Ever heard of living the dream?

The unnoficial conclave mark II could not have gone better. No seriously. It was incredible. 40 out of the 60 GRSP students met up in Ellijay, just north of Atlanta for a fun weekend of mischief. And oh boy mischief was caused, I took the drive down with another Welshman, and Scotsman and a Frenchman and a Swede, life could not be better. As i was driving with the organisers of the trip it meant that i arrived first, which gave me plenty of time to run around the house screaming. This place was da bomb, jacuzzi, pool table, T.V's, Huge beds, a bazzilion rooms but most importantly, a crackin' place for a weekend long shindig. After all 5 of us finally settled we regrouped on the rocking chairs on the porch where we awaited the other 35 scholars.

Somehow everyone arrived in the right place and then, the festivities began. Obviously being the civilised people we are, the night consisted of many ravenous tasks, including, chess, milk, pizza and sleep. This is no word of a lie, I'm just not including most of what actually happened...Such as all the chess pieces being broken, and the vodka in the milk....The pizza and sleep was genuine though...well at least the pizza was.

The weekend was an epic success, everyone was left pining for the next one. I don't think I have ever met a group of people who I have connected with so well before.  It was also a little depressing once I got back to my room in little old Reinhardt...Until I realised, 'Wait, I live in America, Wahoo'.

After another fun week of classes Thursday night soon came around. This is the night the lads had been looking forward to a lot, the plans were to get absolutely sloshed,steaming and wankered. They fully achieved this goal...some better than others (Aussie). We then proceeded to head off to a bar for the night called Sidelines. Apparently this is the place to be, where all the cool kids hang, a bit of a party, and a cheeky wee dance. I had high expectations. Then I entered. All expectations out the window, two huge mingers trying to be sexy on the dance floor, four guys standing on the edge, one hand in pocket, one on their diet soda (they were all too young to drink) a guy and his lass smooching over a pool table and that was it. Safe to say this place sucked. But we stuck it out. Stayed for 2 hours or so, where I attempted to learn how to dance like an American. Ever heard of EPIC FAIL...I have after that. I could not do it to safe my life. Was funny though, and then after looking after the extremely drunk Aussie for a while, we trailed back home. All in all, a very successful night.

This weekend just passed, I decided to get out of Reinhardt for a little while so went to stay with the "tall Christian" in Atlanta. Yes that's right, all 6"1" of me is known as the short Christian in GRSP. Must be the easiest distinction. This was a great weekend because a few other GRSP students were in Atlanta for the weekend too so we had a small regrouping. The weekend was spent hanging out with Chalky, Chuck, Q, Andrew, Sara, Freja and Tony. What a group. We had a right good time laughing at each other, getting arrested and playing 'Never have I ever'. Now that is a fun game. 

It is now finally Thanksgiving break where we get a week of school. I'm now just doing a few months worth of laundry at my host dads before we head out for lunch and conquer the world. This week has much in store and I can't wait. 

That's all for now, I'll let you know how thanksgiving turns out. Overly joyous I'm sure.

Love, Peace and Laughter,

Chris.