Turkey week

Since our original plans to go on a cruise for the thanksgiving holiday had to be changed when my mom broke her ankle, the CFO and I went with plan B: spend the holiday week in Georgia at my parents’ house.  We already had plane tickets to fly to Atlanta (we were going to drive to Tampa with my parents to get on the cruise ship) and delta wanted a whopping $200/ticket change fee to change our tickets (plus any difference in the actual fare price).  So, not wanting the tickets to go to waste, we headed south.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t much warmer in GA than IL, but it was nice to see trees, rolling hills and roads that weren’t straight for miles and miles.  While we were there, we had the opportunity to do some holiday shopping, eat at some of our favorite restaurants, and, more importantly, catch up with a few friends. On Sunday, the CFO dropped me off at a restaurant to eat lunch with friends and she went shopping.  After lunch, I went go karting with a couple friends at the new Atlanta Motorsports Park near Dawsonville.

Before we got in the karts, the guy managing the track told us that we could go flat out up the hill and into turn one… However, even after three 8 minute sessions, I could not  get myself to fly up the hill and dive into turn 1 without lifting off the throttle.  This was just one of the reasons that I ended up being a few seconds slower per lap than my friends, but I had fun none the less.  While I enjoy driving, there is a reason why I’m not a professional race car driver…

After karting, my friend dropped me off at the outlet mall to meet the CFO.  We worked on crossing some people off of our Christmas list and then went out for dinner at Macaroni Grill, a restaurant that we like but don’t have near our home.  Since our anniversary was the next day (7 years!), we said that it was our anniversary dinner. 

Of course, this did not stop me from giving the CFO a hard time the following night, when she met one of her Athens, GA friends for dinner on our actual anniversary.  “How could you go out to dinner with one of your friends on our anniversary?” I asked.  I am planning on continue to use this for many, many years to come: “Remember when you went out with a friend on our 7th anniversary?”

While in Athens, we also spent a lot of time hanging out with my sister and her family… most of that time was spent eating, playing games or wrestling with her two sons.  It is crazy how fast those boys have grown (turning 4 and 8 this month), but the fact that we hadn’t seen them since last Christmas probably amplified that.  I am usually very camera happy but I didn’t take a single photograph on this trip… I’m not sure what happened, I guess I wasn’t in the mood.  So, I don’t have any pictures to accent this post… sorry.