The Bean Update

Well, we've been back from our beach trip for about 24 hours now, and boy am I grumpy! We've had a lot of fun the past two weeks between my birthday and our beach trip, but now that we are back home, it's been a little overwhelming playing catch up. Don'tcha hate that?

My birthday was quite nice, even though I slept most of the day away (till about 4pm) after working all night. I woke up to a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a wonderfully clean apartment. Then I was wisked away to a delicious dinner at a really nice restaurant (yes, they do exist here, believe it or not), the Green Valley Grill. We enjoyed the best-tasting, most elegant meal we've had in a long time. Then on Friday, I was treated to a professional massage. It was sooooo nice!

Over the following weekend, we had a delightful visit from a college friend of mine, who was brave enough to venture up from Atlanta to po-dunk ville. We showed her the miriad of sights downtown on Saturday, and on Sunday, we ventured out into nature, taking a long walk on the nearby greenway and having a nice evening sunbath at the pool. We sure did appreciate the visit (and hopefully it wasn't too boring for her)!

When Monday arrived, we finally embarked on the long-awaited trip to the coast! We visited Surf City, which is the largest of three towns on Topsail Island, a barrier island off the NC coast, just north of Wilmington. Although it was the largest town on the island, it was still quite small and quiet, without too many tourists.... just the way we like it! We rented out the cutest condo with a beautiful view of the ocean from the deck. We then proceeded to spend the next three days lounging about or taking walks on the beach, trying to get some sun without getting too burnt, and eating some delicious seafood. Although I wished our trip could have been longer (as always), we both had a wonderful and relaxing vacation.

Friday morning started the driving marathon of the weekend: Friday we drove six and a half hours to Athens, Saturday we drove an hour to Atlanta, and then Sunday we drove another five and a half hours back to Greensboro, arriving back here around 1:30AM. The driving was both for fun and as a necessity. The fun part was getting to see two Modern Skirts shows, which included the premiere of their new music video and four new songs. As usual, this band never ceases to amaze and impress me with their talent. It's been really cool watching them along their journey, as I have known them since before they became the Skirt Boys (my name for them). Plus, it was really fun to hang out with friends that we haven't seen in quite a while.

The necessary part of our Atlanta trip was to pick up a truck from my favie's dad, so that we can have a vehicle for moving. It was wonderful to see his parents again, because we hadn't seen them since April, but we ended up staying there catching up and talking a little longer than we probably should have. We didn't leave until about 8pm; thus, the late arrival time last night.

Today we have both just been trying to catch up on the routine necessities of life. Things really do sneak up on you when you go out of town. Tomorrow we will pack up everything we possibly can from this apartment. Then on Wednesday we will pack up my car and the truck, with the intention of having everything pretty much ready to go Thursday morning. As of Thursday afternoon, we will officially be Atlanta residents again! And then Friday we will lug all of our crap out of the storage unit again.... sooo not looking forward to that. Finally, Saturday, although we will be up to our ears in boxes, we're gonna say, "F*ck it!" and go party down in Athens for the first football game of the season.... Gooooo Dawgs!!

If we make it through this week, I guess we start unpacking on Monday. If not, please be kind enough to scrape my tattered body off of the pavement so I can have a proper burial.