Atlanta was a whirlwind! We arrived at the Michelsen's house at 2:15 p.m. on Monday, just in time for us to put our stuff down while I did a quick "costume" change from leggings and flannel shirt to a cute skirt that looked much more professional since I had to go to a meeting at 2:30. Oh, a meeting? Yes. Because now I will not only be teaching Spanish I and II, as well as French II and III; I am now going to be teaching Latin II.
Don't worry about reading that sentence again, because you read it correctly the first time.
I'll let it sink in a little longer.
OK, so, yes, I'll be teaching Latin II. But hey, that's cool because I like languages and grammar and jigsaw puzzles! Aaaaaaand they want me to focus much more on the culture of ancient Rome, so I will get to create lots of awesome projects.
On Tuesday I had my first lesson in Latin and realized that I probably would have loved learning it in high school. I then started to set up my new classroom (which I chose based on how many bookshelves... there were 5 or 6) with three corners designated to each of the three languages I'll be teaching. At noon, Joseph and I had an appointment at North Highridge Apartments, our number one choice for where to live in Little 5 Points. These apartments are in such high demand, there is no waiting list; you have to call daily to see if anyone has put in their 30 days notice. Of course we fell in love with the place immediately.
French doors. Screened in porches. High ceilings. Wood floors. Charm.
We had lunch at the café across the street from North Highridge and then walked to our second appointment on Euclid Ave. It also had wood floors, but those were the only commonalities between the two. Although much smaller, they were a great fallback in case we didn't get into NHA. After that appointment, we decided to travel to Downtown Atlanta (honestly not a place I'm likely to visit again anytime soon).
Late afternoon found us at The Porter (back in L5P), where we saw some friends of ours from CBX. And we ordered frog legs... I almost cried before I ate mine.
For dinner we went across the street to Front Page News, the sister restaurant of Tijuana Garage. It was a very cool patio setting, and we got to sit immediately next to the fountain in the middle of the courtyard.
Today, I finished setting up my classroom in the morning and then I took Joseph to Julianna's Coffee and Crepes in Inman Park for brunch. They serve the best Hungarian style crepes you'll ever eat! On the way there, around 10:30, we called North Highridge to see if anything had opened up. Nope.
By noon we were on the road to Tennessee to visit Mom and Dad. At 2:30, my phone started ringing. Caller ID said "North Highridge Apartments." Someone had given their 30 days notice for a large one bedroom! Yes, dear reader, the quest is over! WE GOT OUR APARTMENT!!! If there was still any question of whether we had made the right decision to move to Atlanta, I'm pretty sure this sealed the deal for both of us.
We arrived in M'town by 5:30, and Mom and Dad had decided to have some friends over for dinner: a lovely family of 6 who like to sing, apparently! Here's a shot of two of my favorite people making beautiful music:
You are going to have the great adventure of the world!
ReplyDeleteI read the blog! I read the blog! It was a nice visit, although the all-night trip to the emergency vet with Arwen made us pretty groggy on your last morning here. So happy you got the apt. you wanted! You will have so much fun fixing it up. Maybe we can come help you unpack one weekend....? You know, you could build a wooden base for that headboard we have, which would be more stable and alleviate the need for bolting it to the wall.....
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