9/5/11

Today I got up and checked out my bank accounts and just noticed that I had 7 charges on my Discover card that were in California-each for $100!! My credit card was maxed out!!! I called immediately and Discover canceled my card and confirmed that I would not have to pay for the fraud charges.

I drove down to Denver to go to yoga class, but when I got there it was closed for Labor Day so I went to Sylvia's and went to the pool. I got to enjoy the warm day and work on this blog some.

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I woke up this Sunday morning and drove to the beach to go for a run. It was a peaceful and beautiful day, and when I got back to the hotel I showered and got dressed for church. I went to First Presbyterian Church of Ocean Springs. The pastor preached about Zacchaeus. I downloaded a Bible app on my iPhone, so I was able to follow along and my make notes directly in my "Bible" on my phone which was really nice.

8/13/11

Saturday I spent a good chunk of the day studying and hanging out by the hotel pool!

Everyone else wanted to get some good studying in as well, but around dinner we decided to go to downtown Biloxi to the Hard Rock casino to get a good buffet dinner. We went inside and then saw how busy the buffet line was and that it was pretty expensive so we went to one of the smaller nearby casinos instead. UNLIMITED CRAB CLAWS! Delicious! And then coffee and dessert to follow.
View from the casino parking lot, you could see the ocean.

8/12/11

After our training today in Ocean Springs we decided to drive up to New Orleans to sightsee and spend some time downtown. We went to Jackson Square (pictured below) and the French Quarter to start out the day, and got some food from a little stand on the road.


There were a lot of street performers all over! Mardi Gras man:
We went into a 2 story bar and were able to look over at all the people in the street.
As soon as night fell, all the neon lit up the street.
This drink is a hand grenade, apparently it is a New Orleans thing.
We got some late night dinner at Krystal Burger. It was pretty packed.
The police were everywhere and paraded the streets on their enormous horses. Everyone was petting the horses.

Another place we went to had a mechanical whale instead of a mechanical bull! It was very odd looking.
Cool fountain downtown
It was a fun night!!

8/11/11

Ahh Thursday! We had training at the usual place usual time, the Mary C. O'Keefe Center at 10 AM. We all brought our lunches so we sat outside the Center again in the back at the picnic table.
After our long day of training we went to downtown Biloxi at the suggestion of the front desk girl at our hotel to The Fillin' Station. The restaurant was an old gas station garage converted into a patio and open restaurant.
I got the fried crawfish. I've had crawfish plenty of times, but this was the first time I had ever tried it fried. It was pretty delicious. The crawfish were kind of like eating popcorn chicken. They were small breaded bits.