Day 115 - April 25, 2010

It's race day! Here we are at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, and it's a beautiful day for a race! We decided to come to Alabama for two reasons, one was the race, and the other was to visit an old friend of mine from high school, who also came to the race with us! It was our first long track experience. All our other races have been on tracks that were a mile or less, and Talladega comes in at a whopping 2.66 miles around! Our seats were close to the track, and we couldn't see parts of the track from our seats, but we still had a great time! You could definitely feel the grit and the rubber coming off the track as the cars zoomed by! And there was a great finish, with the winner beating out second place by a nose! Never thought I'd be a NASCAR fan, but I love it! :)

Until Tomorrow,

Athina

Day 114 - April 24, 2010

This morning we woke up in Atlanta and were heading out to Alabama for the race tomorrow. Turns out that the Weather Channel had a surprise in store for us. Huge thunderstorms and tornado warnings were heading our way! We would end up driving right towards the storm cells in one of the biggest storms of the year so far. I've never ever experienced a tornado so I was really nervous, but it was for naught. Just a bunch of wind and some heavy rain, but no tornados thank goodness! We stopped at the Alabama state line to snap a shot of the sign, and then made our way to the hotel to get ready for the race tomorrow! It's gonna be a blast - can't wait!

Until Tomorrow,

Athina

Day 52 - February 21, 2010

Today has been a very lazy Sunday (well, after a nice, brisk 45 minute walk this morning)! We're having a few people over this afternoon to watch the NASCAR race, and I have to start cooking soon, but in the meantime, Eric and Daisy took advantage of the time we had and were lounging behind me in the office on the futon we have in there. Eric eventually fell asleep, but Daisy was just chillin and enjoying a lazy day. Though for Daisy, every day is a lazy day! Anyways, we're ready to get to the kitchen and make some chicken schnitzle and spaetzle and green beans for our guests, who will be here...oh in about 10 minutes! Meep!

Until Tomorrow,

Athina