A day at the Aquarium and cheesecake

This weekend, Lee and I decided we needed to "get away" after a long week. We just wanted to go somewhere for the day so we decided on the Georgia aquarium. We had been before but wanted to go back. I could just sit and watch the fish swim all day. Saturday morning we headed to Atlanta and got to the aquarium around 11:30. We walked through the exhibits and awed at all the different sea life: beluga whales, sting rays, hammerheads, whale sharks, sea otters. The sea otters were so cute. They were asleep for a while but finally woke up and swam with their toys. What an exciting life...sleep and swimming. We ate lunch and Lee realized that he left his debit card at the ATM when we got money out for parking. But luckily there were no suspicious charges on our account and we canceled his card. Anyway...our tickets also included a Titanic exhibit so after lunch we headed to that. The exhibit showed all the facts about the aquarium and different things that they collected from the ship. It was really neat. There was a "Survived and Lost" board. We had boarding passes that they gave us before entering so it let you know if you lived or died. Both Lee and I survived. I was a 24-year-old Italian woman who lived but her husband was lost. Lee was a 40 something year old perfume salesman who lived. They recovered the actual perfume sample bottles on the ship. After a fun day at the aquarium, we knew no day in Atlanta would be complete without The Cheesecake Factory. We knew if we each got a meal then we would be too full to eat cheesecake. Instead we split the fried macaroni and cheese balls and a slice of the 30th anniversary chocolate cheesecake. It was sooooo yummy! After that we headed home and just relaxed. It was a fun weekend and I'm glad we did it. On another note, Friday we went with the Wiley's to see Up!. It was such a cute movie, and after seeing it I wonder what Mason would say if he had a "talking" collar. You'll just have to see it to know what I'm talking about.

Beach and Baseball

I am back from the beach. While I had a great time it is good to be back. The sun takes a lot out of you. We had great weather and great food. The doctors are so nice to pay for everything. It's so nice to be able to look at a menu and order something and not have to look at the price. Friday I went out on a kayak into the ocean. It was a lot of fun even though I was thrown into the air several times after going over the choppy waves. Saturday I mostly laid out by the pool since the back of my legs were burned. I guess I missed the sunscreen there. Oh well...I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep. Last night Lee and I went to see the Mets and Braves play in Atlanta. Lee's mom had free tickets and it even had a $10 credit for food on both tickets! The Mets won. Lee is a huge Mets fan and it's not often that the Mets beat the Braves in Atlanta.

Beach Bound

So tomorrow my office is heading to the beach. We work 1/2 day and then we are going to Destin. I can not wait. I love the beach. I'm almost finished packing and I bought a couple of cute outfits for the occasion. I laid out a little bit last weekend so I would have some sun and not get totally burned. I have to use the SPF 70 on my face in order for it not to burn. Once I got so sunburned, my eyes were swollen and it looked like Lee had beaten me. So I can't forget the sunscreen. I am looking forward to good food and good weather. The doctors pay for our trip so we get to stay in this awesome condo and all of our dinners are paid for!! I hope we have good weather but if not it's better to be at the beach with the rain than at work.

Simple Pleasures

Tonight Lee and I went to Johnny Bruscos Pizza. We each got a slice of pizza and garlic bread. We usually don't get dessert with dinner but tonight we did. It was soooo good. We got the cinnamon knots which is basically baked knots of pizza dough covered with cinnamon. We couldn't finish them all so I brought the rest home. One of life's simple pleasures.

A-day weekend

This weekend was such a busy weekend. Our friends (all guys) from Nashville came to stay the weekend for A-day. Friday night I had dinner with Amy at Outback and had the oh so yummy cheesefries. I played chauffeur and drove the guys around. I got to drive a Hummer so that was a fun experience. Saturday morning the guys went to A-day while me and my mom went to see a movie. That night I played chauffeur again. Sunday after lunch and saying good bye to the guys I went shopping and bought a couple swimsuits and clothes for the beach next week. My office is going to Destin and I am so ready to go. I need some sun on this pale skin. Last night we went to dinner and then bowling with The Wileys and The Hares. It was a lot of fun even though I am horrible at bowling. It was a very exhausting weekend and today at work was just as tiring. There were several people out today. Anyway I still had a great weekend...but I have nothing planned for this weekend and I am so thankful.

Running, Dinner, and A-Day

This afternoon I went to the track by our house and jogged. I haven't done it in a while and my legs are pretty sore right now. Now that we have nice weather I have no excuse. It is pretty relaxing to go walking; it gives me time to think. That and my morning showers. When I got home I started dinner and I scarfed it down. I think all that running built up an appetite. Anyway I am about to finish cleaning the house. We are having company this weekend for the A-day came. Four guys will be coming to our house to stay for the weekend. I will be doing other things so I won't go crazy.

Happy Easter!

Today was a very productive day. We went to church this morning and afterwards went to a cookout at Lee's boss's house. My mom and Lee's mom had to work this weekend so we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs instead of the traditional Easter lunch. After that we headed to Home Depot and I bought some flowers to plant. I'm not much of a gardener so I hope they don't die on me. We'll see. On the way home we decided to pull into Sonic and get a slushy. If we were six minutes earlier we would have gotten 1/2 off. Oh well. The watermelon slushy gave us both brain freezes. I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!