So, on Thursday June 30th, I left Athens almost immediately after my Quant 4 class to depart for Mobile. I had already gotten gas, and pretty much had some munchies in my car to get me out of the state of Georgia. I made excellent time, thanks to being driven by catching William before his class started (I didnt) and me being able to maintain a speed of at least 85 on I-65. Just as the numbers on I-65 were finally starting to get notably smaller (my exit was #3) I saw this:
I thought it was pretty cool really. There are a couple more pics, but I wont bore you with them since they really are just water and greenery. Nothing special...not even any boats. Quite remniscent of home actually. I had a good feeling about this place already.
So, I arrived at William's parent's house and meet mom and dad. They are lovely people. His dad reminds me of my grandpa, and his mother...well, his mom is a conglomeration of my mom, and the woman I will probably evolve into when Im their age. Kinda scary really. But once I realized that, I knew this was a woman I could hang out with. We ended up going to this really posh restuarant on the bay called Felix's (its got some more name, but I dont remember what it is). The food was wonderful!
After dinner, we came home. The Dr and William were both at home by this point and waiting for us. Needless to say, William and I quickly departed, ran some errands and then came home to catch up.
Lets see, the next day was Friday. The parents were still at home (they ended up not leaving until Saturday) so we went out to play. We did a little shopping, and a little sight seeing. We ended up at this spot he likes thats on the water. It used to be super secluded, but we saw a couple of different sets of people while we were there. The hurricane got to it, but he says they have rebuilt nicely. There are now benches and this nice walk way leading down to it:
...we had ALOT of fun while there.
Hmmm, I'll fast forward to some interesting stuff. On Saturday we had some plumbing drama and then a party-type activitiy that evening. That was cool cause I got to meet alot of his friends. Brad is my favorite friend (behind Jason of course).
We went to the outlets on Sunday in Foley. They were great. I bought a bag and some towels (I think thats all I bought). Then we went to see the Star Wars movie, and he subsequently fell asleep in it. I know, right? Last summer he fell asleep in Spiderman 2. Me, who has never seen a Star Wars movie, and him who wanted to see all of them but went to sleep on it. As anticipated, I enjoyed it- probably only understood a percentage of what I saw- but still enjoyed it. I keep telling myself its like seeing Harry Potter 3 without seeing 1 or 2, or the last Matrix movie without seeeing the first. Yes, you will enjoy it, but you will so NOT get it. Thats where I am.
When I decided I wasnt going to go home on Sunday (I felt like Rich had cheated me out of my missing a class period when he cancled class on Friday), we decided to do something fun for the 4th. We eventually ended up in New Orleans. Yes, New Orleans. How cool is that?We went to this place called Daiquiri's first to get some to-go drinks. Think Wet Willies (but to-go). Yes, I said to-go. I had never seen such! I think ours were incredible hulk flavored. But after the Friday night fiasco, and the subsequent Saturday night encore, we both had a little trepidation about drinking too much. Plus, I hadnt eaten that day, and would need to get something soon. We decided to eat (well, eventually decided..his first instinct was Wendy's but then he cancled that in favor of something more interesting) downtown instead.
We came into downtown on Canal Street. (See pics below).
We saw this really cute trolley on our way in. I saw the hotel we stayed at when the band was in town for the Sugar Bowl. The Popeyes and the random Wendy's that serves breakfast were my landmarks. I still havent been to another Wendy's that serves breakfast. Its the most random thing! William says that he saw one, but he decided to actually eat there! I dont think he especially enjoyed it because he says he should have just kept going to McDonalds. LOL.
We then parked the car and decided to wander around a bit. We stopped at the House of Blues for some dinner. Neither he nor I had ever eaten food there (we'd drank), so we thought It'd be fun. I had jumbalaya and he had pasta. His was "okay" and mine was tasty. It was an abnormally quick meal, and William took the opportunity to comment on the ratio of black women to black men in the restaurant. It was like 4:1 (okay okay, maybe 3:1, but still...). Here we are after dinner:
Then we headed over to Bourbon street.
He told me that I had to drink and that he will only drink one drink on Bourbon street called a Hand Grenade. I was down to experiment, so we wandered down Bourbon street until we found a place that served them. Here I am with mine. I think its my first...I had 2 total and the glasses are still in my back seat:
While on Bourbon street we saw the fireworks (YAY!), which made the night pretty much perfect. Except that I didnt get any barbeque (we had had SaucyQs the day before, and I had had ribs at Longhorn on Friday...so no more ribs!). Mom told me that Mr. Jeff sent ribs over on Monday, and shes going to save me some since I'll be home in a few weeks. I have the best mom in the world!
Because the next day was a school day for him, and a driving day for me, we said goodnight to New Orleans and Bourbon Street. But not before William pointed out that everyone serves alcohol in New Orleans (lol).
This is us on the way home. Actually, this is pretty much us the entire time I was there. Of course we argued, he got worked up and so did I, but thats seeming to be more like normal than anything for us. I think I can honestly say that we are working at it. We try to talk about issues when we have them, trying to both spare and salvage our feelings. Its really hard. But I think in the long run, its really beneficial.
And we both had a great time. See:
There are some other pics, but because I am dialing up, it takes a long time to insert them here. Besides, I was chased off the phone to do some work or practice or pack or something. None of which I have even remotely thought seriously about.
I should probably do that :)
xoxox
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