It was great to see so many of our friends at the Neighborhood Friday night, even if it was only for a few hours. And we had a nice weekend with Derek's parents - even got to see all of his grandparents, so I think we covered our goodbyes pretty well. And since it still hasn't sunk in yet for me, that was all pretty easy.
As a final goodbye gift, LA gave us horrible rush hour traffic Monday morning, so although we left Thousand Oaks just after 6am, we didn't get to LAX until 8:30! And of course that meant that we couldn't check any luggage for our flight at 9. Luckily we were only going to check my suitcase, so Derek managed to pull out a few things. I was wearing flip flops so thank goodness he grabbed some shoes - it's supposed to be in the 20s in AL on Friday! Hopefully Derek's dad will mail it to us soon.
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| A prayer left on our pillow by the hotel |
Other than that little emergency, the flights were fine and we got through Atlanta without delay or hiccup. They put us up at the Embassy Suites, where we have a 1 bedroom place. It's pretty nice - not only do we get complimentary breakfast, but there's a free happy hour with snacks and drinks every night. Too bad I just get the meatballs. Haha
Today we wandered around historic downtown and took it easy. Found the visitors center and loaded up on brochures of things to do in and around HSV (everyone here loves to refer to the city in abbreviated written form, so we're learning to use the airport code in our lingo). The movers are ahead of schedule, which means our stuff is showing up tomorrow morning. Since the moving van is too big to make it into our apartment complex, it'll be an interesting day for sure. Glad today has been relaxed!
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| One of the historic homes on Franklin Street. Built circa 1825 |
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