Swinging Sis

Bittersweet day moving Anna to Athens. She and I left early, just not early enough. Athens traffic was gridlocked but miraculously I cut down a side street and avoided most of it. While A stood in the long line I moved stuff upstairs to the third floor. Her roommate arrived just in time for us dads to carry the heavy stuff. C and MC arrived when we were about finished moving (they'd taken M to school).

 

Besides Anna's roommate, at least eight others I knew had kids moving in at UGA on Tuesday. All were coeds. A Walton girl lives across the hall and I chatted up a Roswell family as well. Lots of Cobb County plates. Anna is going through sorority rush. She said yesterday was lots of fun. Will first moved into a smaller dorm (Anna's is 9 stories tall). The smart people waited until after lunch when the crowd had died down. The roads around the dorms were still jammed, but there were spaces in parking lots.

By 1:30 Anna and Emily were ready for us to leave so they could begin their adventure. C, MC, and I ate downtown at Five Guys before returning home. We go back to Athens Saturday for a shower. MC has an uncle in Athens and all the UGA friends will attend. Emily's parents may have parents weekend football tickets for us: UGA vs Southern.

 

Will ya'll be at the game Friday night? I plan on being there. Last Tuesday M and I went to the Giants game with M's friend and his dad. Left Sandy Springs at 6 pm and made it to our seats in time for first pitch. This past Saturday I went out to Gwinnett for the Glavine bobblehead. Took Lang's dad Reid and saw 2 co-workers and a few bobblehead groupies.

 

ROB: I never did answer your Hector Olivera question a few weeks ago.  Puig and Escobar have had issues, but plenty of Cubans like Chapman (Reds) and Juan Abreu (White Sox) don't seem to have issues.  I think it will help that Fredi is a native Cuban and can speak fluent spanish.  They also have other Cubans in the organization (Adonis Garcia and DOB's favorite Dion Toscano) who they could put on the bench and help Olivera feel more comfortable.  I think the Braves made a mistake with Escobar by shipping off his best friend, backup Catcher, Bryan Pena.

 

ME: Ceil is working three days a week and is stressed, with school starting and wedding meetings.

 

With tuition and housing and meal plans and everything else due this month, the purse strings are tight. Our neighbor is getting a quote to cut down some trees, so now might be a good time to take down the two hanging over our house. Not long ago a limb fell in the back yard and damaged the little playhouse roof.