Only in the South!

So now I'm depressed again. Well, not depressed, just.. blah. Its been pouring rain for the past hour, so tennis lessons are cancelled, and the dog park is empty. The house is way too quiet, even Brody is sleeping more than he usually does. Its almost dinner time and I forgot to thaw out the last chicken breast I have. Looks like I'll be going to Chick-fil-A.. DARN! haha. I saw a bumper sticker on a car yesterday that said "I ♥ Chick-Fil-A" and thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Amanda is still at work (although this will be her last day), so I don't have anyone to text. I've gone over to Kirby's apartment twice today, but she hasn't been home. I'm kicking myself for forgetting to get her phone number last night.

One good thing that has come out of my boredom: I bought Mark Wills' new CD on iTunes and it is amazing. Good music will always get me through a day like this. All my life, I have adored country music and thought I could relate to it, but now I realize how much I had been missing. I mean, I'm living those songs now, I'm in the place that has inspired all of them. I see that "Red Dirt Road" everywhere I go, I drive over the Chattahoochee River daily, the Georgia pines really are just as beautiful as you can imagine, when I order REGULAR ice tea they give me sweet tea (which still hasn't grown on me), and all the houses with classic wrap-around porches make me swoon and I can easily picture myself sitting there watching the kids and the dog in the green yard with no fences. Plus, almost every radio station is country music.. What do I want to listen to today? Classic country? Contemporary country? A wonderful mix of both? The street lights hang on a thick wire and they swing around in the wind, when the posted speed limit is 65, everyone drives 60 (amazingly, even me!), there is literally a Waffle House on every corner and everyone has their "usual" one where they are known, but there are only two Starbucks in town. There are drive-thru liquor stores, and yesterday I saw a Bar & Gas Station together, but no liquor is sold on Sundays. Contradictory? Nah, just Southern. Oh, and today I had to call a bakery to order a cake (for a secret mission, to be explained later) and asked if they do champagne cakes. The lady replied, "Champagne? Nah. But we can draw beer bottles." Only in Georgia.

Enough of that... Current News time?

Obama Says He Will Raise Pay for Troops:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...nefits-troops/

"WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he wants to raise the pay of America's fighting forces and improve health care and benefits for veterans.
The president also says he will soon announce a way to responsibly end the war in Iraq and a new path for the war in Afghanistan. Defense and foreign policy were a small part of Obama's first address to Congress on Tuesday that focused on the economic crisis.
Obama did not give specifics, but he said his new budget proposal for next year will provide for an expansion of the armed forces and increases in their pay and benefits.
Obama says his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison will make the country stronger.
Obama says he will also seek what he calls swift and certain justice for terrorists."

Believe it or not? If this actually happens, I'll admittedly have to give him props and thank him for seeing something that is long overdue. But, I still don't understand his thought process behind closing Guantanamo Bay. "Make the country stronger?" How so? I would love to see another article backing that up.