Hola Amigos!

¡Saludos de Corpus, Christi! Si usted consigue siempre la ocasión de ir aqui , tome la oportunidad. ¡Es grande!

Now for all the gringos, Greetings from Corpus Christi! If you ever get the chance to come here, Take the opportunity. It's great!

That's right folks, I'm writing to you today from Texas, where the weather is set at 70 degrees, the beach acts as the backyard to my hotel room, and the U.S.S. Lexington is my next door neighbor. So far, I've spent most of my time on the beach which is wondefully warm, and today I went downtown where I sat for awhile in the South American coffee shop called AquaJava. Muy unico (unique) indeed. Tonight I will be heading over to Blackbeard's, a restuarant/bar/music hall where I hope to find some good live music and not too many drunk college students. So far, I really haven't noticed the tide of spring breakers here, I think they're all at South Padre Island which is about 20 minutes away and that is ok with me. So, Gillian, any interesting stories from the road? Just a few. The airport just about gave me a heart attack because when I went through Security, they searched my bag with my laptop in it and found my stash of cocaine. Good thing they believed me when I told them it was baby powder. Just kidding, but they did do the swabby thing test to my computer and for whatever reason my computer set off the alarm for chemicals and they had to do a pat down. It really did scare me, especially when it happened for a second time! But then they cleaned their stupid dirty machine and it came out all good. Disaster Averted!
My other fun story from Corpus Christi is that yesterday I walked to the Whataburger about a half a mile or so away to grab some dinner, and I decided that I didn't really want to walk back when it was dark, so I got my food to go and started to head back to my hotel. So I'm walking back with my food bag and it was kind of boring, but luckily the cat calls and whistles I got on the way back kept me entertained. My personal favorite, and vote for Bud Light's Real American Heroes award goes to you, Mr. Sidewalk Bad Pick-up Line Guy. When other people pass by on the sidewalk, they don't say anything and keep on walking, but not you sir. No, you have guts and the wit to come up with lines like "WhataBurger for WhataGal!" So crack open an ice cold Bud Light, Mr. Sidewalk bad pick-up line guy, because if it weren't for guys like you, there would be nothing for other guys to strive for when trying to hit on women.
That's my only fun story so far, but hey, tomorrow is another day. I think I'm going to try to go see the Lexington and the aquarium, but the aquarium costs 12 bucks, so we'll see. It's been good so far though, My spring break is rapidly coming to an end and I think that now is the time when I need to start mentally preparing myself for what lies ahead, and though I won't feel as overwhelmed with work as I was last semester, it is most certainly not the time to rest on my laurels. I have a semester to finish, and I'll be darned if I don't do my best to present my best work in everything. Ready Team....BREAK!

So that was my little pep talk for myself, Interesting random fact about resting on one's laurels, "The Greeks awarded wreaths of laurel leaves to the winners of the Pythian Games, and the Romans gave similar awards to distinguished citizens. For some winners, as with winners of gold medals in modern Olympic games, the award is enough; they have reached the pinnacle. Emanuel Deutch's 'Literary Remains' (1874) carries the suggestion: 'Let them rest on their laurels for a while.'" From "Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985). " Isn't fun to learn something new? I thought so.

Anyway, there you have it. Soon I'll be back to school and back to my friends and all that good stuff, and then there's only 6 weeks until school is done, 7 weeks until my brother graduates, and then 8 weeks before Joleen graduates, and then I will be in Peru!!! Pray for that trip that all will go well, I hope everyone else is having a wonderful spring break! See ya!