So a couple of days ago the craziest thing happened! I was minding my own business at work and it was time to go to lunch. So I walked out, and realized that I'd gone out the wrong door and that my truck was on the other side of campus (I'm a sub. teacher for those who don't know). SO, I thought, "it's a nice day, no point in turning around, I'll just cut across this field." So I cut across this GIANT field only to find that there was in fact no easy way to get back to my truck and that I had to follow the fence along back to the road. Eventually I found this opening and rather than go all the way around the block I thought, "Okay, I can cut through here." So I walk awhile and realize that I'm actually on the fenced in campus of this small, Christian, elementary private school that's next door to the high school I was subbing at. No big deal I figure, there's bound to be a way out. Well it turns out it was completely fenced in! As luck would have it however, this guy was coming through the gate that led out into the parking lot (yes, even the parking lot was fenced off!). So I went through as he was coming in...only to discover that I was trapped inside a small parking lot that was completely fenced in, and the only way out was the gate through which I'd entered, and two other gates that led out onto the main street (an 'exit' and an 'enter') unfortunately during school hours the 'exit' was completely sealed off, and you had to be coming from outside (and in a car) to open the enter. SO, since the gates that lead out onto the road (which would have actually helped me) were REALLY high, I eventually elected to climb one of the shorter gates...back into the fenced in campus. After roaming around for awhile I finally found this underground tunnel which went under the road and out onto the other side. I figured, "this has to be a good sign!"...wasn't. It ended up leading me right into ANOTHER fenced in parking lot. By now I wasn't having this anymore! SO I just sucked it up and climbed the VERY high fence out which lead to the sidewalk by the road.

After all this I was blocks away from my truck, but I saw this subway in the distance and thought, "well that works." So I strolled over there for lunch and ordered a salad. Wouldn't you know it that to add insult to injury they only put a SPOON in the bag with my salad and no fork!!!! What the hell?? I made this epic trek and they can't even give me a frickin fork?

Anyway, I actually rather got a kick out of all that, so it wasn't too bad!

Last night I got a call from an old friend who I hadn't spoken with in about six years (he got my number from a mutual friend). It was kinda weird. He's like this 'ex-gay', Christian fundamentalist now, and I suppose he was spurred to call me because he'd heard of my 'wayward ways'. ...It's always nice to be insulted by someone you haven't heard from in six years.

Anyway, I'm thoroughly excited, I'm going on this trip back to Baton Rouge tomorrow and Saturday to visit an old friend that I haven't seen since I moved! It'll be a blast! We're going to relive all our old, fun activities. Then Saturday night I'm meeting up with some more old friends, then I'll (hopefully) be back in time to go to church and 'young adults youth group' Sunday. I really like them! It's such a progressive group! Like the exact opposite of my Christian Fundy friend. We have alota good discussions and also a lot of fun activities. Last weekend we played ultimate frisbee in the park, which was a blast! My two best friends go too, so it's always fun times Anyway I'll be having lunch with them, then going to a gay organization I belong to, then as soon as that's over I'm going to go visit some friends of mine that have horses. I've been hanging out more with them lately, and they're these insanely nice guys that are like this really serious gay couple, it's pretty sweet. They always talk about 'their nieces and nephews' and stuff. Anyway, they have horses and they invited me to go ride! I'm so excited about that! I haven't ridden since I was a kid!

So yeah, I'll have a nice, busy, fun-packed next few days