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I feel like I really ought to sit and write a post…. I haven’t gotten to talk to many of you in too long! We are a little more than halfway through the summer now, which is totally crazy to think how fast it has already gone.

Days here consist of not much- in a good way. Wil often sleeps in late, and if I am not joining him, I meet our friends for breakfast at the cafeteria. The highlight of many mornings are the waffle machines where you can make them fresh for yourself. : ) Laura and I have gotten into the habit of taking the dogs for a mid morning walk, which they love. We just do a loop around campus, usually catching one of the main orchestra’s practice on the way, and hardly a mile later the girls are exhausted.
I have to say, the cafeteria is not great. We sprinkle in some local burritos, thai, or pizza (or even taco bell) into our days and nights when the food is just not really edible… you can only be creative on the salad bar or make a pb&j so many times before getting bored of it.

I’m trying to sit here and think about what we usually do during the day…and it doesn’t amount to much. Some afternoons are laundry days, nap time, reading, guitar hero, recitals or afternoon concerts to go to. On hot days we’ve gone down to the dock for some sun and a dip in the chilly lake (watch out for snakes!) But for the most part, it’s any combination of the six of us…Laura/Jason (who asked us to come and is Wil’s ‘boss’), me/Wil, and Matthew/Sarah (came back from last year as the high school deans… Wil is the college dean). We eat together, sit on the porch together…

What has consumed the majority of our time and what we do every night while the deans are on call for any issues is watching The Office…Laura and Jason had never seen it, so we are going start to finish! It’s just as enjoyable to watch someone see the Jim & Pam story unfold for the first time, as it is to see the episodes again.

We stay up late…maybe have some wine or beer (funded by offering high schoolers 5 bucks to drive them into town as opposed to a $7 cab…he he), and Wil locks up the college hang out around 1am. And that’s the life. The concerts have been amazing- the larger scale ones take place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but there’s constant practice and things going on throughout the week. Music literally fills the air at any given moment. We’ve seen some amazing musicians and an opera already (Hello Dolly is this weekend!). Matthew likes to give us a hard time for the fact that no one famous comes from Oregon- but there is a 15 year old violin prodigy that’s pretty amazing to watch (he came last year too)…if you ever hear of Brandon Garbot playing with any of the symphonies in Portland or around home, you must go see him. (Wil picked him up from the airport when he first arrived, and told Brandon all about how he had heard about this amazing young violin player…all the while not realizing he was talking to him.)

As for life outside of Brevard…Wil’s been working on looking for apartments online. He’s got a few leads, but nothing can really happen in that department until it’s closer to September, when we can see things in person, and depending on what’s available. I started working on my portfolio- I’m giving myself a couple hours a day every other day or so to research stuff online, get my info together, etc. I’m not feeling the most encouraged or motivated…it’s hard wrapping my brain about working again when not working is so fantastic. But we won’t survive without the income if Wil is too busy to not have a job during school…ugh…being an adult…

Well, shoot an email if you want- we are finding more pockets of internet around here…right now by some stroke of luck, one of the networks way across the field picks up in our cabin ever so often. Trying to get back on the grid!

-love-

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