*all the complications, i embrace them all.*

the weekend has come to an end and i'm wanting one more day to relax. i think it just passed too quickly and i didn't want to deal with monday so soon. last week kicked off a month of busy weeks and weekends. i guess this can make for some good stories and pictures.



this weekend i drove out to atlanta to visit nate gordon. i hadn't seen him since graduating from umf and he's currently in atlanta for a conference.



i stopped to recycle my magazines on the way out in auburn. i left the bottles and cardboard at home because i have access to places that recycle those things in wetumpka. i think that if alabama gave back a deposit for recycling more people would do it. my favorite part about recycling in auburn is throwing the glass over the little wall. no one was there throwing glass saturday.


nate was wonderful. same old nate. we went to the hard rock cafe down the block for dinner. our waiter was a little weird and nate couldn't understand him when he spoke. it wasn't due to an accent but because it was so loud and i don't think the man really opened his mouth while he spoke. i also got dad a peach pin for his collection from all the hard rocks. after dinner we walked back to the hyatt and sat in the lobby talking for a while. i met a few people nate knows and helped him fix his sweatshirt. the zipper split and he couldn't get out of it. i laughed really really hard at him while he stood in front of me so i could fix it. a woman walked up and sat in his chair for maybe 30 seconds to a minute before walking away. weird.



close to 7:30 i ended up walking back down to the parking deck to get back to alabama. the thunder and lightening we were supposed to have earlier in the day started and i obviously decided i would go in search of the cnn building instead of getting back on 85. there were cop cars and two limos out there. i'm going to go back during the day and do a tour or something. at least go inside instead of just driving by. the main road going by there was closed off and being worked on. which was about 8pm. i'm not sure if they were fixing things from the tornado a couple weeks back. this is the only picture i could get because i didn't want to stop next to the cop cars to take on. but after driving circles trying to find 85 south i got on the highway going north to the 75/85 split and then took the first exit and turned south. drove home listening to my audio books 'bleachers' and 'the mermaid chair'. i didn't end up getting a limeade from sonic. sorry jennt.


yesterday i felt nearly useless. i did a lot of sitting. finally went to the gym at about 5pm. talked on the phone several times. went to walmart for random things like toilet paper. happy sunday.



i've now made it through monday as well. i don't have plans other than eating dinner tonight. i may get in bed earlier than normal to escape this headache.

i want a popsicle for dinner.
*jp