So I don’t have much

So I don’t have much of a recap from my three days in Atlanta since I felt pretty crappy for two of them. But the short version is: After getting off the plane from Charlotte, I was immediately whisked down to Peachtree City to have pizza with the Greens. Alas, no golf cart rides this time. The next day we went ice skating and no one fell down, I got to see Kent’s apartment (I like it lots), and we watched a bunch of TV (3 episodes of Firefly). I rang in the New Year with Carter, Kent, James, Chrissy, Daniel, and Virginia. It was excellent to see Daniel and VA for the first time in a long time — they are always happy and fun to have around. I woke up sick on New Years Day and we took it easy by watching more movies (Serenity and Fantastic 4), and also went over to Chris’s for dinner. Chris has done an amazing job renovating his house; I am extremely impressed. On Monday we checked out Atlantic Station, which I hadn’t seen before. It’s a definite improvement over what was there before, though I’d like it more if there were more interesting shops. Then, of course, I ended the weekend with my long wait at the airport.
Yesterday afternoon after I started to feel a bit better I headed to Barnes and Noble to spend a gift card and ended up spending twice what the gift card was worth! I guess that’s what the stores are counting. But I’m pleased with my purchases — the complete set of Narnia books, “A Crack in the Edge of the World” about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, another Patagonia book, and a neat bargain coffee table book I came across full of poems and artwork related to flight.
I think my iPod is finally truly in its death throes. I tried to turn it on while on the plane on Monday and nada. I’ve tried to reset it and nada. I can’t get any of the buttons to work, and the scroll wheel is working only sporadically. I wasn’t quite ready to drop $300 on a new iPod, so I was hoping to get it to limp along for another few months. I did get money for Christmas though and am selling a camera lens though, so maybe it’s time.
Tonight I will not be watching the Rose Bowl. Instead, I will be at Reliant Stadium shooting the two Interliga (Mexican club soccer) games being played here. I applied for press credentials and got them! Should be fun, although I will be up late. Hopefully I won’t relapse into being sick again.