Our First Month (Plus a Few Days) in Atlanta

I can't believe it has been over a month since that last post that I wrote our last evening in Baton Rouge.

Also, warning: this might be a very discombobulated post.

We've been adjusting to life back in Atlanta. It's been great reuniting with old friends (and, I must say it, old restaurants - ha!), and we really have enjoyed the area we are in.

I'm not going to lie: that move WORE. ME. OUT. Darryl did most of the physical labor (with some hired help), but just the planning, the packing, the getting here, the unpacking, the things we had to do to be "established" here (new licenses, new car tags, doctor visits to get Amelia registered for school, etc.) AND the emotional toll of all of it has just made me really tired. (Speaking of emotional toll...we miss our BR friends something fierce.)

And the sad truth is that I really just have one full week of summer left before I start going to workshops, "new employee" training/orientation, and pre-planning. Amelia and I have plans to "live it up" next week. :-)

Anyway, here are a few highlights of the past month. I realized that I didn't take many photos at all, so I'll just use what I have.

I am SO glad our kitchen doesn't look like this anymore. Those boxes make me tired all over again.

QT and I had a sweet reunion in the form of Diet Dr. Pepper over crushed ice. (Publix and I also had a passionate reunion - I think I had three Publix subs the first week I was here. Man, I missed Publix and QT!!)

My parents were awesome to keep Amelia the first week we were back so that I could get lots of unpacking gone. This was our first night together as a family of three.

This was Amelia after I registered her at her new school. She was excited!

We celebrated school registration by getting cupcakes. Anyway, I saw this sign and agree wholeheartedly.

From cupcakes to running, of all things...Darryl and I registered for the Peachtree Road Race this year. My parents kept Amelia AGAIN for us, so we stayed in a hotel near the starting line and went out to dinner at Capital Grille the night before.

Here we are post-race on the somewhat fragrant MARTA.

This past Sunday, I went to Florida for a few days to pick up Amelia and visit with my parents. On Monday, we went to the beach. It was beautiful weather for beaching!

This girl wants to stay in the water the WHOLE time.

We also visited with Darryl's family. This is Darryl's sister's dog, Lily. Y'all, I love this dog. Ashley won't let me have her. 

(I was such a terrible photographer on this trip. I must do better.)

And now we're back with a pretty long to-do list for the next few weeks. Maybe I should put "blog more often" on that to-do list. :-)