The three of us make good company

Five or six days later... here I am again, writing. It is 4:17 in the morning (My birthday!) and we are in a hotel in Hays, Kansas. Can I get a "whatthehell?" It is the only time I have had to blog, seeing as most computer time is spent doing homework. So here is a recap. I apologize if the details are lacking, for you see, so am I currently.

Monday morning we woke up in Atlanta at Katie's house. After showering and getting ready for the day, Ciara and I packed up the car and got into Katie's car. We went to this delicious little place called Doc Greens. I recommend their salads. FANTASTIC! Ciara and I got the same one- obviously... and we had a good long hour lunch or so and tried to catch up more with Katie. After a few quick goodbyes, Ciara and I were on our way... but then. No! We plugged Cali (our GPS) into the cigarette lighter in my car and decided to find a Panera to waste time. Not really. I needed the wireless for my classes and Ciara needed to edit videos (see previous blog posting) for your viewing pleasure.

Two hours later, we made our way to Nashville. It was a dreary, rainy, country song filled drive. About twenty minutes away from Nashville, we called Michael (our amazing host) and he was going to meet us somewhere off some exit. Ciara was driving and I was busy dancing in the car most likely. We waited for him at an Applebees in the parking lot for a few minutes. Then I got to meet Michael. He was awesome. He took us to this really good taco place right across the street from Vanderbilt University and we talked, laughed and people watched. Then we went back to his house and dropped off our stuff and got ready to go out.

He took us to this really cool bar called the Flying Saucer. They have like a fajillion different beers on tap, but naturally Ciara and I wanted a girly drink. They pretty much had nothing but beer, so finally we figured out that they could make us a rum and coke. It was okay, not the best I've ever had. But the bar was super cool. :) We hung out there for awhile, then headed back to Michael's. We were exhausted.

The next day (Michael took off work while we were there..:) ) he took us to a park on Love Circle. It was really cool. You could see the whole Nashville skyline. We took a lot of pictures and some of them are really cool. I'll see if Ciara can get some posted on here soon. Then he took us to Fannie Mae Dees (I think) park, where you could climb a dragon made of mosaic tiles. Also really cool. Well Ciara climbed to the top (in a dress) and was ready to get down, letting me stand in front of her to make sure she didn't flash anyone (other than me). Well along comes this 12 year old girl (probably a lesbian, we think) and doesn't leave, even though it was so obvious that Ciara was trying to climb down. That girl wanted the top of the dragon spot to read her book so bad. So because this girl is standing there and not leaving, Ciara ends up having to stand on Michael's shoulders and slide down his back. Or something like that. It was awkward looking. That is all I know. There was also this super awesome tunnel there that we took pictures in too.

Then we went to the rich mall and then the grocery store to get stuff for dinner. We went back to Michael's and made hamburger helper SUPREME (which was probably the best I have ever had) and cookies and brownies (that we intentionally undercooked). We watched Sunshine Cleaners and then layed on the couch for like an hour talking. With the cats Tom and Lolita (Alfred and Shelby).

After a short sleep, we woke up Wednesday to go to the Opry House store and Opryland and the hotel. It was really neat. Reminded us of Gaylord Palms in Orlando. We obviously took a lot of pictures there too. Ciara stamped her whole arm with a Chi Omega stamp she found in a gift store. That was interesting. We ate lunch at this place called Noshville (which was good, but overpriced) and then went touristing around town. After we went back to Michael's and got ready for the day some more, then we met up with their friend Charlie and the three of us at this Mexican restaurant where Ciara and I split a pitcher of mango margaritas. Michael helped a bit. We went home and made our peace with saying goodbye to Nashville.

Thursday morning we headed out of Nashville and left for Missouri....

It is so late. I will try to catch up tomorrow. I am only two ish days behind now... but do not fret, for Missouri stories are the craziest yet.