Spiked Sweet Tea and Ricocheting Lemon Seeds

So today was move in day!   The campus was insane, So many freshmen and their families sitting and waiting to move into their 10×10 cinderblock room (prison cell).  Luckily I was not one of them, and fortunately I did not even see the campus today; I just heard that it was insane.  I did move-in today however.  My family all drove up yesterday and spent the night to start working today.   There was lots to be done today,  but we had to start with a good healthy breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes at the Pancake Pantry,  which in Nashville is equivalent to The Varsity in Atlanta.   After we ate it was time to start work so we headed to my home for the next two years, 2203 Lindell Ave Nashvegas, Tennessee 37204.   The house, well it’s 1900 square feet and has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths.   Located in the “Woodland and Waverly” historic district, AKA GHETTO.  The street leading to my home, Benton ave, is the historic district with the homes larger than any person needs, and plenty of BMWs sitting outside. My street is only 7 houses away from being million plus property.   It is nice though and the area is turning.   I will say that up the street there is a nice old McDonalds, which is now a drive-thru package store.   Anyways…  I am happy with where I will be staying and think it is a great place.   So we put together my desk, which I still say is worth what I paid, even if my mom disagrees.   There were a few projects to do, hang some towel bars, build a bookshelf, clean, unpack and so on.  Nathan took on the daunting task of setting up my desk and wiring up everything that will keep me running for the next two years.   After unpacking and setting up the room we made a trip to Wally World to go shopping which we did in RECORD speed, and Nathan loved every minuet of it.   We returned to finish some projects and put away food.   By this time it was about 9 at night central time (Nashville is an hour behind the rest of the world).   We decided to then go eat at Longhorns behind our hotel.  This is where the name for this blog entry comes from.   My dad, whom never orders sweet tea, decided that for some random reason tonight was the night to do so.   Dinner was going well and everyone was tired but then about half way through the sweet tea my dad lost it.   I mean there were some of the most random things coming out of his mouth,  For instance:  Nashville Ice Trucker, and then Gumby the ice road trucker.   Then Nathan, whom tried to drink all my water at once since I was suffering through hot wings, sucked up a lemon seed.   This was then spit out randomly onto a plate with such force that it caused it to ricochet across the table.   I laughed and snorted lemonade up my nose.  The whole dinner went downhill from there.  We were quite boring after dinner so we went to bed because heavens knows that my dad needed some sleep or something.  

~ by wwjdbk on August 19, 2007.

2 Responses to “Spiked Sweet Tea and Ricocheting Lemon Seeds”

  1. I believe it wasn’t sleep that he needed it was Valium.
    Why don’t you walk next door and see if you could buy some.
    Much love!
    mommy

  2. Brian, you are right about the Pancake Pantry. Welcome to NashVegas. Stay away from Printer’s Alley. Enjoy the park. And know that you are near one of the most exciting college basketball venues in the world. None other than Memorial Gymnasium home of the Vanderbilt Commodores.

    It’s not the tea you should worry about it is the water.

    Jethro

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