Got up excessively early last Friday morning: actually awakening about 4 a.m., watching the clock, waiting for the alarm to go off at 4:30. Getting stuff organized to get on the road and drive into Atlanta, hoping to beat the millions of people who live there and have to be on the opposite side of town for work five days a week.
I'd accidently eaten some chocolate before getting in bed, so it was midnight before my eyes were persuaded to stay shut - which made for a pretty short night. When I arrived, as the sun was just beginning to light up the sky, I could not think of any reason to not take a little nap or two. So snuggled back down in the bed, fully dressed and had a snooze.
We got up and walked the wild-crazy-hyper canines and did the usual Friday errands: running across town (it sounds like a five minute jaunt - which is far from actualilty) to load up the Juke with most of a weeks' worth of food to feed the nightly crowds at Eddie's Attic. I had much time on my hands, so I took another walk, wandering around busy downtown Decatur. The place was swarming with teenagers as soon as the high school, about a block from busy commercial area let out for the weekend. And they all looked so young! And of course, trying to give the appearance of being older, mature, and oh-so-cool. I understand the city has public safety people who do nothing but keep an eye on them as the mill around the boutiques, stores and coffee shops in the afternoons.
I was in the city to visit with family of a cousin. The family was in the states for holidays, and will return to China where they have lived for several years. Including a little 18 month old kid, who probably knows more Chinese than the adults! If you had forgotten, like I had due to no recent exposure to little people: it is amazing how busy they are - just constantly on the move, looking at stuff, inspecting their surroundings, absorbing information, learning about the world. And very amusing.
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