Deep Fried Pickles

Session one of Camp War Eagle was a complete success! I had a fabulous time and all went well. The 2nd evening consisted of the Real World Auburn skits which were hilarious and really well done. I was very impressed by all the counselors in it. Also the 2nd night was a hypnotist which was quite scandalous if I say so myself...all I kept saying was I thought the south was supposed to be conservative, but overall it was very entertaining. The main portion of camp on the 3rd day was getting the freshmen registered for classes, which they were all stressed over...but I actually found the process to be smoother than expected. Also the 3rd day I had a chance to get a real southern biscuit with egg and cheese along with some grits and sweet tea, as well as had ample opportunities to make fun of Wes, which is very simple because he is such an easy target. Oh another fun thing is that Star and I discovered our mutual love for the Justin Timberlake SNL skit Barry Gibb Talkshow...so I found it online and we watched it and almost cried from laughing. Here's the link for those who either love it or have never seen it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aOf0A-9Vgk

After camp officially ended we had a huge wrap up session which went well, there wasn't much to change because camp ran really smoothly, especially for a first weekend...so hats off to all the staff and camp counselors! After the wrap up meeting I had planned to lay low and go to sleep early, but that didn't happen. Just after I finished watching 1 episode of the Nanny and 2 episodes of Golden Girls I get a phone call to go out to dinner and to hang out. So Star, Natalie, Katie Doc, Katie Davis, Emily and I ended up going to a restaurant call Cock of the Walk which is named after Peacocks and they have 2 outside in a little caged playground. We ended seeing 2 other Auburn peeps and had they join on for dinner.

Cock of the Walk was quite the dining experience...I wish I had my camera with me. It was a very rustic "old timey" (which Melissa and Star SWEAR old timey is a word, but is it NOT). Anyway they whole place was wooden and the cups and plates were metal, but the food was awesome. They had deep fried pickles, which I will admit the thought of that scared me, but they were delicious and you are supposed to dip the pickle chips in ranch dressing yum. There was also really good cornbread, hush puppies (which are kinda like cornbread balls with onions deep fried), and there was outstanding cole slaw.

After Cock of the Walk we found ourselves at Katie Davis's apartment and we played Phase 10, which is a sick card game that I just learned last week. It was quite the intense game, but I was having poor luck, so once I was at about -375 points I decided to nap because it was late and I was tired. At once point while I was napping, but still slightly awake I hear people talking about me sleeping so I sat up and screamed which was hilarious and scared them. Doc ended up winning the game and then we came home and I slept very well, minus the fact I woke up at 7am and 8:15am thinking that I was late to training or CWE.

Today a bunch of us ended up back where Katie Davis lives at the Exchange and laid out at the pool ALLLL Day....like 6 hours. I am QUITE red with hilarious burn lines, but once I get a base I will tan. And I desperately need the tan, my legs were so white while wearing the shorts for CWE that I was afraid I was going to blind someone if they stared directly at my legs. So let's home to red turned to tan sooner than later.

I am thinking about creating a Camp War Eagle webshots album because trying to post multiple pics on here is really annoying, plus someone is going to show me how to put them on facebook as well. So hopefully tomorrow I will post pics somewhere and write back to all the wonderful e-mails I have been getting.

War Eagle!
Jenn