In the south the do make good biscuits. And, I've come to a better appreciation of grits. The cheesy variety at the Flying Biscuit are fantastic. After loading up our bellies we trekked around the Candler Park area which is nicely eclectic and homey. Millie of course loved the swings at the playground.
Back home in Buckhead amongst the tall shady Georgia pines to spend the rest of the day poolside to cool off from our journey...
After cleaning our empty house and spending a few days with our dear friends the Arnolds, they said goodbye, helped us pack up Amelia and the rest of our worldly belongings that didn't make it on the truck and we headed south.
'Fourteen hours in a car with all this stuff?! Phooey! I'm going to draw mermaids.'
Our first stop was Kentucky - the mid-way point on our journey South to spend a few days with the parents and aunts and uncles and of course to capture some Kentucky fireflies and other assorted activities they play down south...
Through the mountains of Tennessee and we finally arrived at our new house in Atlanta... Now we have to unpack all that stuff! But first lets eat...
Amelia has treated the move like a big adventure with dashes of nostalgia for her old school and friends that she left behind but she's excited to explore and live in a new place too...
And luckily for her parents, no matter how different the place we go, there always seems to be a park with a balance beam nearby!
On Saturdays, Amelia loves it that neither mommy or daddy have to rush off anywhere. She comes into our room, climbs up onto our bed and launches herself onto our sleepy and indolent bodies. She loves this almost more than anything:
After several years of having her parents with their head in a stack of books, writing papers for classes and working on dissertations, Millie is finally free to enjoy unlimited attention from them (of course she's always expected this but just didn't get it). So with a PhD in her hand ('Dr. Mommy') and a valid teaching certificate in his (daddy) we're off to new horizons and hopefully, for Millie's sake weekends at the park instead of the university library.
"It's about time my parents got out of school so I could start" - Amelia Hanalei
