Fourth of July Weekend Wrap
As is our usual, we packed up and went East to Atlanta for the Fourth (over the hills and through the woods to Grandmamma and Granddaddy’s house we went). In years past, Luke, MR and I have always run the Peachtree on the Fourth; in fact, before he hurt his knee Luke put together a pretty impressive streak of runs. This year, however, we forgot to get entry forms submitted and so did not get into the group of 50,000 or so. It’s a great tradition, but one that I am not sad to have missed out on this year. Not a single part of me missed getting up at 5 a.m. to get downtown to run a long, hot and very humid race. One that I am usually not in shape for at all.
We more or less took it easy over the weekend; we braved the Atlanta IKEA store on opening weekend (not recommeded for those of you with a double-stroller, or an aversion to crowded places), went to The Varsity for the first time and caught up with some good friends. Reilly also tried chocolate milk for the first time; lets just say he’s not eager to try again.
Throughout the weekend, whenever we were in the car, we listened to sets from Live8 on my new favorite radio station, Atlanta’s Dave FM. 92.9 on the dial, for those of you in or around the ATL…give them a listen, you won’t be disappointed. You probably were disappointed by the televised coverage of Live8, though. I sure was. If you are looking, LHB is keeping a list of torrents from the event.
Back in Birmingham on Monday, we hit the Phillips’ BBQ for more good food and friends, and Reilly tried his hand at photography. Finally, while we have the second-ugliest house in Homewood, it is situated more or less perfectly, so we sat in our driveway and watched the “Thunder on the Mountain” fireworks display. I went in and woke Reilly so he could see them with us… he watched for a bit before asking me to take him back inside - “I see the fireworks, in the sky!”
