Visa

On Tuesday the 14th Richie and I left Jackson and pointed the car towards Atlanta. We arrived around 8 and went to eat mexican food with the people we were staying with, then went to sleep soon after getting back because we were getting up early the next day.

My visa appointment was for 11:00 wednesday, so we left the house around 9 to give ourselves plenty of time. After finding a parking garage and taking to the street on foot, we walked around a little trying to find the right building. At 10:55 we found the building where the consulate was located and I was right on time. The "interview" was no problem, about 5 minutes of paper shuffling and then it was over. I had successfully applied for my visa!

After the application was done Richie and I ate some sushi at a restaurant above the parking garage then headed deeper into downtown. We spent about 3 hours in IKEA, sitting in all the chairs and couches and deciding what we liked about every showcase, as well as doing some shopping for Rich. After IKEA we went to Trader Joe's to pick up a few more things for Rich. We considered going to Little 5 Points after TJ's, but we got caught in heavy traffic a little after 5 and so we decided to just get on the road. On the way home we ate chocolate covered espresso beans to stay awake, and stopped in a gas station in Alabama to get some Sweetwater beer that they don't sell in Mississippi. The cashier thought we were having a party since we bought all of the Sweetwater brand beers they had.

The rest of the week was a blur, Richie got food poisoning and I got some kind of food grossness as well but not as bad as him.