Celebration for America and 1/2 the Work Week

I am going to go back in time a bit and discuss the 4th and then the beginning part of my week. Two post feature. Oh the 4th. People watching has become a pass time for me since I spend my weekend days at the pool and can pretend that I am listening to music. I can also hide behind my sunglasses. After last weeks blog I headed to the pool for a long 5 hour laying in the sun day. It was amazing. It was a great day to just chill on the roof and enjoy the sun. The temperature was pretty moderate it wasn't super duper hot but def not cold I mean seriously its Atlanta. Little kids are the funniest to watch because they just say whatever is on their minds no filter. One kid was talking to another one about how he wasn't as smart as him. I giggled a little. Kids really do say the darnedest things.

I did drink a beer or two as celebration. Not nearly as many as the Frat boys that were downing two coolers in a couple hours. Man. I love that without even knowing if they actually were fraternity boys, I could assume by the way they were acting and talking that they indeed belonged to a fraternity. I realize I am generalizing and there are people who fall outside of the generalization, but in this case it was accurate. They drank beer like crazy, played football in the pool, and didn't wear sunblock. It was entertaining to watch. They girls that were with them, were not all gf's they might have been trying to be gf's but they way the boys acted like they were still trying to impress these barbie dolls made me think they were not in relationships, just friends. Then the huge party. Someone had rented the side room on the roof for a party. They started bringing food and booze up at around 1pm and didn't finish bringing stuff till around 3pm. There was a stereo system set up. The music was fun. It was just good to not have to have my headphones in. I could then listen to all the convos around me and people watch even more.

Then the police office came - made them move the stereo inside. It was sort of ridiculous because no one was complaining. In actuality they moved it to the room but put the speakers facing towards the doors so nothing changed. The two girls sitting next to me at that time were expecting to raze a fuss if they tried me make them turn it off. Then came a hookah. Yep on the roof with a hookah. A guy brought it up and all I could think of was how much some of my cohort mates would have loved that. It was a weird site, because I don't imagine a hookah on a roof next to a pool, but hey its whatever. Shortly after the hookah people came I decided that it was time for me to leave the sun for a while - this was after 5 hours being in the sun. So yes it was time. I left to get some dinner and chill for a bit before going back up to the roof for the fireworks that everyone was hoping we could see.

When i walked back up to the roof at around 8:30 it was PACKED. crazy packed. There was barely even a place to walk through to the turfed area, but I made my way over there and just observed some more. Girls in their high heels and skinny mini bikinis were walking around - the frat boys loved this one girl in red who came over to play a game with them. Geez she was playing right into their hands or they into hers. I'm not sure who was enjoying it more. It was slightly not cool, but to each their own I guess. A person that I had talked with a couple of times downstairs in the common area made his way over, followed by a couple of people that he knew as well and I had seen at the pool a few times before. It was good to have convos with people. It turns out that the couple attends GSU so we talked about the campus for a while and enjoyed the lovely fireworks. We could see them from about every angle. The closest ones were from Centennial Park, but we could see the Lenox Square ones off in the distance. It was a good 20-25 minutes of watching fireworks. Fun times.

Monday well, I didn't do much. Just chilled a bit, read a bit - I went to rent a movie from Redbox because I had a free one. I watched Robin Williams' new stand up DVD. Its hilarious and very graphically dirty. Sorry grandma. I also made an excellent dinner for myself. It was pretty fabulous. Semi-homemade spaghetti and meatballs. Dang good. Its hard cooking for yourself because you always have so much left over - I had dinner for the next two nights. Oh well less cooking I have to do then.

Tuesday was a day. It was weird cause it was the first day back after a little break. Secondly it was not an Incept day so it was not as hectic. I was trying to put together packets for new members - this takes a while because I had to input all their information. I spent most of the day doing just that. Went to lunch with Jonathan and Kyle - a BBQ place. The conversations that are had are funny and allow me to really enjoy my job to its fullest. SO if either of you read this, you make my job enjoyable. Wednesday. Well I watched Book of Eli as I put together 125 packets for new members to the Parents Association. It was tiring and I did not really like doing it. I had meetings in the afternoon, but for lunch we went to Vortex. Apparently they were voted as having the best burger in Atlanta. This is probably true. the Burger itself was pretty awesome, the fries not so awesome. Sorry Vortex but its the truth. My afternoon meeting was dynamic and it reminded me of the diversity on campus. It is great to work in an excited office - there seems to always be at some point a group of students that wander in and just want to chat or laugh or whatever else they can think is appropriate or in some cases inappropriate to discuss. You just never know. Its always an adventure.

More of the week to come...after I spend my Sunday at the pool. Miss you all - expect those that are here in GA and reading this - I'll see you soon.