Two crazy, random things have happened in the past 24 hours. Last night at dusk I was taking Hank on a walk--he was running around, not on a leash-- he smelled something and jumped away-when I got closer I saw that it was a snake. I didn't think much of it but I had my cell phone with me so I called Brandon to see if he wanted to come look at it--he came and brought a flash light-- when he shined it on the snake it was curled up with his head in striking position- it was a copperhead-then Brandon shined the flashlight on Hank and he had to fang marks on his nose. We jumped in the car and headed to the Emergency Vet. The vet said that copperheads are the least venomous of the poisonous snakes in Ga--but they are one of the most painful. They don't give anti-venom--but he got and IV and some shots (antibiotic, pain meds, steroid, and benadryl). He was really tired, groggy, and swollen-- but he is doing just fine. We are keeping a close eye on him and watching for possible infection. The vet said that infection is of concern because there is so much bacteria in a snake's mouth. For now all is well!!
Today at work there was a freak accident in the parking lot. My friend Susan's car is the smashed Civic in the middle--and it was parked in the parking spot. Two families got in a wreck in the lot and then the driver of the van that got hit accidentally slammed on the GAS rather than the BREAK--it caused the van to jump the curb and land on the back of the Civic and slide down-- the van was in the air! All of the windows shattered in the civic and it was pushed into the Acura of our Physician Assistant Nancy. No one was hurt--but everyone was shaken up. I didn't know it was possible to TOTAL a car in a parking lot. Poor Susan--she had just finished getting her car fixed a couple of months ago from getting rear-ended. Her car was a 2005 and it was paid off!!! It stinks how sometime you get stuck paying the consequences for things when they aren't even your fault!! The good news is--we can buy new cars, but we can't buy new people--so thank goodness everyone is OK!!
Despite the comeback that the Bulldogs made in the 2nd half--it wasn't enough! Alabama headed back to Tuscaloosa with a victory. Even though everyone was sad after the game--we had a great time before. Everyone was dressed in black for the "BLACKOUT". Brandon and I got in to town and ate at one of my old favorites "East West Bistro" right downtown on Broad Street. Then we went to meet up with Gil and Jaime. (Brandon and Gil work together at Robert's Commercial.)
North Campus was PACKED!!!! There were tents set up on every available inch of grass. There was so much excitement in the air. A bunch of tailgates that had big screen TV's set up--so we got to watch and celebrate as Ole Miss beat Florida and the AUBURN beat Tennessee!
We headed over to Lumpkin and found Kriya and Paula who were tailgating with some more friends behind Meyers dorms. Paula was back to visit from NYC and brought her boyfriend--this was his first SEC football game! He got to experience how it's done down south!!
Here is Brandon standing in front of where they filmed "College Gameday" earlier that morning. It was SO nice to be back in Athens. I miss it!! Brandon and I decided that we want to go back to college!!!!
Here is a picture of Hank from Friday night enjoying the sunset on Lake Lanier!!!! He has fully recovered after his snake bite on Monday-- he is back to himself-- nothing will slow him down!
Go FISH!!! Congrats to Mark Fischer!!! Allison hosted a great tailgate at the Georgia Tech vs. Miss. State game in Atlanta. Mark got inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame for baseball. They started the Hall of Fame in the 50's and they only pick a choice few to add to it every year. There are only 450 people in it total--and now Mark is one of them!!! What an honor! Way to go Mark!!!! --and another CONGRATS to the Fischer's---they are EXPECTING a little one!! YAY!!
