Murders and danger and roommates, oh my!

Well, it has been an eventful past week in the world of Greece, NY. Patrick was in town over the weekend, and he and Shawn and I went out to a British pub and then to a country bar. It was fun and really nice to see a face from home.

I have yet to watch the news out here because I don't get home in time, and I don't get the paper, so I'm not all that connected to what is going on around here. I discovered that is for a reason! Patrick is a news junkie, and he calls me up on Saturday night (as I'm on my way to his house to go out) to inform me that they have just found a body in the park a half-mile from my house! I guess the guy had been shot and his body was left in the park. All I have heard is that he was 24 and it is thought to be gang-related.

Two days ago I was searching the news on the web to find out the weather forecast. The headline story is that two Rochester high schools are now on the "persistently dangerous" list put out by the feds. The criteria for this is more than 6 serious incidents per 100 students. I'm thinking I'm all safe living in the suburbs, as the danger is in the city. Well, one of those high schools is a mile and a half from my house. Hmm. I technically live in the town of Greece, so my neighborhood doesn't feed into this high school, but it's still darn close. I'm beginning to see why the people moved out of my house! When I left 3 years ago, Greece was a very nice suburb. My how things change.

Now after these two not-so-nice pieces of news, it's not really fair to put to new roomie in this catergory! I found a girl to rent the bedroom/bath upstairs (from Craiglist no less!). She's a very sweet 20-year-old who is a nanny. I'm excited to not be living alone, and the extra income is going to be a huge help. She moves in on Tues/Wed, so I'll update you as to how things go. I'm expecting a smooth ride though. She brought her boyfriend over the second time she came, and he seems like a nice guy. I'm hoping it is going to be a good situation for the both of us.

Sorry, no pictures for now as I'm at work. I went to upload some last night, and of course my camera batteries died. I will get them up very soon though. Now that I'm all done with data entry for PRE, I'll have more time in the evenings to get things done.

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Tia