Sunday

Hello,

It's Sunday afternoon and I just finished having a small snack (crackers with peanut butter) after chatting with my parents through msn. It has definitely been a very easy going Sunday so far, even though we actually had plans for the day. We were supposed to go with some of Charles' classmates to Lake Arrowhead, a lake one hour south of Atlanta, to go swimming and sunbathing for the day... but I realized very early this morning that it wasn't going to happen. I woke up shortly after 6 this morning, primarily because Casey was trying to get our attention, but also because I heard the hard rain hitting our window. So yes, it was raining and when it rains here (which isn't very often) it certainly rains a lot. Even though the rain ruined our Sunday plans, plans that I had really been looking forward to, I was also kind of excited about the fact that it was raining. You probably think I'm a bit strange, but I even got up out of bed around 7:15 this morning, because I was excited to go and sit on the balcony to listen, feel and breath the rain. I believe that this excitement lies in my childhood memories of the heavy rain fall in Wichita.

This past Wednesday we celebrated 4th of July at Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta. The park was totally packed with people when we got there. There were musicians performing, people barbecuing, families picnicking, people standing in line to buy drinks and food and tons of kids standing in the spraying fountain waiting to get totally wet (as you can see on the picture). We found a little spot to spread out our blanket, where we had a little picnic ourselves, but we took the fast way and had picked up burgers at McDonald's. :) It was a long wait from after we had finished eating, until it was time for the fireworks... but when they started it was all worth the wait. Of course I didn't expect anything less than a spectacular show and it definitely was. Less fun, was the walk back to the car, walking in a crowd of thousands of people and then trying to get out to the highway, but we managed. You can check out Charles' blog to see a couple of firework pictures.

Even though I did go to IKEA quickly this morning, to buy a second wooden chair to hang clothes on (so now Charles and I have one each and I don't have to complain each time he messes up my folded clothes on the chair :) ), it feels like I have been at home all day. But luckily, we will be leaving to have a cookout at one of Charles' classmate's house soon. Because of the cancelation of the "lake day", everybody is going over to the eat food that was planned for lunch... which sounds good to me. We won't be staying too long, so that Charles can study for his finals that he has next week.

Have a great evening! Talk to you soon again!

Kram! Bisous!