Southern fried

With a glass of Sweet Tea by my side and a fan making its repeated whirrings I am finally updating. So many things have occurred in my life lately, so many small things and rather large ones as well. In less than two weeks I will again be living in Oklahoma. Things are rather different this coming year for me, not only in my state of mind, but with my personal life. Our house in Stilly is wonderful, it does not have central heating or air but what it lacks in modern conveniences it makes up for in so many ways. I somehow have ended up with the largest of the three bedrooms, and I will not complain. The back yard is very large and we have a deck, its rather brilliant. While my trip to Oklahoma was wonderful and made me long for my life there very much, there are things to be done yet here in Hillbilly Hallow. I have to finish my cleaning projects, stake my tomato plants so they don’t lean all the way over, pack, and somehow convince my dog and Papa that I am not abandoning them. I’ve been trying very hard to make things happy for them my last few weeks here. I even fried green tomatoes for my Papa, and cooking and I are not friends. I have cooked more this summer than I did all last year, its interesting the things I do for love. As summer ends I find myself preparing for the homesickness that I’ve not felt in a long time, the thought of not having my Papa and my dog is very sad, but I’m still elated that school is so close I can taste it!