Friday, May 14, 2010

Summer Adventures: The Beginning


RAWR! Ok now that that's out of my system, to begin!! Honestly speaking I don't exactly know how "adventurous" my summer will be. The only things I have planned for it are work and school. But I did make a New Year's Resolution to see everything that happens in life as an adventure, so in keeping true to that now my Summer Adventures series begins.

School officially ended for me on May 6 around 3:40, but because I still had so much to do- bite my nails until grades came in, work, take one friend home on Friday, and another friend to the airport Saturday morning- I don't consider officially having started my break until Saturday when I was finally able to crawl into my bed and collapse without a care in the world. Yea right! I don't even think I went to sleep when I got back. Too much stuff to do. Too many places to go, so in all honesty even if it didn't feel like break just yet, it really did start May 6 at 3:40 after my last final.

But those things to do and places to go- not exaggerations. The following Sunday was Mother's Day and the day after was my father's birthday. Yea, busy right? So in celebration of both events I took my family, yes I meaning funded by me, to visit the New World of Coke building. It was pretty cool to say the least. I didn't bring a camera so no fantastic memories of the inside. Just a $27 memorial picture and a free bottle of most likely flattened coke to set it apart from dreaming. That and the $60 debt that shows up on my statement every time I bank online. *sniff* I hardly knew ye :'( , but I disgress.


My favorite parts had to be the 4-D movie and the tasting room, but mostly the tasting room. Now I'm not much of a soda drinker, actually I don't drink soda at all, but for this occasion I broke my ban and cheated....alot. With coke beverages from all around the world I cheated. And when we got to the coke classic flavors like regular, cherry, diet, lime, and vanilla I almost died. If I had any weakness for coke beverages, or soda in general, it'd have to be Vanilla Coke. People think I'm weird, but it's just that good to me. With every other flavor it was a taste here, a sip there, but believe me when I say that my little plastic cup was brimming with Vanilla Coke. My little sister got on me so bad for it. She said right to my face, "That's not right. You're cheating more than cheating." She's a non-soda drinker too. I'd like to think I had something to do with that myself. It doesn't matter anyway I ended up having to throw the Vanilla Coke away. It had to be consumed in the taste room and my stomach nor my throat could handle me wolfing down a carbonated drink like all sense was lost to me.

In the end my family and I left the World of Coke happy people. My dad was smiling so that had to be a good thing. We were all together and no one had gotten chewed out....yet. We ended our little family day in Atlanta with one extremely greasy, extra unhealthy, yet very delicious meal. Yep that's right. We went to the Varsity ;) . One of Atlanta's classics. And that about wrapped it up for our World of Coke Mother's Day/birthday celebration. My dad took off work for his actual birthday, but I don't think much happened. Then again I wasn't there the majority of the time. To explain the reasons why would lead into an entirely different adventure including blue hair and a change of scenery. That'll have to wait until next time, so don't be a stranger. Summer Adventures: Augusta Chronicles, coming soon!

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