A Weekend Trip: Athens, GA

It’s hard to get back on the blogging train once you’ve really fallen off like I have. I’m all, where do I even begin to start again? I’d love to recap our entire fall season. We did so many fun things, went so many places, and kind of lived in the moment – impromptu trips to the apple orchard/pumpkin patch (which resulted in us buying the most ridiculous amount of apples EVER because they were just so gosh darn fun to pick) and crazy trips to Nashville and back in 24 hours just to see our favorite band play (you only live once right? so enjoy live music and go to work the next day on no sleep.. just do it). There are a lot of iPhone photos to delve through and maybe at some point I’ll try to recap. But for now, let’s pick up in Athens, GA!A few weekends ago Nate, myself, and several of our friends made our way down to Athens, GA for the UGA vs. UK football game. It was really nice because we had mutual friends to stay with and visit with while we were there. They were so wonderfully accommodating! The weekend was packed full of good food and coffee, exploring the city, tailgating, and KARAOKE. We all tailgated before the game but Kristie and I opted out of freezing to death at the football game to hang out with Ryan and Mikel. We went out downtown, drank warm yummy drinks, and chatted in charming little hole in the wall hang out spots. The football goers eventually decided to leave the game to join us for drinks and hang time.

And then there was karaoke. Unfortunately there are no pictures or videos to prove that karaoke happened. Womp, womp. Our friend Ryan recognized that the keyboardist (Dottie) from ‘Of Montreal’ (if you don’t know who that is, remember the song from this commercial? that’s them. ha!) was there at the karaoke bar, you know, just singing right along with us common folk. ;] I thought that was pretty fun! We managed to stay out until around 1AM or so, until a guy with the worst singing voice imaginable basically forced us to leave. Ha! After spending two nights on a blow up mattress that deflated in the middle of the night (both nights), I was pretty ready to head home the next morning. Other than the blow up mattress ordeal and stopping at the worst gas station bathroom I have ever been in EVER on the way down… there were no mishaps. ;]

I’m so glad we were able to take this little trip. Nate and I have some of the greatest memories with this group of people and I feel so blessed to call them friends!

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