Gilgamesh’s World

 Last time I wrote I was in Israel. This time I am in Jordan. I went snorkeling in the Red Sea. Here is a picture:

When I went snorkeling I could see a bunch of coral and fish and three eels.Here is a picture of me at our archaeology camp.

One of my teammates on the dig found some painted pottery. We have tents that go along with the dig because they are called “Copper Canyon” and there is copper at our site. I am having a good time doing archaeology in Jordan. It’s fun.

I wore a lime green suit for St. Patrick’s Day. I wore a riddler hat, a checkerboard green and black shirt, black shorts, checkerboarded tie and checkerboarded shoes. My whole class, the third grade, and some of second grade looked at me and said “Gil???” when I walked outside. For dinner we had corned beef and cabbage. And for dessert we had green cupcakes.

Today I went to the Saints game with my dad. We won, and beat the Giants by 48-27. I had a good time at the Superdome.

Today I don’t have school. I don’t have school for five days because it is Fall break. Today I am writing this in my dad’s office. This morning we went around on my dad’s scooter taking pictures of my cousin Cedric’s little puppet for a school project for Cedric. He wanted pictures in front of famous places in New Orleans. We went to the Superdome, the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, the St Louis Cathedral, and a big chicken by a skateboard shop. Tomorrow I have a soccer game. And the next day I’m going to a friend’s house. I don’t have to go back to school until Wednesday.

I went to St. Louis to see my aunt and uncle and before we saw them we went to the St. Louis arch. I went inside the arch. They wouldn’t let me take my skateboard inside. We went up to the top. I got to look out the windows.

I got those glasses at Graceland. Here is Elvis’ grave:

Strange how he was so poor and then so rich.

In Atlanta I took a picture with my sister Kalypso next to the Coca-Cola building. We also went to the King Tut exhibit, and saw a 3-D movie.

We also saw the Chinese soldiers buried with the emperors, and we saw the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. My dad gave a lecture about ancient beer at Emory University. In Atlanta we also saw Barack Obama become president and took a picture of us next to a television when that happened.

We’re on vacation from school. Before Christmas I went up to the lake and behind it was a playground and an arch. The weather was blowing hard.

This is my Grandpa, John Fitzpatrick:

He came to visit me for Christmas. We went to see the art for Prospect One.This is my Grandma, Mary Mike Fitzpatrick:

We did the same thing and went to Prospect One. Prospect One had a giant stuffed animal polar bear.For Christmas I got a game called Stars Wars Force Unleashed, another one was called Lego Batman and the last my sister got is Super Smash Brothers Brawl. I got a Misfits blanket, a Blackflag shirt, some money from family.

Two lego models also came. One was Annakin and R2D2. I also got a flashlight and from my YiaYia, which is Grandma in Greek, a little robot, a flashlight and a reading book flashlight that attaches on to the book. Kochise got a squeeky toy. I keep on squeeking it. When I squeek it Kochise looks at me like he’s about to attack me.

Today I didn’t have school because it was election day. So me and Abu (my dad) went to buy new shoes and shoelaces. I have two hightops that needed shoelaces. One is Converse Allstar (Chuck Taylor) and the other is World Industries. I got some new Vans with checkerboard on them. My dad voted earlier so we didn’t have to do it when I got the shoes. My mom had to go to school. My parents voted for Obama and Biden. Tomorrow we will have a new president. Tomorrow I will wear my Chuck Taylor Allstar shoes.

My old bikes got stolen. I got a new bike at Plan B. We had to put it together from old bike parts. After that we sanded it and we spray painted it. 

I am in the first grade and the school year is almost over. My teacher’s name this year is Mr. Reynaud. He is one of the nicest teachers I know. He takes me on field trips like the big event at the park. At the park I played with my friends. He taught me math. He likes to draw pictures of people. Next year I don’t know who my teacher will be, we don’t get to pick.