Traffic Jams

Left work at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon. Northbound traffic outside the office on Ptree Industrial was bumper to bumper. Slow. Got in the stream of traffic. Stopped for a cone at Baskin Robbins and checked out a nearby thrift store. Then westbound traffic on Pleasant Hill was jammed because the light at Peachtree Parkway was malfunctioning. Didn’t get to Johns Creek until after 6:35. By the time I got to Ruby Tuesday near North Point Mall it was almost seven. But Ruby Tuesday was out of business. Not happy.

Shouldn’t have, but I sped north on 400 to eat at Red Robin. Burger and fries. Left there at eight and didn’t get home until 8:45. Still beat Ceil home. M and a friend had fixed grill cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Not sure if I told you that M made straight A’s at Georgia State this summer. His overall GPA is 3.0, so he gets the good student discount at State Farm.

Anna was at Avalon with a friend. She may take on temporary work for an Atlanta graphic design firm, that is opening an office in Athens. Anna would be able to work remotely from home. This firm’s Atlanta office is where Anna really wants to work, so it’s a good lead. In the meantime she may work some hours at the Perimeter Mall Madewell store.

Watched a good chunk of the Braves game. Would be something if Acuna could join the 40-40 club, but he has his work cut out for him, with 12 stolen bases to go. He scored his 100th run last night. Should be in the discussion for MVP, though it’s doubtful Yelich will fade.

Max Fried won his fifth straight game, his 14th of the year. Hopefully Keuchel will get on track. Luke Jackson pitched another good inning last night. He’d been the closer because the Braves had no other options, but he would tell you that at this point in his career he’s far from being closer material. Yet this year his stats are better than the three best closers from last year.

Finished a Steve Berry book. You need to look into his Cotton Malone series of novels. Started “I Don’t Care if We Never Get Back” about two guys who attend 30 MLB games in 30 different ballparks in 30 days, driving it all by car. Their rules: must see every pitch. Must get 8 hours of sleep every night.

When I went outside last night at 9 pm it was so muggy. Reminded me of the time Kramer, Jerry, and George were in a sauna and Kramer said “It feels like a sauna in here!” 100 degrees at 5:45 pm. Seemed like our mattress was warm last night. Usually the room is cool. I had eaten too much so I didn’t sleep well. 

Yesterday was national lefthander’s day, but of course no one made a big deal about it. Recently it was national middle child day but no one remembered that either.

Going to tonight’s Braves game with Rob Suggs and his son. Since its been a while I made a list of things to talk about.