Atlanta: Day 2

Current Status: Being killed... with kindness

This morning I got up after not sleeping very much. I don't know why exactly, but I never can seem to get to sleep the day before I do something that's out of my routine... especially when it involves being on time for something. Anyway, the hotel provides a free shuttle service, so I went down to the lobby with lots of time to spare until the 8am shuttle left. The lady at the reception desk said that the driver will come into the lobby and see who needs a ride. Well, I waited until 8 in the lobby, and then decided to check out front... and sure enough, the shuttle was about to leave without checking in the lobby. Oh well, I made it on time.

The course itself is nothing much special. It's just learning a new kind of traffic simulation software. However, it's needed as this software is quite complicated to operate.

After getting back to the hotel after class, I went out to look for a restaurant for dinner and I came across Fuddruckers, which is next door to the hotel. They advertise the world's best burger, and to tell the truth it was quite good. The setup is a little weird though... kind of a cross between fast food and a casual restaurant. You order your burger like you would at a fast food joint, but then you have a seat in the dining room while they cook it up. Then they call your name and you pick it up and put your toppings on yourself. Then you go back and eat in the restaurant style dining room. Interesting to say the least.

Then I went to the Best Buy next door, just to see what was there. Not any different from our Best Buy in Canada. But this is where I discovered that the people down here are the some of the friendliest y'all will ever meet. First, this guy asks me a question... but I have no idea what he's saying. I think he thought that he knew me from university. So I said "no", and when I told him I was from Canada, he toned down the accent for me. Then another guy struck up a conversation with me while looking at the PS2 game and we chatted it up for a good 10 minutes. Turns out he was an engineer as well, so it's not surprising that he was a good guy. But anyway, we're a friendly and polite people in Canada, but in a different way. These people are freakishly outgoingly friendly. It's nice, but I'm sure it'd wear on me after a little while.

Oh yeah, it was 21° and sunny today, and tommorrow, it's supposed to be pretty much the same. The weather break is well worth the price of the plane ticket and hotel... that work paid for me.