Sweet. I'm in Florida. I'll be here until the fifteenth. Maybe I'll get to see you all. :-) I'm staying with Uncle Sammy and Aunt Carolyn (...I hope I have her name right...) and they have quite the interesting household. You'll find that CSPAN is on the TV quite a bit, and that they're doing their best to make a difference in the world. They like to try and conserve energy...They eat organic foods...They use recyclables and keep up to times with what's happening in the world. A few things I'm concerned about, though.

In the shower, they have 'Mane and Tail' shampoo and coniditioner. This shampoo has pictures of horses on the front. I've never heard of it, and today was the first time I used this brand of shampoo. I'm still trying to figure out if I just used the soap fit for horses to wash my hair. At least I won't smell like I have horse B.O. or have bugs in my hair...right?

They also have organic toothpaste. It's brown. I guess it's the most natural mint flavor I've ever tasted. Did it work better? I couldn't tell you. All I know is that instead of having light blue as I scrubbed my mouth, it looked like I took milk chocolate and smeared it all over my teeth vigorously.

This is a thinking household, meaning that even if you want to just hang around and relax, or if you want to maybe watch the Sci-Fi channel instead of something that will inform you of politics, you will probably end up thinking about global warming and/or the new ethics bill propositions.

You might also end up going to see foreign films that you need subtitles to understand, or go to museums that have art with the thought provoking power to make you ask, "What would possess someone to paint a blue and orange stripe on a green background and sell it for millions of dollars to the highest bidder?" Maybe the thoughts being provoked from my mind aren't what I was supposed to be wondering.

All in all, my first day here was an interesting experience. Thirteen days to go.