buggy ride to canton

it was a quick excursion to canton, georgia. we were barely gone for 24 hours. my aim thingie had me idle for 24 hours and 37 minutes (but then again, it did say i was logged in for 49,710 days....which, if you do the math, would make about 136 years...which of course isn't possible. God help me if i live that long. what was it thinking??).

i was at fault for our 5 o'clock start because i was trying to finish my shoe drawing before we left. well, 30 minutes' time only allowed me to get as far as drawing the outline once, erasing it and starting over, and then complete the basic outline of a second (which i ended up keeping). amy, megan, and i hopped in megan's blue buggy and headed to her crib (sorry, i couldn't resist the cheesiness). over the mountains (a few bridges as well) and through the woods we went, arriving in canton around 7. it was poker night for the boys, (megan's high school freshman brother and his gang) so after a nice dinner of lasagna we went out on the town for a tour of megan's childhood setting. a quick stop at starbucks for hot chocolate and apple cider helped us thaw out from the ten second run into the store. it has become bitterly cold in georgia. northerners may ridicule us for claiming 22 degrees to be extremely cold, but hey, lay off when we were spoiled with a month's worth of daily highs ranging from the 60s-70s and clear blue skies. wait, i was trying to evoke sympathy...

plans to watch dodgeball were tossed when it came to be 1 am. we had spent the latter evening chatting with megan's family, watching a little tv, eating yummy ice cream soppapilla dessert thingies, and setting up the sleeping situation. speaking of which, the three of us ended up sleeping across her queen size bed. at least it was queen size bed...our feet dangled off the side but we managed to not knock each other out while sleeping. megan's mom got us doughnuts for breakfast...yay for cream-filled doughnuts! we headed for the north georgia outlets around noon, did a little bit of shopping (i bought a $3 shirt from charlotte russe) and freezing...the wind just cuts through you.

i enjoyed my day off from the books. its good for us to recognize dr. mlk for all the things he did and changes he helped this country make. and on the subject of birthdays, it is my mom's birthday today...so happy birthday to you, mom!