home...

hi...so I came home, I survived, and I'm glad that Illinois is the flattest place in the WHOLE COUNTRY!! Oh well...at least we can GROW topography (aka corn) if we can't have mountains and stuff.

I'd never been out east and I liked it I think. Saw DC in like 7 hours. Not the smartest idea but we did it. Saw some old friends, spent a day on the beach, went to a waterpark, did Williamsburg, talked with Patrick Henry, watched some good movies.

Oh...and I discovered something about myself...I'm obsessed with barns. Not the kind you would put something in. The old wooden kind that look like they've been there for about 80 years and are sagging and loosing paint and have those cool grain elevators next to them and ivy growing up the walls. I took about 20 pictures just of barns while driving in the car. One of the many joys of digital cameras. So...I'm home, but I'm also tired, so now I'm out...