Sylva

This past weekend, some fellow first-years invited us up a cabin in North Carolina. Just outside the small town of Sylva, it offered beautiful mountain scenery while relaxing on a huge porch. It was so nice to do nothing after a long semester of studying and taking tests. It was also a nice break for Haley, who has been stressed out with raising 20 or so dysfunctional children in fourth grade (I say "raise" because what Haley does is the closest thing to child rearing those children will ever see--most of them only have one parent, and usually it is a grandparent or uncle, who don't discipline the children). So, yeah, it was a nice break for her too.

The cabin was great. It is owned by Bob and Danielle Hosker's family and they were great hosts. We just sat around and talked for two days straight, with a little hiking, tree-climbing, game-playing, and movie watching (A River Runs Through It) in between. I wouldn't have minded spending a week up there, but other things were calling our name (like getting a dog). We are already talking about going back up there, maybe for a white-water rafting trip in the spring.