Man, Atlanta feels like forever ago! I still have one set of pictures to post from our last day there – but so much has happened since then.  A couple of days after I got back from Georgia I flew up to NY .  I was honored to be able to attend the wedding of a very good friend (the reason for the trip).  I could not be happier for Lisa and Dale.  It was everything a wedding should be – lots of friends and family celebrating and having a good time.  Plus – there were fireworks – what more do you need?

I was supposed to only stay for the weekend orginially.  I ended up extending my flight until Wednesday and then again until Friday.  So I was there for just over a week.  It was great.  I scrapbooked with my sister, got to meet a horse named Candy, and helped my mom set up her classroom (c’mon mom, we did help a little bit).

Dave did really well at his training class in Alabama.  He ended up finishing 2nd in his class (go Dave!).  He got home the same day that I did and now we’re both in the same state for the next month and a half.  It’s a nice change.

My next work trip has been scheduled, I actually booked my flights yesterday.  I’ll be leaving for India on November 3rd.  It’s the longest trip I’ve been sent on so far – I’ll be getting home on December 23rd.  I’m hoping that Dave’s able to come visit over Thanksgiving.

Anyway, that’s about all that’s going on here.  Since I’ll be home for a while I started a knitting class last night and will be taking a quilting class on Thursday nights.  I’m so exciting aren’t I?

Okay – here are those last pictures from Atlanta.  We went to the World of Coca-Cola.

Here we are posing with John Pemberton.  Pemberton was a druggist and chemist in Atlanta and is credited with inventing Coca-Cola.  The beverage was originally intended to stop headaches and calm nervousness (some believe he was attempting to create a pain reliever for himself and other wounded Confederate veterans). Did I mentioned Pemberton was addicted to morphine?  Coca-Cola was originally advertised as a cure for morphine and opium addictions among a multitude of other health benefits.

Inside the World of Coca-Cola was full of all sorts of Coke paraphernalia (isn’t paraphernalia a great word? I don’t think it needs that “r” though – I don’t pronounce it anyway).

The Coca-Cola Polar Bear was also there posing for photos.  Dave got his taken without me.  Which was okay, I prefer the cartoon version on TV, they’re cuter (I’m talking about the bears here, not Dave – I’ve never seen a cartoon version of Dave).

At the end of the tour we were able to try a whole bunch of coke products from all over.  It was pretty cool.  Some were really gross though.  They were not cool.  Here’s Dave and Kurt sampling some of the safer flavors.

So that’s Atlanta.  Fun wasn’t it?  I want to go back to the aquarium sometime.  It shouldn’t be hard to convince Dave, as long as I plan the trip during baseball season.

I’ll have to think of some more things to write about here to keep you entertained until my next trip.  Maybe I’ll take pictures of my knitting.  I’m making mittens – don’t be jealous.