhelming. It’s been so great and I have collected many book titles and documentary movies to watch and I can’t wait to get started this summer. It’s gonna be great.
Our presentation went well. I think the ending had the strong impact that it was intended to make. However I just wish we had more time. Time. It’s always time. 30 minutes was not enough to explain over two years worth of information. But it was a great first step and a wonderful experience! I am so proud of everyone and can’t wait to come back to this conference next year!
After the whole conference was said and done, we decided to celebrate. We started off at this bar called Rebar. There we drank a few beers and played darts. It was pretty funny because it is a college town and on a Friday night, it was packed. Everyone there was drinking, they were playing loud dubstep music, and people were wearing cowboy boots like it ain’t no thang. It was way fun.
I suck at darts. It probably took me the first 3/4 of the first game to even understand how scoring worked. We played Teachers vs. Students. Jackie and I lost, ha! But we played 301 after that and Flavia and I ended up winning, me with the winning throw! Go figure.
After that we left because no body liked the music and headed to a bar called Losers. Yes, Losers. Conveniently right next door was a bar called Winners. I’m sitting in this bar,
(I turned my chair to face everyone standing) at a table, live band playing, drinking and laughing with everyone. Next thing I know an elbow hits me in the back. I turn to see and there’s an old man sitting next to me who replies with “sorry baby” and I’m officially creeped out. We keep talking, randomly cheersing and drinking with him. I then realize people keep talking to him randomly. I ask everyone that I’m with if they know who he is cause I think he’s famous. Come to find out after a bit of talking I have just found myself sitting next Earl Bud Lee. He’s a song writer most known for writing Friends in Low Places. For those of you who know me well, Garth Brooks has been my favorite since I was a little girl. This has been a pretty bomb moment in realizing who I’ve been sitting next to all night.
He was totally sloshed. But hey, who can blame the guy. What is great about Tennessee is that almost every place has live music playing. ALL. THE. TIME. I’m not joking, breakfast, lunch, dinner, there’s always a live band of music. It was really great, even in this bar. We had loads of fun the rest of the night, talking, cracking jokes. Eventually we decided to call it a night and headed back to the hotel. Here we ordered pizza and played Rummy until about 3 in the morning when I called it quits for bed. But it was a great night to remember!
As you can see, we are a bit far from home. Almost directly East, which is kind of odd. Anyways, it is so different here than California, let me tell you! Everything here is big and green. The leaves on the trees are the biggest I have ever seen. Even the flowers attached to those leaves! They have some of the most beautiful Magnolia trees in this town. So much beauty and green, everywhere. Before we started we wanted to get coffee and took the liberty of driving through a local Starbucks. In doing that, we ordered and as we got to the window to pay, the man helping us asked where we were from. Apparently, we don’t sound like we are from Tennessee. In response our simultaneous one word answer of “California” the man without though says “No shit!” and instantly realizes he is at work. His face was priceless. He looked around a bit to see if anyone heard him, looked back at us and says “I mean, cool!” It was a pretty humorous start to our morning. I’ve come to find many people are surprised
The Wandering Sandals 