Jenny en la ciudad: Corn, Gators, etc.

Dear Blog,

Makayla and I spent the morning in the pool. We played a game where we pretended to be celebrity sisters, famous for singing and swimming. I was 22 and finished with college. Makayla, a.k.a. Elly, was 18 and almost finished with college. Elly was supposed to be really smart, like Doogie Howser. Note: Makayla had no idea who Doogie Howser was when I mentioned him. In our game, we lived in a mansion without our parents. When I asked Makayla what happened to our parents, she said, "They went on a trip and never came back." I said, "That's sad." She responded, "But we are okay with it."

Around 4:30 eastern standard time, my mother arrived from Columbia. Once she was home, we decided to go out to eat at Jasper's Porch, Ridgeland's version of fine dining. We had to drive in two cars, so we followed my dad and he took us on a scenic route of Ridgeland. We drove by a house that was growing corn in the front yard. I might add that this was not a big yard...at all. If you look closely, you can almost see the children of the corn...spooky.

After dinner we went out onto Jasper's porch, for which I can only assume the restaurant is named, and fed the turtles. It is an interesting set-up at J.P.'s because there is a machine where you can put a quarter in and get turtle food in return. Makayla threw about $2 worth of food into the lake. As we watched the gluttonous turtles fight over the pellets of food, a kindly gentleman came out and told us that there was an alligator on the other side of the lake; indeed, there was! It was kinda creepy, and Makayla thought it would be a good idea to throw turtle food at it. Luckily, the gator didn't seem to care. Erin and I tried to take pictures of ourselves in front of the lake, but she can't keep her eyes open in a picture. She

was like Chandler with the smile thing, only she couldn't open her eyes. We took about 12 pictures and her eyes were closed in every one. It was ridiculous!