the beginning of a new beginning

i finally arrived into atlanta last night around 900p or so, which i was quite thankful for at that time as i was really beginning to get sick of driving! i think it was more likely due to the boring-ass drive we had to suffer through from slidell, louisiana to birmingham, alabama on i-59 and part of i-20. we did not come across a single city the entire trip through mississippi on i-59… nothing but trees, straight flat highway and more trees. at least i found a couple groups of cars going 80-90 that i could join just to get out of there much faster! i stayed within that speed range all the way from new orleans to the georgia state line for the most part, and luckily did not come across a single cop or state trooper the entire way. that quickly changed though coming into georgia as we passed four state police within te first 10 miles of driving in the state. also, i remembered the ticket i got in this exact area of georgia when i was driving with my family to visit my sister in chattanooga a while back, so i knew how bad the cops where here.

by the time we reached the western outskirts of atlanta, it was already dark being about 800p or so. people were driving faster at this point so i joined them once again back up to 80-85 (i enjoy flying through a city on the freeway!). after about another 45 minutes of driving and several highway changes, we had finally arrived to woodstock, georgia where lee lives… which is a suburb on the northern fringe of atlanta. midtown atlanta, where they usually go out at night, is about a thirty minute drive from their place on i-575 to i-75. upon arriving to their house, i unloaded all of my crap out of the rentral car and then lee and i took the car back to the airport, which worked out fine since lee’s jeep was at the airport (remember they flew to new orleans yesterday). by the time we had gotten back to the house, i was exhausted (i even passed out in the car ride back since lee was driving) and it was already after midnight.

so, no more driving for me for a while…at least long trips