Friends In Pictures

This was last week's challenge, but just ended Sunday so I feel like I can throw this in the mix.

Besides, it's my blog and i'll blog what I want to.

The Will Hoge concert with Caley was awesome. Not a huge crowd, but some great fans nonetheless. We got to talk to him and he's a pretty awesome guy.

Caley and I enjoyed the show, then got the chance to talk over chili cheese fries, funnel cake and caramel apples (did I mention it was at a fair?).

It was really comforting to hear that we shared some of the same fears right now, about approaching the end of our undergrad years, feeling inadequate in the classes that are supposed to be our passion, and dealing with life's unexpected turns among other things.

Even though I still have all these grown-up thoughts and more swirling around in my head, I know I have an ally out there, willing and ready to back me up because ten years ago we had slumber parties together and played "Chubby Bunny" all night.

Blog Action Day Video

A Challenge Fit For Blog Action Day

You would not BELIEVE my excitement when I opened my blogger dashboard to sign on and let everyone know about my challenge for this week!



I am jumping ahead of myself so let me lay down the Challenge Masters' challenges:

• Conserve water by taking two minute showers.


• Buy and eat food as if I were using food stamps.


• Don't use my cell phone for a week.

Right now Athens, Ga. is in the midst of a very serious drought and the water supply could be gone by Christmas. Some residents of Athens have been responding to water restrictions with outrage. Others just refuse to see the urgency of the situation.

So this week I am going to do my part to conserve water. While I train in an Olympic size tank of water twice a day for swim practice, and there is nothing I can do to change that, I can certainly cut down on shower time, hand washing time, running the dishwasher and flushing the toilet.

How perfect this challenge was when I saw that October 15 is Blog Action Day. It is an opportunity for bloggers to blog about environmental issues all on the same day. Here is the video.

Yaro Starack in Australia seems to be having a pretty similar situation as we are here in Athens, and here is some advice I found for everyday conservation of water.

I know by cutting my showers down to two minutes is not going to restore the seven foot drop in the Bear Creek Reservoir where Athens gets its water. However, if everyone joined together to conserve we could all make a difference, so maybe I will inspire someone to change.

Good Friends and Good Music

After a long week of calling old friends and getting updated on their lives, I am now taking my challenge even a step further.

No petty phone calls here...tonight I am driving an hour and a half to the Anderson County Fair to visit my friend Caley.

When I called her this week she suggested going to a concert together to give us a chance to hang out and catch up while enjoying some awesome music together.

Caley is one of those people whom I always feel grateful to have around. She is probably one of my oldest friends. I remember the days when we would ride bikes around the neighborhood after middle school, and I am pretty sure I went trick-or-treating with her until we were way too old to dress up and ask for candy.

Tonight should be fun, but strange too, as we have always been good friends but have had limited outings in the past few years.

I am hoping that tonight will give us the opportunity to re-establish the great relationship we used to have.