I go to old Brenau so pity me!

So, yesterday was le suck. As I was getting ready for work Alex called and told me that he had been laid off. This was so completely out of left field and unexpected that we didn't quite know what to do. After he got home and we had our mutual momentary panic, we decided to go ahead and make the trek to Gainesville so that he could file his unemployment claim.

Not one to let that bitch, Life, get the best of me, I tried to make better of a bad situation by finding a letterbox! So while we were in the area we stopped by my alma mater, Brenau University, to seek the "Golden Tigers" letterbox. At first I was not a happy camper because I had planned on planting an almost identical stamp in the exact same location, but ultimately I decided that I was just excited there was one there!

The stamp, shown to the right, is the old Brenau logo that was in use during my time at Brenau. It looks simple enough, but the actual detail of the lettering on "BRENAU" and the swoops and swirls beneath the word are all done so perfectly! I was very pleased with the outcome. After finding the stamp under the crow's nest, I climbed to the top to stamp in, and promptly got eaten alive by the roughly 4237894732894023 mosquitoes that make the "nest" their home. The hitchhiker letterbox that I found with "Remember When" was too big to leave at "Golden Tigers," but I know I'll find a home for it soon.

I did not take pictures of the Crow's Nest, but I'll include some old pictures of the former Crow's Nest so that you can get an idea of what it's like (and see how beautiful Brenau is!)

Me and my Alpha class posing at the top, Senior Year (Jan 2008)

Again on the stairs: Courtney, Sarah, Elaina, Audrey, Nyssa, Amber, and Me (From Top to bottom, left to right)

Me and Tonya at the foot of the Crow's Nest, next to the Brenau Ideal (May 2008)

This is a reflection of Pearce Auditorium (the building behind the Crow's Nest) as seen in a reflection on a stone bench on campus (all visible from this letterbox!)