School is well under way here in Georgia. I didn't think I would like Cole being the first one off the bus but it actually works out quite nicely because it gives me time alone with just him to work on his homework. Of course, it makes it difficult to spend the day shopping in Atlanta when I know the little guy will come home to an empty locked house if I don't get home in time.
Traffic going in and out of Atlanta is so bad that you really need to give yourself an hour even though it isn't really that far. It's all about timing if you leave between the hours of 6:30 and 9 am or 4-6pm it is really horrible. And then if there is an accident it's even worse. Apparently these people never learned to drive in rain storms either because every time it storms the roads are an absolute mess. They just stop! It's insanity! Perhaps the reason that traffic is so bad is because the subway system they have is useless. In order to utilize it you need to drive to the edge of Atlanta which means you have to go through the worst traffic and then it only makes a cross shape through the city and from there you would probably have to walk an hour to get to your destination. The other reason people have trouble navigating the area is because they use the same name for multiple roads in the same area so for instance in a five square mile area you would find Crabapple Ave., Crabapple place, Crabapple blvd., Crabapple Rd., Crabapple Trace, Crabapple St. That doesn't even touch on it because then they add North south East and West and Northwest, South West, North East and South East to each of those names for different streets. Sometimes when you enter a street name into your gps you have to scroll through 30 different streets with the same name before you find the one you're looking for. Someone told me there are 71 roads in the Metro Atlanta area with the name peach tree. Can you imagine finding that on the gps? I hope I never have to go to any peach tree streets!
Everyone says you cannot live in Atlanta without getting into at least one car accident in your life. Fortunately, for Lauren she has already experienced her first accident without injury or damage to her car. The very first weekend she was down here we utilized her as our designated driver. We were about five blocks from the hotel at a sports bar for Bill's birthday .
We called and had her come get us and it seemed like it took forever. Finally, she called and said she had been in an accident. Ugh! Those are the worst words to hear. Although, I was relieved it was her and not the police calling. Some guy had rear
ended her at a stoplight when his foot slipped off the pedal. He was very nice and handled everything well. I think he may have been in need of a designated driver himself but because there was no damage and she was uninjured everyone went on their way. Thankfully, the road was not busy because he had hit her hard enough to push her into the intersection. If it had been busy I'm pretty sure we would have been getting a call from a police officer that night. It was a good way for Lauren to experience her first accident as far as gathering information etc. and to get her once in a lifetime accident out of the way.
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