Sleepin' in till 9AM

Oh-ho baby, it was a good extra hour of sleep though. I've been getting up at 8AM every day for class, but since it was Saturday apparently we get to sleep in. The Commune had a gigantic brunch, featuring feta-cheese-shrimp-asparagus omelets (DAMN THEY ARE GOOD). Tons of food. The first day or two, I didn't get enough to eat and I was feeling rather out of balance, but I'm feeling much better, and much more well fed now. Dinner last night went really well, although it did turn into a garlic-fest of sorts: my fault most likely. We had pasta and spaghetti sauce with the options of adding shrimp sauteed in garlic and/or mushroom sauteed in butter. We also had salad, garlic bread, and home-made chocolate chip cookies made by Tom. It was all delcious, and the cookies were a BIG hit. Everyone was asking Tom for the recipe!

Today was a perfect springlike day: warm with a warm, damp breeze. Tom, Neha, and I biked over to the gift store and bought goodies. I got a T-shirt for Dad and two t-shirts for me! One is black with bioluminescent creatures on it, and the other is a kid's shirt that has cute cartoon sharks (it was 7 bucks, so I had to). I also got Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Family Cookbooks for Grandpa G and myself. I've found that these types of cookbooks--where people send in there well-tested recipes with their names attached to them--are the best. Things are generally very easy, interesting, and tasty. Besides, I dream of cooking things. I love reading cookbooks. . . and also the yellow pages.

We went snorkelling again today, and of course as soon as we arrived at the beach the weather turned bleak and windy. But it's funny how warm the water is once you get over how cold it originally feels. Folks were walking along the causeway in their sweatshirts looking at us incredulously. Yeah, I could hardly believe we were in the water either. But we found heaps of urchins and sand dollars, and we sang along with the radio on the way up and back. So it was a good trip overall.

I really like our group. Of course, annoying girl isn't that great, but it turns out just about everyone feels the same way. Now I feel a little bad, because she's kindof withdrawn herself and sleeps alot. It's hard to know how to handle people like that, without perhaps making them feel unwanted. Oh well. We have a really inventive group, and alot of random-noise-makers. Greg, our professor, was scurrying about this morning singing TOM BOM-BA-DIL-LOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I like these folks ;)

The British are coming! Tomorrow!