Made it to the cit-ay

by - May 14, 2013

Huzzah! The over 2,000 mile road trip has been completed and there were no casualties, except for the two inch thick layer of bug remains covering the front of my car. I'm here, my roommate is real (Craigslist comes through!) and the house is so adorable! Of course, my room looks like the room of a 13 year old girl, but it'll do. There's a bed. I'm not complaining.

One thing that is just so great about this area is how incredibly GREEN it is!! It may just be the contrast between Wyoming's desert landscape and here, but I feel like I'm back in Hawaii again- or maybe a jungle. Jungle in Hawaii? Anyway, Chattanooga is a really big city, but it doesn't feel like it at all because of all the greenery and tall, tall trees. It is just gorgeous. 


I was hoping to take some pictures with my real camera and upload them, but I just haven't been able to get out and shoot yet.

Right now I'm camped out at a Starbucks. My grand plan was to drive by my local work office to make sure I could find it (check!) and then hang out at Starbucks for a while with a skinny vanilla latte and catch up on my Hulu (still in the process of getting access to the Internet back at the house. Will update on that progress later). Anyway, I ordered my drink to the very friendly southern baristo and then meandered outside to sit in the gorgeous Chattanooga sunshine. I sat down, unpacked my computer and booted up. I was cut short when I realized I only had about 10 minutes battery life left, so I packed up again and headed inside to a table. But now, I'm sitting here and there isn't an outlet in sight. Do Starbucks in Tennessee offer electricity? I'm so confused. And, honestly, I'm too embarrassed to get up again and search. So, my shows may just have to wait a day or two.

Instead, I went through my phone and edited a few more shots. And wrote this post. Still productive, yeah?

Here's some pictures:



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The pictures with all the peanuts is from a place the gramps and I went to eat at last night. They have a thing of peanuts on each table and when you break the shell to eat the peanut, you then throw the shell on the ground. Just slide it off the table to the floor. What? Part of me was afraid my grandmother was going to pop up behind me and slap my hand for making such a mess. 

Weird experience. But amazing food.

That's all for now. I think I'll just go home and watch some more Family Feud. Livin the dream.

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