Georgia's on my car

I woke up early on my day off to go to the Fulton County Building. Several papers, phone calls, one fax and $38 later, I officially have Georgia plates on my car.

Weird.

I said the same thing about Texas when I moved to Austin. I even started saying "y'all." Now it seems strange not to have the Lone Star State represented on my Corolla. I guess that it'll take time to adjust. And one day, it'll be weird to think of anything else as normal.

Georgia's on my car.

Boot Camp: Day 1

I signed up for boot camp. 


4 weeks, 5 days a week. 


6 a.m. 


Typically, this kind of torture is out of my price range, but the $44 Groupon made it fit in my budget. It's nice to do something besides run a few miles every day. I also learned in a trial boot camp last week with a different company that I have no core strength. None. I may be able to run lots of miles, but besides that, I'm useless. And a wimp. Figure this would add some variety to my wanna-be, chocolate-habit-supporting active lifestyle.


When I clicked the little icon that charged my credit card and registered me, it seemed like a good idea. A great work out, with people, each morning. Then I started thinking about the 6 a.m. start. Which is really 5:45 a.m. Dressed. Outside. In the dark. Ready to run. Literally. 


That's when I started wondering what I was thinking. 


After a fun weekend, I was afraid I'd be dragging. But this morning actually went pretty well. Of course, it was an "easy" assessment day. We had to run a mile, count pushups and do some sit ups. There were a few other things, too, but I think that this was their way of easing us into it. 


Tomorrow, we're "touring the park." I'm not sure what that means, but it should be quite an adventure!
  

Creative Adventure!

One of the benefits of moving to a new place is not having a lot of friends or a lot of things to occupy my non-work time. About a month ago, Kim and I met in Greenville, SC, for the night to hang out, eat some good food and pretty much just get away for the weekend. She was my roommate for a year in college, and we hadn't seen each other since about 2003. It'd been a while. She lives in North Carolina, I live in Georgia and her parents have a house in South Carolina...perfect!

Saturday morning, we slept in, went to breakfast and wandered around the adorable downtown area, including in and out of several art galleries. Who knew that there were so many art galleries in Greenville, SC? Not me!

While appreciating the artists' creations, I couldn't help but wonder if I could do something like that?

So upon returning to Atlanta, I went to Hobby Lobby. I came home with acrylic paints, brushes and even some canvases.

This first picture below is a picture of the picture I tried to paint. I took it in the Cinque Terre area of Italy in March 2009. The second is my final product. And yes, I realize that it looks more like a 4th grade art project than what I saw in Greenville.

This was my next attempt. It was inspired by something I actually saw in Greenville. Simple. I like it.

These are two of my favorite quotations...

The writing on this one is a little crooked...gives it character :)