I spent the day in Atlanta...yep, the whole day. I took my sister to the airport in the morning (we left the house at 6am). I was sad to see her go, we had such a nice time and I hate that she lives on the other side of the country!
After dropping her off, I took a nap in my car then headed to Starbucks to do some grading. I graded papers until 3:30 when I realized if I wanted to do anything in Atlanta on a Sunday (or visit any stores I don't have in Athens) I needed to do so before things closed at 6pm on Saturday. I hit up a couple places and then waited for Dallin to be done conferencing so we could grab dinner and catch up. Dallin was a year ahead of me in the PhD program when I started and has been working in South Carolina for the last year (ish), and so when he mentioned he'd be in Atlanta for a conference we made plans to hang out.
We had dinner at Tin Lizzy's Cantina...it was good, not great, but good. When we first arrived they had live music which was great! But more than that it was a good chance to catch up on work, life, my dissertation, and other nerdy stats stuff. No really, we talked about factor analysis, regression, and other quantitative research. Most of my other friends are doing qualitative dissertations, so it's nice to have someone who understands my lingo.
After dropping Dallin off at his hotel, I realized, dinner with him was going to be my picture of the day. Grrr. So I tried to call him as he entered the hotel, but alas, he didn't hear it ring until he was on his way back to his room. So instead of a picture of us at dinner, you get this...the time on my car clock when I got home. Yep, it was way past my bed time!
Ps. October 20th is also my dad's birthday (I was suppose to be born on his birthday, but I came early). When I logged onto skype, a little spinning birthday cake also told me it was his birthday, kinda fun & random!
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