Powerless

Its been a good weekend, and it just got longer.

I went to southern Maryland, by the bay with Zak, and it was just great. Constantly at least 99 degrees, but just wonderful.

Highlights include:

-an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet to saturated in fat that at some points, returning to the heat-lamp, sneeze-guarded hot-tables, I actually gagged. One main hit was a dish called "Seafood Stuffd." Also on the menu was "Nugget Chicken" and "Cheese Pie."

-Made Matzoh Ball soup (the classic mid-summer dish)

-went kayaking and saw a lot of cute/awesome wetland animals, like redwinged black birds, blue crabs and WAY TOO MANY JELLYFISH, which are not supposed to be in wetlands at all, but it was their mating season or something so they had totally inundated the bay and the creek that led to it. We were in three feet of muddy, brackish water, going upstream, and a two foot long jellyfish would come floating past. Apparently they get washed up the creek by the tide, but it was still creepy.

-Went to a farmstand and made a cobbler out of fresh blackberries. Had to borrow flour from someone who we may have saved from throwing herself off the cliff by knocking on her door and asking for flour.

-Watched Insane Clown Posse Videos, including this little number.

As we were driving back, this insane storm passed over the area. Most of my county lost power, as well as Montgomery County and northeast DC. I ate dinner outside, read on the porch, enjoyed my yard and talked to my neighbors, who started making fun of me for lighting a candle outside. Little do they know I understand their Spanish taunts.

As night fell, the temperature in our bedrooms rose to at least 345 degrees. We all camped out in the living room, which was fun. Also, my mom has one of those radio/flashlight combinations that is powered by a crank, and we discovered that we can charge our cellphones and other USB things on it. Its so cool and not back to nature!

Anyway, because there was no power in most of the area, my work was cancelled....or so I thought, until my boss called me at noon, telling me to go to another place to work. I declined. Viva the revolucion. This was sweetened when my electricity came on soon after, so I have been lying on my back eating vegetarian "chicken" patties all morning. I hope my boss doesn't read this. Viva la internet privacy.

I'm going to the dentist in about half an hour. To prepare for this, I have been flossing for about a month, out of fear of my dental hygienist, a rotund Salvadoreña named Rose. I'm getting really scared of her yelling at me, like she did monthly for the three years I had braces, so I have flossed twice since waking up. I think I should go gargle again. Whatever, its not going to make much of a difference. I'm totally reasonable about my sugar intake, I rarely drink soda or eat candy, I drink a cup of coffee a day, I've smoked like 15 cigarettes in my life, , and I brush all the time, but I always have a ton of cavities. I don't know why!

Bout to give a shout out to by boys (and gurls) who have started blogs, even before going on study abroad. What go getters! check deez kids out.

Hannah

Jon

Hutch

(although their blogs might be more popular than this one)

And of course,the already-adventuring Britta

Ok, going to go floss again ("Brush 'em till they bleed!" as my grandpa always says). See you later!