Well, I actually made it to Atlanta….thanks to Baby J….and an assist from our senior buddies in my psych rotation….

So I arrived to an empty house Wednesday evening around 8 or so….I called my boy Nile and he and Eric scooped me up and we headed to Red Lobster….I had shrimp and a couple of glasses of Cutty Sark Scotch (the bartender didn’t know what Cutty Sark was at first, it took FOREVER to get it)….we came back and Full Metal Jacket was on….great fucking movie that is….then Scarface came on….they left and I went to sleep….

Woke up early and my cousin Radiance picked me up to meet her parents at her house and head to Mississippi….we stopped at Cracker Barrel and listened to some music and cracked a few jokes and arrived in decent time to the Sip….

I walked into my grandmother’s house and immediately felt both a warmth and sadness….it was like Grandad was there but he wasn’t….I saw my cousins who I hadn’t seen in what seems like years….Jevone and Spencer are both taller than me….Spencer is like 6′4″ now! Devin is taller too, and pudgy….reminds me of myself when I was his age (11)….Jasmine is taller and slim like her brother Spencer and almost 9!…..Breanna was the one who had physically changed the most (well besides Spencer)….she is as tall as Jasmine, but she also has a little pot belly and as my mom and them said a “badunkadunk” or at least as much of that as a 6 year old girl can have….anyway seeing those guys made me feel old….

Nina brought her dog, Buffy, to meet up with her “brother” or whatever (they have the same mother, but come from different litters) Tiger….My Uncle James and Aunt Branda also had their little miniature pinscher named Sampson (which reminded me of Half Baked)….so there were three dogs roaming free harrassing each other and such….

The food was good…let’s see if I can remember the menu….there was ham and turkey….macaroni, dressing, turnip greens, potato salad, two kinds of sweet potatoes….onions and tomato slices for the greens….gravy….rolls….I think that was it….I had the biggest plate…I also had 3 glasses of wine….

I entertained my grandmother with psychoanalysis….then Jevone’s girlfriend came by….we told embarrassing stories about each other because we are dysfunctional like that…if you’ve ever seen one of those clip shows on the Cosby Show where they tell Elvin all sorts of stories about the family that’s what it was like….they even pulled out this old picture of me where I looked like Austin Powers….you can stop laughing now….

We watched football in between my grandmother turning the channel at the WORST times to see Wheel of Fortune….then we watched Ray on bootleg DVD….yep, we’re ghetto!….Ray was as good as I’d heard, I really enjoyed it….I forgot it was Jamie Foxx at times….I have joined the Foxx for Oscar bandwagon….

At some point my allergies decided it was time to go haywire and I somehow managed to fall asleep in my grandmother’s recliner….

Woke up this morning (got my self a gun…..couldn’t resist) and played some Mario Kart with my my cousins then got dressed and got on the road again….and now I’m back here….

All in all it was fun….I took a bunch of pictures….I may decide to put them up at some point….

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and ate alot (or got super high if you celebrated Blowed Giving)….I’m going to make the most of my time here in Atlanta….