Ahh, Football Season is here again. All is good with the world (other than I am unemployed, I don't know my bar score, and hurricane season is at its zenith).
It has actually been a fairly eventful couple of weeks for us. First off, our New Orleans family was in town for about a week because of Hurricane Gustav. We had them over for a lovely Labor Day cookout and watched with a sense of relief as the hurricane seemed to largely bypass New Orleans and the West Bank. They have returned home and found their houses intact and they have electricity again. The threat of Ike looms as of now, but hopefully it will hit somewhere else also. I personally vote that it hit the Dallas Cowboys.
We got to spend a decent amount of time with them last week. We went to Tunica and experienced the Paula Deen Buffet. Her famous fried chicken was pretty good but it was not really any better than Two Sisters in Jackson. The Paula Deen Buffet however has great desserts. I recommend anyone who goes to Tunica to try it out. Other than the seafood buffet on the weekend, it is actually not that expensive either.
This weekend Nicole and I went to a Nokes family reunion. That is my mother's side of the family. It is mostly put on by PawPaw's sisters Delores and Doris. This side of the family used to see each other every single Christmas Day. We have not gotten to do that since Grandma Nokes died (Granny to most of the family). So, although they bear a heavy burden to organize this event every year, I know it means a lot to those of us who remember Christmas mornings at Grandma Nokes's house, and I know she would be very pleased with her two daughters for getting the family back together. We had our first reunion last year. There were a few less people there this time but there was still a pretty good crowd.
At the park there is an artesian well that puts out warm water all year round. Instead of capitalizing on that natural spring, the park has it enclosed by a fence (actually two) and it is full of alligators. PawPaw and I found out Thursday night that they would feed the gators on Saturday at 5 PM. We talked about how we planned to see it all weekend and totally blanked at 5 and completely missed it. The park, Leroy Percy, is the oldest state park in MS and we stayed a couple of nights in one of the cabins that was original to the park. It did not really bother me but Nicole, Jessica, and Lizzie were both freaking out all night. I am not really sure why but they did not really like it. The only really bad thing about the weekend was the mosquitoes. I got so many mosquito bites I am pretty sure a blind person could read me.
I got to watch some football today. I have missed it. My Redskins look like they are gonna stink, but I did win my first fantasy football game today.
-J
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