Lori CP-2

The second time I was to hang out with my conversation partner, I was dying to get Jae out and about in the Tallahassee area. She said she has only been here a few weeks, and hasn't seen much of the area yet, so I decided it might be fun to take her to my grandparents horse farm about thirty minutes away. I asked her if she was interested and she jumped on the idea. So on Sunday I picked her up and we went to visit my grandparents. I was nervous she would be weirded out by meeting my family or going somewhat far away with an almost complete stranger, but we had a great day!

My grandparents were really excited to meet her, and cooked a giant lunch. Both Jae and I were excited about the great meal. I wasn't sure if she would like my grandfathers somewhat creative cooking, but she seemed to really love it and my grandpa was thrilled! As a matter of fact, I'm fairly sure my grandparents loved her so much that I could momentarily see in there eyes the wheels spinning on how they could exchange my siblings for her LOL. Not really, but the day was great! We visited with the horses, feed the chickens, petted my grandparents unusual giant pet turkey who loves to be patted on the head. My grandparents live on fifty acres, with pastures and a lake. She commented on how peaceful the area was, "it's like a whole different country." We talked on everything from the grapes in the grape vineyard to flies and the sun and my grandmothers tour of her humble little herb garden. It was neat saying the names of the spices, having her not know them, but then recognize each by smell.

We had a great day! At the end of the day I was surprised because she had a birthday card for me because my birthday had been the day before. I think we really learned a lot about each other and I thoroughly enjoyed taking her to one of my favorite places I loved growing up.