Crashing

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 / Family, Flickr Photos, Travel / Author: Shawn

I have had a busy past 2 weeks. Since my last post, thanks have been busy here at Inicio Latta del norte. On the 12^th, Beth came up with some friends and Nicki. She dropped Nicki off at my place and then went to a concert. On the way home to Savannah, they hit a deer. The van is now in the shop until sometime after my birthday.

On the 14^th, Daddy and Nicki went home to Savannah for a few days. I stayed behind and drove around Troup County before enjoying the rest of my quiet weekend.

When Daddy returned to Atlanta, Nicki came back with him and has been here ever since.  She’s been using her time here to recover from surgery.  During this time, I have been busy with work.  However, I was woken around midnight last Thursday to give Jessica directions to my apartment.  No one told me that she was coming to town, nor that Matthew was with her.  She ended up dropping Matthew off to sleep here while she stayed with a friend before they did what they came to North Georgia to do.

Beth came, this time with Ben, on Friday.  She planned on spending her birthday weekend up here. While waiting for Beth to arrive, since I got off work early on Friday, Nicki and I went to the World of Coca-Cola again.  Beth finally got to my apartment a few minutes after Nicki and I got home.  She wanted Steak ‘N’ Shake for dinner, so I took her and Ben there.

Yesterday, to celebrate Beth’s birthday, we went to Chattanooga, TN for the day. We went to the Tennessee Aquarium and Ruby Falls.  We had a blast.  I took both my cameras, letting Beth hold the Polaroid i1037.  At first, she didn’t want to use it, but once we got to the penguin exhibit, she whipped out the camera  from her pocket and went crazy with snapping photos.  The rest of the day, she kept saying, “Wanna look at my penguin photos?”  She used the camera the rest of the day.  Between the aquariums and the falls, I stopped to get her new batteries and a new memory card for the camera.

Ruby Falls Cave got got to a few members of our party.  They had panic attacks about being in a cave.  However, it was worth the adventure when we got to the waterfall in the cave.  Beth took video of the falls with the camera she used.  I will admit it takes better video than my Fujifilm camera.  After we got back to the Marietta are, we went and tried Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q.  My father saw it the other night when we went somewhere else for dinner and thought it would be a good place to take Beth for ribs.  The girl was very pleased with her rib order.  She considered this her best birthday ever.

Now, I’m getting ready for a 2 day work week prior to Thanksgiving festivities.  My sisters and Ben are staying one more night before having to go back to Savannah for their pre-Thanksgiving obligations.

Listening to Backstreet Boys – “It’s Gotta Be You”