Florida

It's amazing what having nothing to do can do to a blog — even with nothing to do except blog, I have left it unattended since my arrival in Jupiter. I arrived on Wednesday after my shortest driving day since leaving Salt Lake City. I stayed the evening before in Tallahassee (or Talla-nasty, as Gators fans call it) and my hotel certainly lived up to the nickname. The clothes I worked smelt of smoke until I arrived. My first stop was Gainesville where I grabbed lunch at The Swamp with former Stampeders coworker Danielle DeLuca. I was given a guided tour of the stadium, the trophy room (Tebow! Tebow! Tebow!) and the campus. The highlight? A fraternity house had recently been put on suspension because three of its students were conducting a drug business from within its walls. Ah, university. Since then, I have done a lot of reading, writing and relaxing in Jupiter. Visits to the pool have been often and long — the ideal place to kick back with a book. Naturally, I have also made friends with the neighbors kids, Ryan, 11, and AJ, 9. I don't know what it is about me — the height? the silliness? — but kids always want to hang off me. Cool kids, though. Ryan is a star baseball player and AJ is a star BMXer (ranked second in the state). What's better? They're Chicago Bears fans. Smart kids (or masochistic, depends). Going to watch the Super Bowl with the neighbors. Good day to you all.