It's Saturday afternoon and I feel fabulous. Right now I'm sitting in our rental "cabin" in the Appalachian mountains in Blue Ridge, Georgia, which is about 100 miles north of Atlanta. As we left our lovely room at the W Hotel in Dallas on Monday morning, I was perplexed when I found out that we would be flying to Atlanta.

We landed in Atlanta just in time to make it into the city for a fancy dinner at the top of Atlanta's tallest building. We left the restuarant stuffed and awed by both the view and the food. Once we arrived at our cabin, I understood why we were in Georgia. It's gorgeous. What a wonderful way to spend the first week of married life.

We have sucessfully split our time between busy and relaxing activities. On the busy side, we went to the world's largest aquarium, which is located in Atlanta. We saw some beluga whales, some electric jelly fish and a giant tank home to over 55,000 fish, including a hammer head shark, 4 whale sharks and some black tip reef sharks. We also went to the World of Coca-Cola, a museum commerating the history of the world's most famous soda. The museum is cluttered with memorabelia and art, all dedicated to Coke. After watching a montage of Coca-Cola commercials from around the world, the consumerism of the place became a bit overwhelming - all I could say was something about how I really wanted a Dr. Pepper. But the best part was yet to come - the tasting room. There we filled our stomachs with different sodas from all over the world, only to discover that most of them are either the same as the ones we drink, or else they are really nasty. We also went for a lengthy hike one day and later drove into town to wander around historic blueridge.

On the relaxing side, we have thouroughly enjoyed our cabin. We have enjoyed the ping-pong and pool table, as well as the hot tub in the evenings. We finished a 1000-piece puzzle yesterday. The abundance of windows in the cabin allows us to enjoy the view of the river that runs by outside. We have watched half of season three of the office and have done plenty of sleeping-in. Chris was especially excited on Wednesday morning when we awoke to a blanket of snow. Since then the temperatures have warmed up and today is beautiful. Not sure what's on the agenda for tomorrow, but I am not looking forward to leaving on Monday. Too bad life isn't one big honeymoon...