So much for blogging more. I'm in North Carolina right now, visiting my Aunt, Uncle, and twin cousins. This week is school vacation, and we chose to spend several days making out way down here, camping along the way.
On the first day (which was also my mom's birthday), we went to visit Hampshire College for their accepted students Day. In case you were not aware, I've decided that Hampshire is the college for me! It was a fun day (it was also the day of their Spring Jam), except that the day started at 8:30. Since we had to drive 2 hours to get there, that meant waking up very early, and also convincing my family that we must get out of the house on time. I don't think I was taken very seriously, as we left 30 minutes late.
We spent the first night visiting with a family friend up who lives in upstate NY. My parents met her when they were in Israel, and she has known me and my siblings since we were born. She is also a huge foodie, which makes her really fun to visit. The next day we went to DC. It was my day to sit in the back seat of the van, and we also got lost and added about an hour onto our drive. We stayed with my grandparents in DC, which was also pretty cool, except that I slept next to my sister, who spent the entire night accidentally kicking me.
Then we went camping! Actually, the first night we stayed in a hotel because the weather was so bad. But the next night we went to Shenandoah National Park, to try to re-live my mom's memories of taking us there when we were babies. It was freezing, and the next morning as we were trying to decide whether to stay another night or not, it started hailing. While it certainly was an adventure, I don't think most of us are interested in repeating it anytime soon. Although, my brother really did enjoy the deer.
We decided to move on to a state park in Virginia, which happened to be almost completely empty. The highlight of that campground was the hot showers that were free and did not have time limits. It was also really nice that we didn't have to leave until after noon, so I spent the morning lying in the sun and reading a favorite Tamora Pierce novel. It was good.
Then we got to North Carolina! So far I've hung out with my cousins, slept, and been online. Later today we're going to the Lemur Center at Duke University and having a picnic (this was not my idea).
The South is so different. This is the farthest south I've ever gone in the U.S., and I didn't realize how much the South has a very different and distinct culture from the North. I'd like to spend more time in the South and learn more about it.
In other news, I didn't get the internship that I wanted this summer, and I didn't really have any sort of back-up plan. So I am now scrambling to figure out what I am going to be doing. Any ideas?
