Well, the last weekend of my freshmen year has come to a close. This was no ordinary weekend, though. It was filled with much excitment and drama (at least on Saturday).
The day started like any other. I got up early and took my 8am final in English 201. I came back and got a much deserved nap for like an hour and a half. I then get a call from Brian that the original Heronians (Brian, Brittany, and myself) are going to make a pilgrimage to our homeland, The Isle of Heron. You that don't know me personally probably don't understand what I'm talking about. My friends & I formed our own independent country called the Isle of Heron on an island in the middle of Cherokee Lake. I hadn't been back since October so I was quite excited to get our inflatable boats back out and make our journey home. Our rowing across the lake, we make our way to the much reduced shoreline of the island (which if you are from TN you will understand why the water level moves drastically). We make our way to pay homeage to Brian's dead goldfish (named Brian of course), and we discover something very interesting. 
The stone was turned away and the coffin was out of the ground! I don't mean to sound sacrilegious, but Brian had resurrected from the grave! Amen! Hallelujah! We then headed to the other side of the island to reenact the Iwo Jima scene with the US soldiers holding the flag after taking the island from the Japanese. We made our way back through the wilderness taking pictures and looking at branches. As we headed back to the dock in our boats, we decide to use the fancy two-story dock of some rich person's house because I needed to get back and it was much quicker. After making some quick moves through some else's property, we escape being found, but we were so tempted to jump off the top into the lake! We resisted though. After our island trip, I rush to Morristown to enjoy a cookout with the Sunday School class that I have been going to. I am so glad I went because I had so much fun and finally got to really meet the people in my class. After Beth & I left there, we met up with our friends at the Creamery in Jeff City. 
We had the idea to go swimming at the dam because we had such an urge to go to the dam and how else is one's time better spent at the dam than swimming? Keep in mind, though, that this is like between 10 and 11 before we head that way. We go swimming and have a good time even though some wouldn't get in. As we head back, the real fun starts. I'm riding with Brittany in her smack-daddy of a vehicle. Her car is making some really weird noises and her dashboard suddenly lights up. She doesn't want to drive it all the way back to campus so she pulls over at the next convenient spot, which happens to be 
J&J Lounge (a bar in the middle of nowhere). Luckily, it was karaoke night! We were all huddled together and soaking wet! Brittany tries to start her car again but now it won't crank. Beth then volunteers to use her AAA membership to get the car towed. We have to wait quite a while for the tower to make their way to the bar. We get kind of scared because these people from the bar with beers in their hands starting making their way to the cars and ask if everything was ok. One guy looked very drunk because he kept asking what was wrong and would rub Jenn Ward's car in a strange manner. He did bring us cupcakes, though. We were a little leary of them and started calling them coccakes; we ate them anyway. 
The tower finally arrives...with his gun! I'm not sure why he wanted to point that out to Brittany. He really had no reason to show her and the others talking to him. As I understand, he just pulled it out and said that he brought because he heard that we were at a bar and it can get rough sometimes. Brittany's SUV finally gets towed, and we finally make our way back to campus to get some rest! This just a week after the terrible incidents in Knoxville. Wonder what next weekend holds for everyone?
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