sweet home alabama all summer long..

i fail.. haven’t started the unsent letters… but first thing tomorrow! start of a new month 🙂 as for right now, i’m sitting in my tent at the campsite… on the internet :S i thought i’d bring my compy for music and imagine my surprise to find there’s a wireless connection here woot! don’t worry, this discovery won’t impede on all of the typical camping activities.. but it’s nice to feel "connected". i know that’s probably a (bad) characteristic prevalent in my generation, but i don’t feel bad. i don’t have a cell phone so i’m not constantly glued to that — the internet is my indulgence.. and vice. but i guess the good news is that since my cord isn’t long enough to reach the plug outside and i don’t want to leave the comfort of the tent, i only have a few minutes of battery power left…. so i’ll just share this one little thing that happened today that made me laugh. my dad and i were sitting by the fire just listening to music (a band is playing nearby) and

he says:"kirsten, do you smell sparklers?"

kirsten: "um no… i didn’t realize sparklers had a smell…."

dad: "oh yes, they do."

so we sat in silence for a few moments and then he stands up, pours half of his beer on himself and

says in a totally calm voice "it wasn’t sparklers, my shirt just caught on fire."

he was pissed… i guess a spark had flown up and landed on his sweater and un-noticed by him, burned a hole through it and left a burn mark on the shirt below. i couldn’t help it, i just started laughing and then so did he… sparklers….. oh my.

ok good night! can’t wait to write my first letter tomorrow and catch up with everyones’ entries!