Well, that was pretty greatly fun. :)

Zinni and Loni got here around 9.30 or so last night, it was really good to see Zinni again, and Loni's really nice. :) Also very spur-of-the-moment. *giggles* We'd only just brought in their things and set up a bed on the floor, when Loni declared she wanted to go swimming. Admitedly, it was VERY, very hot and sticky and things still. So I said that I'd heard of a place somewhere along the creek in town where it got deep enough to swim, and though I made no promises about being able to find that spot, I could get us to the creek at least. Tom and Zinni were a little skeptical at first (actually Tom STAYED skeptical *giggles* not that that's a surprise), but Loni was really excited, and I was up for a random adventure, so we all put on bathing suits and t-shirts and went.

We ended up parking out behind Pucci's and finding a path down to the creek over by the fire department - I've walked along that part of the creek a few times during the day, so I knew it'd be safe enough to get down to. We also brought a flashlight. It took a bit, but eventually we were all wading in the creek, moving veeeery slowly along it, as the bottom is RIDICULOUSLY rocky, as well as VERY slippery in places. So this is not something I would recommend for a frequent nighttime adventure. ^^; But Loni forged on ahead, Zinni following, then me, staggering and losing my balance all over the place...and Tom soon came up to walk closer to me, to help. ^^; I am such a little spazzy wimp.
There were little fish. Lots and lots of little fish. Who apparently didn't feel threatened by large moving pillars invading their space, as they kept bumping into and nibbling at us. *giggles* It was very disconcerting. But we found a few places where the water got deeper, and Zinni splashed in to swim around a tiny bit, though the water was only a bit over our knees. She and Loni splashed around a little, Tom stayed up near the shallower part keeping the flashlight safe. And also we laughed at the two of them, Loni in particular, who would yell at the fish to keep away from her legs, but half a second later would try to coax them into her hands. *giggles*

We ventured along a little further, leaving landmarks of shoes and pants and things... Hung around another deeper spot, Zinni found a nice rock to perch on, while Loni investigated some other rocks with the flashlight... "Is that a water spider?"
Tom quickly made his way over to the opposite shore.
The water spider entered the water. Loni kept the flashlight trained on it until we saw it leave the water. ickick. It was so bit, it was really creepy.
Soooooo then we made our way back, a little less enthusiastic than before. *giggles*

We stopped by Wendy's and got some munchies and Frostys, then I kept forgetting to tell Loni when to turn so we took a bit of a strange way back to the apartment. ^^;; oops. But we were all giggly and had fun.

They left a little bit ago, they're heading back down to Erie for the Cherry Festival there. I feel bad, I didn't even feed them at all, though I offered. ^^; heh.

So today the Woodwind Camp kids (including Devon and a few other of Mel's friends) who invaded our campus are having a concert, going to go drop by there for awhile. Then! It's in to town for the Victorian Dazzle thing! *bounces* While we were driving around last night, we passed a horse-and-carriage full of people - that's got to've been the ghost tour thing. *bounces* I neeeeed to do, omg. I hope to goodness it's not all booked up, if it is I'm going to be very sad. You wouldn't think it'd be so busy out here in July, but we passed a loooot of cars at like 11 at night. Granted it was Friday night and there are plenty of bars, but, still.

Anyway. *giggles* So yes. Happy weekend so far. Tom's a bit sullen because he'd rather stay in than go out, but he's being a dear and indulging me anyway. (Though I do feel bad about the water spider.) And I'm not dragging him to the concert, anyway. And I'll buy him a fried something in town or something. *g*