tomorrow's the big day. mom and dad are coming to take all my stuff away and next saturday we're off to ct... for all those i missed this week and weekend, i'm sorry. but it's not "good-bye" anyways, just "see ya later." if you're in the northeast, drop a line. since i don't know my way around yet, i just assume that everything north of the mason-dixon is within an hour's train ride :) i will miss you all, and if i'm slow to respond over the next week, bear with me, i'll be busy in beaufort.
your prayers and love are appreciated, and know that i'm thinking of you...
this southerner's off to the great white north to say things like: "y'all, ah'm tarred." and other such favorites... love to all, and God bless!
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To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,/ Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, / To the last syllable of recorded time; /
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! / Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, / And then is heard no more: it is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.
--From Macbeth (Act V, Scene v)
Looks like someone didn't win the SC education lottery (::grin::) the one where whether or not you get an education is a lottery....
Pack plenty o'grits for those cold Yankee mornings! We'll miss ya down here!
Liz,
proud of what you're doing and what we know you'll be able to accomplish.
I can't tell you how excited for you and proud of you I am. I know this is a really big step for you. One of the first things you may find is that the NE is slightly bigger than you imagined - CT is probably not. Second of all, we do have grits in the NE - we eat them with dinner mostly, but we do have them. And third, you are going to have an absolutely fabulous time living your dream up there. From the Palmetto Ivy to the real Ivy - sweetie you have it made. Good luck, safe trip, and call if you need anything!
heather sez:
Second of all, we do have grits in the NE
I've had them and... no, you really don't.
What are called grits up there bear as little resemblance to real grits as those little foil-wrapped, football-shaped Easter thingies bear to real chocolate.
Sorry.
Sorry to harp on the grits thing. But the NE (Northeast) and the NE (New England) can at times be two very different things. In New England (the better of the two) there are no grits, except maybe the ones sold in a box by Quaker Oats called "Instant Grits" (ewwwwwwwwwww). The closest thing you will get in NE is Cream of Wheat or Oatmeal, both of which are not the same. On a positive note, you have Dunkin Donuts (which for some reason the coffee and donuts taste better in NE). This is not only a store and a wonderful treat, it is litteraly a established element of New England culture.
Back to my earlier point, NY, NJ, PA, MD, all are states in the Northeast that are not in New England and may have adopted some form of dinner grit (especially in Maryland). Also, Virginia has grits but that's the South (even if it is so far North and cold, pretty much every significant battle was fought in the state and it gets to be considered South because of that one fact).
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