One Week Down, 12 to Go

Big highlights from the first week: Maya went to a lot of hours of orientation and took a lot of tests that prove she does indeed know how to do her job. Matt finished a (very) rough draft of his first short story written as an adult and hopefully (someday) for money. We watched the first 14 episodes of season 4 of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. Asher claimed as his own several of Maya’s shoes, some power cables, the couch, our grocery list, and Matt’s make-shift desk. Also, Matt discovered that Super Metroid is a really cool game. He’s serious behind on the really cool games and he’s real excited about this one. If you see Ridley, tell him Matt’s coming…


Today (Saturday) we went to a little market thing downtown on the weekend. There were all kinds of organically prepared shirts and candles. There was an owl and an eagle from the Florida Wildlife Society. Maya signed up with Pampered Chef. There was also one guy selling vegetables from whom we bought a red pepper and three tomatoes. Hopefully, there will be more produce people as the weather turns a little more toward green, growing things.

Maya had also heard rumors of a flea market. So we went in search of it. The directions were to go on the main road around the capital (called Capital Circle) toward the airport and you’ll find it. So we did and we did. It’s a bit on the seedy side of town but we followed the “More Deals This Way” signs and got a few things. Matt bought some X-Men comics. Specifically, he found the one where Magneto rips out Wolverine’s adamantium (X-Men - second series #25). Ouch!


We also found a microwave. We left ours at home. Again, we were expecting to rent one while were here (see last post on that not-a-good-idea). This one was just $20 dollars and actually works. Some of the buttons are a bit touchy (like START, for one) but it was only $20. Besides, the auto buttons for popcorn and hot water are self-starting so we can just hit those when we want to use it. Melted butter=1/2 hot water, bowl of soup=2 popcorns. No problem!