NOLA cruising

Having Jenny visit - much fun!

Yesterday we went out to Laura Plantation, one of the few Creole ones around still. That part was cool, but overall it was way creepy, seeing documents of people bought and sold and that sort of thing. So, along with missions, Jenny and I are over plantations.

The day before we went on a swamp tour, which was much fun, even if I have a bit of ecological difficulty with them tossing jumbo-sized marshmallows at alligators. It was way cool to see all those gators, and our guide was knowledgeable and interesting.

What else have we done? Lots of beignets and eating in general (Pyramids Cafe tops our list - their falafel is fantastic) in addition to driving past houses and oohing and aahing! Cruising the French Quarter, on over to Slidell, and today while I was in class & meetings, Jenny walked all the way down Magazine Street.

So, I think I just signed up for four different language classes (German, Russian, Spanish, French) - on top of my new job teaching test prep and the whole first-year law curriculum. It's good - I'm finally busy. So now I'm off to finalize my draft of my legal research writing assignment, and when Jen gets back we're off for final beignets! While I was sitting on my duff all day, she was out burning off beignets, which is hardly fair, but I'll eat some more for the team.