All week I'd been looking forward to going down to Atlanta for Thanksgiving:
family.
70 degrees.
no snow.
Copeland's.
cornbread dressing, turkey, sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese.
PECAN PIE.
rest.
Georgia vs. Georgia Tech.
warm weather.
And I all expectations were met. Good food, awesome time with family, warm weather (despite rain, it was certainly warmer than 15 degrees), good rest, and a Dawg win!
I got to see some of the sweet girls I used to meet up with at GA Tech and it was so sweet to hear how the Lord has continued to work in them so much! That night we got to see my parents, sister and brother-in-law. We obviously planned everything around food and went out to dinner at family favorite Copeland's. Fried catfish, biscuits, gumbo, red beans and rice! I had to use serious self-control. Not to mention how fun it was to have the whole family together. I loved getting to catch up and laugh a lot. The next morning hubs and I met Mom and Dad for lunch at Food 101 another good one! Mom and I split their fish tacos and chicken salad sandwich. So good. I also snuck a bite of Andrew's Cuban sandwich-yum!
Keeping in line with the trend of big meals, we went out for an awesome dinner with Andrew's parents that night at Dominick's in downtown Lawrenceville. Also the place hubs and I went on our second date 3 years earlier when he shared how much he liked me. Good food and sweet to reminisce with my husband and wonderful in-laws. And who knew? Larry Flynt (you know that sleezy, wheelchair bound, Hustler guy) was shot at the L'ville court house?! We ate across from it. Just a fun fact I learned.
It was great spending time with A's parents- we love staying with them. The next day was Thanksgiving! Which meant more food! We were running around getting food together. I got to make that orzo dish I keep referring to and A's mom made a turkey, homemade cranberry sauce and super good sweet potato souffle with pecans and brown sugar! yum! We spent most of the rest of the day at hub's grandmother's where there was a lot of people and even more food (multiple turkeys, fried okra, mac and cheese, green beans, tomato casserole, orzo, cornbread dressing, coleslaw, fruit salad, sweet potatoes, caramel cake, pecan pie, chocolate chip pie, snickerdoodles, etc.). It was tasty and great to meet and catch up with all the family.
Friday we headed over to Dialogue in the Dark at Atlantic Station. Dialogue is an exhibit that gives a really cool experience of being blind. You go through the exhibit in total and complete darkness and feel what its like to be in a park, grocery store, etc without sight. Really powerful. Here are a few pictures from walking around my old stomping grounds: Atlantic Station.
My in-laws!
Hubs and I
Saturday we hiked around Talulah Gorge and drove around Lake Rabun at all the beautiful homes and boat houses. Here are some pics from Minihaha Falls. And actually there are Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis (we took my parents there in a previous post). Funny- they're pronounced the same way but spelled different.
The whole clan at the Falls after hiking the Gorge
Saturday night. I couldn't wait. 7:45 pm. Georgia vs. Georgia Tech. No clear favorite, at home in Athens, Ahh! We watched the whole game and I was so stressed at the end! But praise the Lord, the Dawgs won! And by doing so clinched a bowl game and escaped a losing record. Though this is the worst season Georgia's had in several years, Murray is promising and the defense was on. Here's a NY Times article about the weird ending of the game.
And the next morning it was time to head home. Ugh. Up early, navigating the relatively quick and easy airport lines, in the air for just over 2 hours. Then when I work up from my nap on the plane , I saw the landscape go from brown to white. The snow. It's still on the ground. Reality was hitting me. Back to snow and cold and working (well doesn't really feel like work, but I can't hang out and eat all day).
So here we are now, 2 weeks left on campus. Three weeks until flying back down to Atlanta. I'm excited to bring this semester to a close.
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