atlanta | a hello

the last two weeks have been quite crazy. i wrapped up work on thursday, had a happy hour with colleagues and friends and topped off the night at the midnight showing of 'new moon'. no, i don't think i'm that big of a dork! i just had friends who wanted to see it with me and that was my last night in town. okay, i secretely really wanted to see it.

next morning, pick up the rental car (2010 suburban, yeehaw!), and spend about 3 hours putting my life in the car leaving just enough room for mean kitty and my friend jill. hit the road before traffic builds, wave goodbye to the city and the lake, lake shore drive, lincoln park, my favorite skyline....

ok, indiana is a long, boring state. enough said.

arrive in nashville close to midnight and crash at my good friend janna's house. breakfast at j.christopher's (an atlanta establishment that has stepped foot into tennesee) and fill up on coffee. on the road again towards atl.

for anyone making the trip from nashville to atlanta, you'll like this. for about 45 miles outside of chattanooga, we start seeing signs "SEE ROCK CITY" and "VISIT RUBY FALLS". after about 40 miles of this curiousity got the best of me, and i asked jill it she wants to take a break at see it. up, up, and up the winding (tiny) mountain roads and we get to lookout mountain where supposedly you can see seven states from the top. folks, take my word for it, you can miss it. ;)

we make it down to my mom's place just as the sun is setting. we rest a bit, unload the car, and frankly all we want is food and sleep. i promised jill a night on the town complete with a tour of the city, georgia tech, a steak dinner, and maybe dancing at loca luna. yeah right. we go to a local bbq joint, have a cold beer and a pork plate and call it a night.

jill heads back to texas and i start a new chapter.

p.s. i've also been car shopping all over atlanta (not fun), thanksgiving day gobble jog, dinner with lots of relatives, my cousin had his first kid, margaret celebrated her 21st birthday, a really disappointing georgia tech vs. u[sic]ga game, and day 1 on the new job.

p.p.s. coming up, my little sister's wedding, mom's birthday, then christmas, new year's, a trip to houston for a friend's engagement shoot, and the ING half marathon in march!

happy holidays, y'all!