Pic n' Pay

 I think I have finally figured out why I can’t seem to shake the blues lately in Atlanta. I think one of the main reasons might be because I wake up at 5 in the morning, drive bumper to bumper for an hour to work. Sit at my desk, bored usually, for 9 hours and then return to my car and drive bumper to bumper for an hour and a half. Usually, I am lucky to get home by 6:30 – that is if I leave on time.  When I get home though, I eat and then I so wiped out I hit the sack at about 9 – 10 and repeat.

                Well yesterday, I decided to spice it up a little bit. While living in Augusta, I would always take different ways home, school, or work – just to have something different to look at. However, in Atlanta I do not really have this option, but yesterday I did try. I thought I would take Bankhead HWY (78) home, since it basically runs from the middle of Atlanta to Chapel Hill Road (close to home). However, I was not aware of the fact that in Atlanta streets can instantly change into another street and you will not be aware of it unless a) you know the area or b) until you are completely lost. Well, yesterday I got completely lost. I have a map to show exactly what happened. Somehow, as if by fate, I ended up in the exact place I got off  85/75, which is good because after driving through Bankhead and Hollywood Rd I am not sure if I could actually take any more of the hood. It was pretty bad, probably the worst ghettos I have seen in all the places I have been in the U.S. – it is Atlanta, so I am not that surprised.