Current Events and Other Mayhem

This past weekend I went to my first ever pagan festival.  It was the 1st Annual Lake Okeechobee Summer Solstice Festival held in Pahokee, FL.  The festival was on the smaller side but I gained some knowledge that was immeasurable.  I sat in on a Rootwork 101 class, which echoed what I have been reading the last few months.  Plus I got some clarification on a few things too!

I saw Hecate's Wheel perform and even participated in a circle.  The intriguing part about my experiences at the festival is that my southern Baptist husband attended and participated right along with me.

This is Hecate's Wheel performing.

This is me posing by a tree at the campsite.  Nope, we didn't camp, maybe next time though.

This is what I saw as we drove to and from the festival, miles and miles of sugar cane farm.

Although I'm a vegetarian, I recently tried my hand at steak fritz, which is the French's precursor to America's burger and fries.  Hubby loved it!

That moment when you realize you're done.

As I sat in the Registrar Office at Florida Gulf Coast University it hit me like a pillowcase filled with nickels.  My baby girl is going to college.  She is not registering for high school-like transitional courses this fall (not that there are any).  Nope, she's got a full course load of college freshman classes.  I consider myself to be a rational person.  A little far out with my thinking at times, but I feel I've got a good handle on reality.  So, with this knowledge, I still teared up in the Registrar Office.

I will no longer home school Arianna.

Arianna is starting actual college on the track for a Biology major.

This is all starting in August.

She will be driving herself!

She is not my baby.

She is not a little girl.

She's my seventeen year old daughter who stands taller than me and is killer smart.

Damn those nickels, they hurt.