Day 2: What a rain storm really is

Good morning Florida!! Well this morning I had my first Florida lesson.. I learned that here in Florida... They put lots and lots of chlorine in their water.. So if I come home real white.. You know why.. My skin will be bleached white!!!
After getting ready to do some shopping and go to the beach I look outside to see a beautiful mostly sunny day... Walking outside was a different story.. It may have been mostly sunny but it was raining! Not way hard but a pretty good rain. We went to bed bath and beyond to look for bed stuff that we had seen in a magazine. Did anyone else know how expensive bed sheets and comforters were? Way more than I expected! Also... there were pillows for 100 dollars! WHO WOULD SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON A PILLOW?!?! Well I guess if I was filthy rich I would! But I'm not!!!
We went to the St. Augustine beach.. Upon reaching the walk way we hear in a thick southern woman accent  "BILLY GET OVER HERE AND HELP ME WITH THIS DAMN CHAIR!!" *Billy starts walking back to her* "BOY DONT YOU KNOW HOW TO RUN? ITS HURTIN MY WRIST" I couldn't help but laugh when I passed her!
Well the beaches are exactly what I thought they would be.. and more! White sandy beaches with WARM WARM WARM water!

I got so excited the second I felt the soft sand but soon after touching the sand a HUGE thunder roar hits and within seconds it started to POUR! More than I have ever witnessed! Some rain was not going to stop me from getting into the warm water! Of course there were only two crazy people at the beach who wanted to get into the water, but that changed as soon as lightning started to strike! I was only out in the rain for a couple minutes and got SOAKED!

I'm not in the desert anymore! There was more rain here in 5 minutes that St. George gets in a year its crazy how flat it is here.. If it rained like this in St. George the roads would be flooded and houses would be going into rivers! We decided to leave and go visit my school. We drove around and saw the Criminal Justice Center.

 

It is seriously crazy how you can not see more than 1/8th of a mile because it is so thick full of trees! That is a huge change for me! Its crazy to think that this is my new home and I couldn't be more excited! I'm getting more and more excited the longer I stay! I'm not going to lie.. Im a little scared to get close to any water or even any trees What if a alligator pops up and decides it wants my swinging arm? I feel like they would probably revoke my scholarship! Don't worry everyone.. I have been looking real hard but have not found any alligators! I wanna see one so bad.. but no luck at all! and don't worry... everyone will know when I see my first one!

 

When we got home the storm had not yet hit Palatka so soaking wet and freezing in the hotel room there was only two things the could take action.. Go see if the pool was warm and swim.. or get in a nice hot shower! We chose the first one of course! I saw something in the pool that looked very familiar to me, it was the first familiar thing I have seen since being here... It was a swimmer ( I don't know if that's what they are really called but my family calls them swimmers) They are little bugs that swim! ( Wow that was pretty easy to explain) We had them the first year we moved into our new house but never had them since! I'm sure you guessed it.. The storm started to catch up with us after swimming for only a couple of minutes it started to pour pretty bad. We didn't get out until lightning started to get pretty close. We got out and came back up to the room and that's where action number two came in and I got into a nice hot shower! I'm getting used to the smell of bleach in my shower.. Lets hope that soon I wont even be able to recognize the smell!

I think its safe to say that I am going to love living here for the next little while!