April 28–An Introduction to Atlanta

Today we awoke again at Abbey and Logan’s as Logan left for work. We said goodbye and thanks as he left for the day. After this (and after playing with Porscha (sp?) for a while) Isaac started to get ready and I had cereal to appease my morning hunger. After Isaac was ready and I was done with breakfast I started to get ready myself. We were eventually completely ready and had everything packed and ready to be put into the car. Abbey followed us out, carrying a few things for us and said goodbye after we had everything packed.
We stopped for gas but then quickly got on the road to Atlanta, Georgia. On our trip we saw some of the damage done by the series of tornadoes that hit this area. We were definitely not in the worst area hit but we saw some pretty bad damage nonetheless. I didn’t get very many nor very good pictures but I’ll include a few that attempt to catch the image.
After about a four hour drive, during which I mainly did work for the one remaining high-school class I have, we arrived at my great uncle’s house greeted by beautiful weather which hadn’t been present on our travels yet. Upon arrival we went into my Uncle’s son’s, Lewis, house and began to talk of our trip so far and how life has been for all of us since we spoke last.
A little while in we all decided that we were hungry and so after decided what type of food we were in the mood for we traveled to a nearby Mexican restaurant and had some wonderful food. The building itself was heavily decorated with things celebrating the upcoming Cinco de Mayo. Before heading back to Lewis’s apartment, we went to the motel my Uncle had found for us and thanks to the kindness of my Uncle we got a room. We quickly checked out that everything was in order and then headed back to Lewis’s place.
There we sat and continued to talk about life and everything that is happening within it. We eventually turned on the TV to see information about the Tornados that had hit so close and learned of the 288 that had died (again keep those effected in your prayers). Francis, my uncle’s wife, after my telling her that I had a headache gave me an incredible massage that did a good job of relieving some of the pain in my head.
Half way through the conversation Isaac began to drift off into the dream world and after very little coaxing from Francis and Orman moved into the bedroom and fell asleep. And there he stayed for two hours. My relatives and I continued to talk for a while but soon (Isaac’s weariness much be contagious) I got tired and fell asleep on the couch.
A little while later I woke up and convinced Isaac to wake up (this takes a lot more coaxing then convincing him to go to sleep) and the five of us had sandwiches for dinner. After talking for a little while longer I found the GPS on my phone and drove Isaac and I back to the motel for the night.

Interesting Observations:
Isaac is addicted to RuneScape. If he ever denies it tell him he’s lying (he’s on the bed next to me playing it).
My relatives are all very kind, and fun people. We’ve avoided spending a lot money even thus far because of their kindness so thank you to all of you.
My Great Aunt gives amazing massages, if you ever have the chance for one, take it.
Two hours is a really significant time difference. It’s really late, I’m going to bed. Enjoy the Royal Wedding tomorrow.