This week was a little hectic, as most of this past month has been, but it was good.

Rice Patrick, 8, and his friends are lowered after riding the swings Wednesday night at the Fair of Forrest County. (Photo by Erin Parker / The Hattiesburg American)

Let’s break it down, shall we?

Sunday: Southern Miss hosted in-town rival, William Carey, in a baseball scrimmage. Heritage United Methodist Church hosted trunk-or-treat in their parking lot.

Wednesday: The Fair of Forrest County opened for its second day in town.

Thursday: Oak Grove Lower Elementary held a ribbon cutting for their new Project Fit America fitness equipment. The MTV reality casting tour hosted auditions in town.

Friday: Thames Elementary invited students to dress as their favorite book characters for a Book Parade. Petal faced off against George County on the gridiron, and it poured for most of the game.

Saturday: Men, women and children ran/walked in the first Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at Southern Miss. Two teenagers died in a oil-holding tank explosion accident. (So, so sad.)

Sunday: I attended the fair again and learned that goats like to eat paper. (As in, a goat ripped a few pages out of my reporter’s notebook while it was in my jean pocket.) Southern Miss baseball held a black and gold game.

My favorite images of the week can be found here.

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How was your week? And what was the most exciting thing you did?