Hey all,
this post recounts the day of Friday May 14th, 2010.
P.S. I'm not in the best of states, if you know what I mean. (I.E. 6-0 loss)
We woke up in Athens that morning, a muggy 28 degrees celsius, some ridiculous number in farenheit, and we went for yet another free breakfast. After loading up on carbs, I came to my first snag of the trip. The first weightwatchers weigh-in. Now, you all know by now I started weightwatchers on Jan. 1, and weighed 290 lbs. I went in there today and it was pretty cool, the woman was really happy because I was her first foreigner. I was a little nervous obviously, we'd been in the States for 6 days and with all the restaurant food, and almost no exercise, I felt like I might've gained. Pre-trip weight: 248.6 lbs. I stepped on the scale, and she looked happy. So was I. Weigh-in in athens: 244.8 lbs. Down 3.8 lbs. Just amazing. I stayed for the meeting listening to old women talk about how hard it is to stay within point when one slice at Domino's is like 8 points, and then I left.
It was about time for lunch, and we had looked up a vegetarian place called the Grit, so we gave it a whirl. I had the tofu reuben and Tyler had something called the golden bowl, full of tofu and veggies, and for you people out there, tastes nothing like the well-known golden shower. Quite stuffed from the meal, we decided to walk thru college town Athens. Apart from some college chicks in bikinis and some pretty cool parks and buildings, there wasn't much! ;) Unfortunately, we didnt have much time down there to hang around and talk to some locals, because we had our 2nd baseball game to go to that evening in Atlanta, which was a couple hours away. Now, at this point, we'd driven about 3500 km and we were due for an oil change. We checked this place called Express Oil Change & Service Center. We talked to the guys about our trip and they loved it so much they gave us 20$ off a new air filter and the oil change, which ended up costing approx. 35$...down en crisse.
We drove toward Atlanta after that, and got there just in time for some batting practice. We got pretty lucky out there in left field, Tyler caught 2 home runs and I caught one as well. The nice guy that he is, he gave his baseballs away to two cute little girls that had been patiently waiting to catch one for about 2 hours. The asshole that I am, I kept mine. The game was pretty average when it began, crappy pitchers and both teams werent so hot, and the Braves were down 4-1 coming into the 8th. With a few good hits, they tied it up in the 8th. The D-Backs came back with 1 in the 9th, but with Chad Qualls on the mound, the crappiest closer in the game, the Braves were able to give him a blown save followed by a loss in the bottom of the 9th. Braves win 6-5. We were at that point 15 wins and 6 losses for the home team when we visited their park.
After the game, we drove to Cordele, GA. It was just over 2 hours drive and we got there at around 1:30 AM. Checked in like normal, and I decided to go out for some fresh air and a rum and coke. Well, I no sooner turn the corner, I see two cops in from of the hotel...confused, and nervous about public drinking, I chug my rum and coke and go see what's up. Apparently, a 9-1-1 was made from our room and called the Cordele sherriff. I told them it was a mistake, as had the front desk guy, and they went on their merry way. The front desk guy also told me to unplug my phones, they might've been broken... You don't say...
And tomorrow was to be another day.
Driving today: 4 hours total
Album of the day: The Queen is Dead by The Smiths
Song of the day: La Bartendresse by Éric Lapointe
Quote of the day*:
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
- Proverbs 22:14-15
*Tyler tries to read one proverb a day per hotel that we are at; while personal interpretations of the Bible are welcome - even encouraged - bear in mind, Tyler reads the Bible as being inherently good and therefore the aforementioned quotations are intended to reflect the goodness of humankind.
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