CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Do
you remember those “Choose your own adventure” books from your childhood? In them, you were periodically presented with
a choice between two courses of action.
After making your choice, you were directed to another page in the
book. If you consistently made wise
choices, and had a bit of luck, you’d complete the quest successfully. Of course, even after accomplishing your
goal, you always had to go back and see what horrors resulted from a bad
decision. That was at least half the fun
of it.
Two
weekends ago reminded me of one of those books.
I often have trouble settling on a plan, typically because I try to do
too much. This time though, I really
outdid myself. Why does life have to be
so complicated?
So,
if you’re up for some adventure, read on.
Just like in the books, it’s easy to cheat – but what’s the fun in
that? Be sure to choose wisely, but
remember, you can always click the “back” button if you hit a dead end.
Last
week’s job assignment landed me in Gainesville, Georgia. My initial impression of Gainesville was that
it was just another generic suburb barfed up by the beast that is Atlanta. That isn’t quite true. It wasn’t until I made the 5 mile drive from
where I was working to the hotel that I realized how wrong I was. In those 5 miles, I passed 83 Mexican restaurants. Yeah, I counted.
OK,
that’s a lie. I didn’t count them. I estimated.
But hey, I’m an auditor. That’s
what we do.
Anyway,
I got to spend the better part of 4 days hanging out in Georgia’s Little
Tijuana. The job went well, and the
highlight of my trip was getting to see my friend Jimmy’s band play on
Wednesday night in Atlanta. The band,
“Sideways Jump”, has some really talented musicians, and they put on a great
show. Unfortunately, the second set
didn’t start until midnight. I still had
a 50 minute drive back to Gainesville, and I had to work the next morning. On the other hand, it would be a lot of fun
to hang out, listen to more good music, and drink some beer. What to do?
Back to South Carolina
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