Labor Day Weekend, Nascar Fail

Belts make awesome beer holders

Labor Day!  4 days to do whatever we want and we took advantage of it!  We started the weekend by heading to Macon on Friday to retrieve some of our things from our places!  We had dinner at the new Margaritas at Mercer Village with Ed.  It's such a cool little area they've got over there near campus, it was nice to see how much they've done!  Garon made sure to get a drink, as it was the closest to "drinking on campus" lawfully as he could get.  We then went to the KA house for some bid-day festivities and finished off the night by heading home to Augusta.  It was a long day, but fun to be back in Macon for a short time.  Now we just need some tenants for both of our places and we'll be happy!

Monkey Wrench

Saturday we spent the day getting ready for the first UGA game by doing chores around the house and getting groceries.  Sadly, the Dawgs lost, but we had delicious homemade chicken wings, tots, and spinach dip for dinner.  Fall has definitely arrived because football is finally here!  This coming weekend we are headed to the home opener in Athens, Dawgs v. Gamecocks!  So excited!

On Sunday we headed to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the NASCAR race.  My first ever!  I was so excited to see what it was all about, tailgating, people watching, rednecking, watching the cars, I was pumped!  We got there around 3pm and the race wasn't supposed to start until 7:30, so we had plenty of time to tailgate and walk around to all of the vendors.  It started to rain around 5:30, so sadly we were stuck under the tent.  We decided to grill hots and hamburgers, but geniuses that we are, we forget condiments, so we ate everything wish chips as our condiment.  As it rained though, we worried the entire time if the race was going to be cancelled.  We missed the flyover because we were still trying to avoid the rain, but eventually headed into the gates.

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Finally the rain stopped, so we headed to our seats, turn 3, with our coolers and the attitude that the race was going to happen.  We sat there for over an hour, waiting for the trucks to dry the tracks.  It was about 15 minutes from start time, and hey, what do you know, the tropical storm decided to piss rain on us even more, this time in a downpour.  The officials finally cancelled the race, for Tuesday, which we were unable to make, and we decided to head home.  It was a NASCAR fail, but I hope to go back another time because I wanted to enjoy everything about it.  We still had a pretty great time though, and it was fun spending the day doing something different!

Monday we recovered and went over to a friend's house to try dove for dinner.  I cannot complain, I'd definitely try it again!  Overall, it was a fun Labor Day weekend!  Looking forward to the next!