No, O A does NOT stand for Overeater's Anonymous (although maybe it should), it stands for Outlanders Anonymous! And if you are a 'member', no explanation is necessary.
I met with my friend Julia and two new members, Michelle and Micki on Saturday the 19th for dinner at Houston's in Marietta. We had a ball, as usual, talking about the GM games, and Jamie and Claire (of course), and making plans for future get-togethers. The two M's were very excited, and I think it has spurred them to post more on the online board, which made ME excited. Anything to get lurkers to come out of hiding...
Our next big adventure will be on September 6th, in Cartersville. We're meeting up there this time, so more people can come...we have 3 members who live in or near Rome, and have a hard time getting so far south. So those of us who live farther south are going to carpool...which will be fun for us, too!
This is shaping up to be a pretty big event...the biggest to date, as we will have 7 people attending, maybe more. I can't wait...I know we will have a ball, and probably get kicked out of the restaurant because they are trying to close for the night. That's ok, though...I've been informed that there's a Waffle House just down the street, where we can move the party after closing, if need be!
Plans are also in the works for a bigger event that we're working on putting together for later in the fall, which will involve both Atlanta and Birmingham, and possibly our girls over in SC, too! That would be AWESOME, as I'm very anxious to meet them. More on that later...
IN OTHER NEWS...
Alan and I just found out last week that we're going to be grandparents again. Shanna and Kyle are once again expecting, and we're excited for them. We'll know more about that soon, and I will post the details then.
Speaking of grandchildren, our beautiful granddaughter, Harmony finally learned how to coordinate her movements to roll over yesterday. Yay, Harmony! She's been working on trying to figure it out for a while now, but couldn't get it down. Yesterday, it all came together for her, and she spent the day practicing her new skill in earnest. Mom Krystal spent the day trying to capture it all on video for posterity's sake, but unfortunately, Harmony IS a Kid, and Kids rarely perform on cue...something in the fine print of their contracts, no doubt. If we do manage to get it on film, be sure I will post it on my page so you all can view it and be properly awed and overcome with the emotion of it all...
And speaking of my gorgeous hubby, we spent a fabulous day together this past Sunday, which was entirely too short, as always, but after 3 weeks, beggars can't be choosers. The important thing is...we're down to a little over 18 months now, and counting. I actually picked up a little freebie keyring at the Grandfather Mountain games a couple of weeks ago when I was up there, and I reset it to count down to the day Alan's contract expires with the Not-So-Great State of Georgia. To date, we have 575 days left, which in one way sounds like so much worse than 18 months, but in another way sounds far less. So I think from now on, I will do the same thing as I did last year when I was counting down Shanna Malii's birthday, and use the subject line in my posts as a counter. Maybe it will make the time go by faster, eh?
Anything to make the time go by faster...
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