To begin with the last item on my list, I have a cold. It's finals season, so I suppose a cold is inevitable. Things can never be perfect, of course. With only 2 finals, what else was I supposed to do with my time besides recover from a horrible sore throat and runny nose?
Cold aside, I had a fantastic time yesterday! Bob took me to the Museum of Appalachia (north of Knox on I-75), where the normal entrance fee of $12.00 was waived if we came with canned goods. This museum is set on a large tract of land with a collection of old cottages and farm buildings, all filled with an odd assortment of stuff. Yesterday, they had local musicians and craftsmen visiting the area, so we heard music, saw a blacksmith, and drank sassafras tea (brewed in a huge cauldron outside one cabin). Sheep, peacocks, guineas, roosters, and turkeys roamed the huge, fenced-in yard between the barn and the chicken coop... or, rather, roamed freely until the kids started chasing the sheep. After a small-scale stampeded, the kids were chased away, and the sheep temporarily penned up.
I also had Thai food for the first time yesterday, and used chopsticks for the second time in my life. For a rice-and-veggie dish, I don't think I did too badly. Bob showed me how to hold the chopsticks and open and close them, and how to pinch them together so that I could use them like a spoon. I had shrimp-pineapple-veggie rice, and he had some sort of spicy chicken dish (he'll deny the spicy part, but I thought it was pretty hot).
Sniffles aside, I had a lot of fun! Finals end next Monday, and I can't wait to be home! Hooray!
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