Georgia

Well, today was our first official day in Georgia.  It is really gorgeous out here and the weather is oh-so nice.  I am really glad we missed the snow storm in Utah!  Zuri and I flew in yesterday and today was spent settling in and exploring.  We are in the town of Buford, which is on the outskirts of Atlanta.  It really feels like we are in the country with all of the trees and rolling hills around.  Our landlord, Linda, was telling me that Buford is all relatively new because it used to be all farm land.  Only within the last ten years or so has it become more developed.  The town itself is really more just residential subdivisions.  We are within a fifteen minute drive from the Mall of Georgia--which happens to be the biggest mall in Georgia, and wow, is it big!  We have so much within a ten minute drive around us, but it really feels like we are way out in the country.  Really cool!

Our apartment is nice and cozy.  Even though we are in the "basement" we are above ground and have lots of sunlight.  Our door opens up into the backyard and we have garage access as well.  Linda painted Zuri's room and decorated it all nice for when we got here.  No surprise, Zuri destroyed it within the first ten minutes.

The weather here has been beautiful, although we are expecting rain this weekend.  Yesterday, when we flew in, the temperature was in the mid-sixties.  Today it was around seventy-five with a light breeze and sunny skies.

Zuri, for her part, has been enjoying herself.  She loves exploring the house and playing in her new room.  We brought her pop-up tent and she has made it her little sanctuary.

The flight went fairly well.  We had a layover in Denver, Colorado, and she was slightly fussy through the first flight.  While we were waiting in the terminal for the flight from Denver to Atlanta, Zuri was entertained by the moving walkway.  We rode from one end to the other for a good forty minutes.  When it was time to board the plane, Zuri threw a tantrum for a solid fifteen minutes.  That was the hardest part of the trip.  She wanted to go back to the moving walkway so badly, and she didn't want to sit still on another flight.  Finally, she calmed down as the plane started taxiing down the runway.  Before we were airborne, she was asleep and slept the entire two and a half hours we were in the air.  Such a blessing (I bet the other passengers were mightily relieved as well).

I will have pictures to post later, but as for now, I really should get to bed, because although it feels like it is only ten-thirty to me, it is really twelve-thirty!

Goodnight all!