MaPa came and went…

My parents came to visit me for 10 whole days. It was so nice! The first day they were here I had to work, so when I got home my mom had made Swedish meatballs, and potatoes, and sauce. All of which I haven´t really had since I left home. Delicious! Oh hold on, that was actually on the second day, the first day we went for ice hockey. We saw the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers, in more ways than one. First the game was almost an hour delayed do to bad weather and travel difficulties or something, so we had time to try the local cuisine in form of hamburgers and french fries, as well as the local beer, and even some local whiskey. Then we were ready for the game! It was so much fun! The arena was pretty filled up and all around Thrasher fans. When a couple of players threw their gloves for a fist fight, everyone stood up and cheered on. Great spirit.

We also took a day for the touristic stuff, so we went to World of Coke and got to see a 4d movie and try coke products from around the wold. Also the aquarium we saw. Lots of fish. They say it´s the biggest one in the world, but so does every other major aquariums, and the main attraction, which is some sort of humongous whale, was on vacation in Texas. We bought some souvenirs and then later on some Maker´s Mark whiskey in a liquor store. That turned out to be a life saver, because when we got home that evening we couldn´t get in to my apartment. My door was deadlocked. Of course  didn´t have a number to a locksmith or even to the closed leasing office, so I didn´t really know what to do. My roomie was stuck in New York due to a snow storm, but I called her and luckily she had the number for the office and I could get in touch with the maintenance guy who said he´d be there in an hour. So, my mom, my dad, and I sat down in my corridor and opened the Maker´s Mark. Time passed fast and we were all in a good mood when the guy came and let us in.

On my moms birthday we gave her cake and champagne for breakfast, we went to the park so she could get some good pictures with her new camera, and in the evening we went to the Sun Dial which is a rotating restaurant on the 71st floor. The view was amazing, the drinks where good, and the food was ok. Overall a good experience.

On the day we were supposed to rent a car and go to Stonemountain it had snowed, and so we decided to skip that. Spent the rest of the time eating, shopping, and getting manicures. (Not dad, he was following the Swedish Rally). Then all of a sudden, and way too fast, they had to leave again, and they made it all the way home all by them selves.

I was apparently lucky as well, because the day after the snow fell 33 ladies called off work. Since all the flights were cancelled the hotel suddenly filled up with walk-ins, and all the rooms were needed. Everyone had to clean rooms. One of my colleagues cleaned rooms for 18 hours straight. Me, I was shopping.