My Fourth of July

Hello!  Hello!  I hope the end of the long weekend finds you all well-rested, refreshed, and ready to face the rest of the week!  I know I had a wonderful holiday weekend.  My sister-in-law Treece drove to Macon Thursday evening to spend some time with me there.  We spent Friday driving around Macon and discovering some of its charm.  We found an awesome little down-home restaurant called Twila Faye's (doesn't get much more southern than that) where the owner already knows our names (which, of course, I love).  We had lunch there on Friday and decided we had to go back again for lunch on Saturday before we headed to Auburn.  Needless to say, we are officially fans of Twila Faye's.  

After lunch on Saturday, we headed to Auburn where we had an amazing time at the beautiful Lake Martin!

Lake Martin reminds me of Lake Ouachita back home.  It is gorgeous and perfect!  The water is great for swimming and even better for some great boat rides.  I think I could probably live on a boat if necessary.  

I loved spending time with my Auburn family and their Atlanta relatives and getting to meet new people.  I couldn't have imagined a better way to spend my 5-day weekend... especially since I don't foresee another long weekend like that for awhile.  I kind of lucked into it really.

Treece and I drove back to Macon yesterday afternoon in time to catch the fireworks here.  That, however, was kind of a bust.  As much as I'm enjoying Macon, the whole fireworks set-up here needs some work.  It was confusing, inconvenient, and flustering... and getting my car temporarily stuck in a ditch (oops!) did little to help the situation.  We made it out, though, relatively unscathed and it made for an interesting night, so I suppose it was worth it... a little.

Treece left Macon around noon to head back to Charlotte and I'm now sitting here in Starbucks (of course).  I go back to work at 6:45 tomorrow morning for my first 12-hour shift.  I'm a little nervous about it, so pray it goes well, if you please.  I do get a break from my shift to take a test (yay...) for which, I should definitely be studying...

That about wraps it all up, I suppose.  I miss and love you all.  I hope you are all as well as can be.  I'll write again soon.  For now, I've got to go study.  Bye!!