An update worth sharing/maybe not worth reading

Well, I haven't blogged in an age or two. But I am speed blogging tonight - due to requests and need for sharing my boring life. Since my last blog I have been home and out to Philly and NYC. But now I am back in Louisiana sweltering in the heat.

However, instead of backtracking hugely and blogging about my mini-east trip, I am going to keep my blog wrapped into a smaller section and save my longer trip blog for later.

When I got back from New York I had mixed and confused feelings. I mean, seriously, I go from New York to Louisiana. It became suddenly apparent that I just went to the two polar opposites of the USA. And I can't lie – I like the north. People talk faster and to the point; in fact, it took me an entire day to re-realize how much I love it down here. (But I guess that goes with the slow pace of life here).

Anyway, the first night I had to sleep. An entire week of 8am to 3am, with drinking all the time, and conferences in the middle, means I needed a good nights sleep. However, the next day was great. I had to get up and go to the (biggest USA – I've been told) Earth Day festival downtown. So I got dressed and walked through Spanish Town – at which point I run into a parade. Apparently the neighborhood had decided to host a funeral procession for a stray dog that was held dear to most Spanish Town residents. I continued to the Earth Day festival to work our booth. It was a nice day, and I was beginning to slow down enough to talk to the residents of Baton Rouge.

Afterwards my friends had a crawfish boil – which is the coolest thing about Louisiana. How many people take live animals and dump them in a boiling pot in order to eat them five minutes later? Then they call all their friends and chill out all night. It's great.

So I am basically back in the swing of Louisiana. I like work. We're updating our long-range plan and we are now revisiting a lot of our zoning and ordinance codes – with a staff of three people; in addition to implementing a stormwater BMP grant; and severl overlay districts. My yuppie-tool organization I belong too held a downtown meeting, which will hopefully make people excited about downtown. I love it. In addition, people are trying to get a long range regional plan for southern Louisiana, which could be really cool.

So, Louisiana is cool. I do like it.

I'll be home for Candace's wedding on June 9th! Then Chris's and Toni's in July!