Ferris Sportslady's Day Off
No, I didn't call in sick... I actually took a day off (I have something like 20 comp days I need to take this year) on Saturday. Problem was, Cory and I couldn't think of a single damn thing to do. We ended up driving to Auburn, Alabama for the day. It's a college town, though in a lot of ways, it doesn't have as much of a college-town-atmosphere as someplace like Ann Arbor, Mich. or Columbia, Mo. Weekends during football season are, of course, the exception. Tailgating on campus starts three days before the game, and if the Tigers win, they're still tailgating on Sunday night.
Highlights of the day:
1. Going to Toomer's Corner (An Auburn Landmark) and having the best lemonade I've ever had in my life. Seriously. They make the Lemonade right in front of you, and I don't know how they do it, but it seriously is amazing. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
2. Heading over to Plainsman Park and watching the baseball game from the lawn outside the center field wall. We didn't have to pay, didn't feel obligated to stay the whole game, and watched everyone around us get drunk (except for the one stupid guy who was drinking his Natural Light straight from the can. The cops made him dump out his entire case. That'll teach him for drinking cheap beer!
3. Going to a couple music stores and having a junior high school flashback. Cory spotted a copy of Billy Idol's Greatest Hits in a used CD bin at one store. Then, at another store, I spotted The Essential Adam Ant. Another trip to the used bin brought a copy of B-Side Babies for just $0.99. I made Cory listen to Adam Ant the entire ride back.
No, I didn't call in sick... I actually took a day off (I have something like 20 comp days I need to take this year) on Saturday. Problem was, Cory and I couldn't think of a single damn thing to do. We ended up driving to Auburn, Alabama for the day. It's a college town, though in a lot of ways, it doesn't have as much of a college-town-atmosphere as someplace like Ann Arbor, Mich. or Columbia, Mo. Weekends during football season are, of course, the exception. Tailgating on campus starts three days before the game, and if the Tigers win, they're still tailgating on Sunday night.
Highlights of the day:
1. Going to Toomer's Corner (An Auburn Landmark) and having the best lemonade I've ever had in my life. Seriously. They make the Lemonade right in front of you, and I don't know how they do it, but it seriously is amazing. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
2. Heading over to Plainsman Park and watching the baseball game from the lawn outside the center field wall. We didn't have to pay, didn't feel obligated to stay the whole game, and watched everyone around us get drunk (except for the one stupid guy who was drinking his Natural Light straight from the can. The cops made him dump out his entire case. That'll teach him for drinking cheap beer!
3. Going to a couple music stores and having a junior high school flashback. Cory spotted a copy of Billy Idol's Greatest Hits in a used CD bin at one store. Then, at another store, I spotted The Essential Adam Ant. Another trip to the used bin brought a copy of B-Side Babies for just $0.99. I made Cory listen to Adam Ant the entire ride back.
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