Weekend Roundup

Spent the weekend in Atlanta - Heidi flew out on Friday night, instead of me rushing back for a couple of days, and we had a blast.

Saturday we went and picked up Tatiana and Millie for the afternoon - Chicken Little and Chuckee Cheese were the chosen activities, and we survived (although it was touch and go for a while - Chuckee Cheese should have a health warning for how loud it is). We made it back to the hotel in time to get dinner at one of the local Italian restaurants. We had a great bottle of wine, and the food was great too - I avoided the pizza after Chuckee Cheese, and ended up with a Tonkin favourite of pork chops. They were great. Another bonus was despite an inside smoking ban in Georgia, for some reason the Hilton Hotel lets you smoke in the bar.

Sunday we hit Ikea in a big way - in such a big way that we got lost on the way home looking for Target to get another suitcase. But that wasn't all - we needed packing tape when we got to the hotel, because there wasn't enough room even in the new suitcase! Still, we have a nice new light for the dining room and numerous other cool things. If only they would open one in Denver (or anywhere close), although that would necessitate a slightly more expensive purchase of a new truck or SUV to get all the flatpacks in there. Hopefully Heidi got on the plane ok with all her bags and packages. I think we worked out a way to get it all done, but only time will tell....

Now another work week in Atlanta, followed by a week back in the office and maybe a night out or two with the famous Mr Bland - I hope my liver will survive.