Plus 1 (my sister's friend Jackie)
Did a few water activities..
Enjoyed the night life
Had a rocking hard good time!
My most recent trip was a girls getaway down the road to New Orleans with my good friend Renada who lives in Minnesota. Although Renada had a HORRIBLE day of flying and got stuck in Atlanta on our first day, she did make it to the Big Easy in time for us to have a laid back good time!
She was sooo excited to come where it was "hot". That didn't last long, once she stepped outside the A/C of the New Orleans airport I'm sure the humidity and heat took her breath away ha ha. We had a great time doing tourist things. It was all new to me since my New Orleans days mainly consisted of Bourbon St. and well, Bourbon St. This time, I was able to experience some of the true culture that the city is known for. Attended the Satchmo music festival where I learned about Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, listened to some of his recordings and heard other Jazz bands. 
Had breakfast biegnets at Cafe du Monde', experienced afternoon showers where if we didn't like the weather at the moment we could just....wait and it got better :-) Did the dinner cruise on the Natchez Steamboat, ate at some GREAT restaurants and of course no New Orleans trip would be complete without time spent on Bourbon St.
We also took a tour of Oak Alley Plantation 
but I'm saving that recap for a blog all on its own since I was just amazed at seeing shot gun slave quarters, seeing the bricks that were hand made by the slaves, reading how much they were "worth" etc etc, but yea, that's for a separate blog.
2) HEALTHCARE: So, I've been following President Obama's Healthcare "reform" bill relatively close, well as close as my schedule has been allowing me too and man, is he setting us back with his socialistic "changes". I'm not afraid to say that I don't agree with A LOT of his politics and for most people that know me, they already know that. This "reform" bill is just another downward spiral of my civil liberties being infringed upon. Let me take a step back and say that yes, I believe that everyone should have access to affordable health care, I do. Believe it or not, I even think the welfare system has it's place. Yes, super vocal against welfare me, believe it has it's place. We hear about and see lots of people milking the system. I'm VERY vocal about those types of people and what I think of them. What we rarely get exposed to are the people who get on and get off. The people who may have gone through an ugly divorce and needed a little help to get back on her feet. And for them, I'd like to keep the system but revamp it a bit. All those loopholes would have to close. This is how I envision the governmental ran healthcare working, them telling me what doctors I can see, what procedures are covered, etc etc. The US is notorious for being inadequate at handling most governmental run programs so why would anyone think this one would be any different. A friend pointed out earlier too, most people are thinking this is "free", um, no the bill says "affordable"..isn't that a relative term?? There's Medicare, Medicad and umpteen other FREE clinics in every state offered to those who can't readily afford health care, how bout we pump some money into "fixing" that before doing a drive by overhaul of healthcare in America. I'm sure I could go on and on, but really folks, peep the BIG picture of this "reform" before swallowing it hook, line, and sinker.
I think I've captured your attention long enough, as usual I apologize for the hiatus, but I'm still learning this whole committment thing, but have no fear, I'll always come back!
Brown...out!
P.S. LSU football is right around the corner!! The team reported to campus today, 1st game is 31 days away!!! I'm so ready!!
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