UCF...here I come!!!

I received two very exciting pieces of news over the weekend...the first being that I got into the hospitality and tourism masters program at UCF!!! I can't wait to move to Orlando because it is only a short distance to two specials places-Gainesville and Jacksonville. Not to mention-I will be near my old friends!!
The second piece of news is that my beloved gators CRUSHED LSU-51-21!!! A kitten was always a more appropriate mascot for LSU anyway...I hope they rode all the way home with their tails between their legs...

It was quite an action packed weekend....I went to the suffren for happy hour after work with Alex and ran into Antoine. Antoine and I decided to go up to zanzibar in grand bay for a little while. Neither of us felt quite well and we were both tired so we ended up leaving early. I was able to spend the night in my own bed.

On Saturday, the Galea's invited me to the horse races!! It was my first time ever doing something like this. All of the men wore suits and ties and all of the women nice dresses. I met a few people that actually owned horses that were racing!! It was absolutely hilarious to see tons of people screaming and yelling at their horse that they had bet on and jumping up and down. Money makes us all do crazy things!! I bet the equivalent of about $3 on two races and lost. I contemplated betting on one race where I picked the prettiest horse and he ended up winning-shoulda, coulda, woulda. However-it did not quite compare to the craziness one witnesses at a college football game....spurts vs constant.

After eating duck for dinner at the Galea's beach house, Antoine and I got ready to go out. We spent an hour or so playing pool and listening to music with some of his friends. We left at around midnight or so and went to the banana cafe first to check out the live band. After a few minutes, we headed onto zanzibar. I kept getting comments on my dancing as I never stopped. When we left, we stopped at the stand across the street and got sandwiches for breakfast-they were called "Mr. Burgers" - a cross between a cheeseburger and a sub sandwich and absolutely delish!

We did not get home until 6 am on Sunday morning so I slept until about 12:30. After lunch and lazing around for a few hours-I left to go back home. Audrey, her friend Rosaline and I went out for a quick dinner last night. I was so excited to get back home and into my bed.

Some little things:
-saw a herd of goats cross the street on saturday morning
-i got stopped on friday evening just to see if i had a drivers license
-continue to see a different woman with curlers in her hair every morning
-saw a sign that said "left hand turns permitted on red" - would not see that in the states
-on our way to grand bay on saturday night-we saw some palm trees in the center of the last roundabout that had not been there the day before
-listening to a car full of guys belt out avril lavigne songs is and experience that i will never forget
-we went to the old people bar (Les Enfants Terribles) and left after 10 minutes it was so boring (Friday night)
-stephanie has had the worst weekend-she spent the night in the hospital because her heart was beating too fast and she got bitten by a dog
-it is awesome to hear people yelling "hero's hope" after horses win
-alex and I have a mutual love of joakim noah
-im awful at pool-i was put on this earth to do other things

More later...