There's nowhere that I can't go and there's no one that I don't know

Birthday weekend was quickly followed up four days later by the hilarious onset of beach weekend, a Furman tradition unlike any other. Mr. Summey joined myself and roommates Adam and Jimmy at the Atlantic Paradise Inn where we were happy neighbors to the illustrious Ben Pauluhn and several other members of the FU tennis team. This was a strategic command post as we were situated in the midst of the Polynesian and the Viking, home to SNu and SAE and countless other friends of ours. The weather was not what we would have chosen, but we managed to make do on Friday with a solid three hours of jacuzzi time in Paradise while ignoring all relevant health warnings posted by the hot tub. Tim, the crusty janitor of our hotel, sold us his loyalty and the use of his radio for a beer or two and things were off and running. Adam and Matt proceeded to show us various anatomical oddities during our time soaking in the tub which will haunt many of my worst nightmares for the days to come. The highlight of this evening was my first experience with Beer Kix, which came about rather accidentally, but I have grown to love since then. Try them sometime, I promise you will never go back to Beerios. The lowlight of this evening will go without mention. Saturday brought some quality time with the Bruce which included further consumption of Beer Kix with a suicidal trip to Arbys and a call from the one and only Kimdrugs. There are too many glorious details to go into regarding the enjoyment of Beach Weekend, so just understand that it is perhaps the most fabulous 3 days of the year.

Moving on and looking forward as always, there is still more to look forward to! This Friday will carry me back to 'ol Virginia as the song says, to hear the music of Virginia's finest (Carbon Leaf) with some of Virginia's finest (my dear friends Kim, Sid and Sam). This will be a short two days chock full of Suffolk goodness and my only hope is that Erin will enjoy her time in my quaint homeland. The big upside to this weekend will be my family's elation at seeing me again after a considerable drought and after my birthday will compel them to purchase me food in enormous quantities at quality hometown establishments. I will report back on all the fun of this weekend's events and focus on wrapping up another year in academia. Be on the lookout for the third milk glass to cap this year off.