on stopping to admire stars...

better late than never, i suppose... lucky... you're going to get two posts today to make up for yesterdays slight.

explanation:
husband woke drove me to the airport early yesterday morning (this is our first time away from one another as a married couple) where i flew out to atlanta. once in atlanta i landed in concourse e. i was craving chick-fil-a, but couldn't remember what concourse it was in from when bobby and i were in atl on our honeymoon... so i walked (my diversion to the train isn't constant, i just felt like walking)... and i walked.

not in concourse d (from which my flight was departing).
not in concourse c.
nor was it in concourse b.

there it was in concourse a... and it was a quarter to ten, no waffle fries. was it worth it, then to spend almost 8 dollars on chicken nuggets without waffle fries? i told the woman i'd be right back, stepping back to contemplate.

this particular chick-fil-a was combined with both a burger king and a cinnabon. i love cinnabon. and now they have six little mini buns... i chose those and hasbrowns from chick-fil-a, which could have easily come from burger king (both of which were right next to my gate at concourse d, i soon found out, ha!).

so i sat eating my cinnabons with their buttery disgustingly good icing that i licked off of the bag! mmmm... and then i road the train back to concourse d, where i caught my flight to jacksonville, north carolina to see my little brother.

he is deploying soon... to asia. he was supposed to leave today, but it was pushed back. regardless, it is a blessing to see him because i wouldn't have been able to make it back over here between thanksgiving and christmas. so i hid when he came home from work... he loves surprises and was highly surprised!

last night we went to the beach to watch the sunset, even though it didn't do so over the water. it was still beautiful. and to see all of the stars without light pollution was magnificent... you could clearly see the (no, not the other realm mom) the other arm of the galaxy, which is so amazing. god is good!

eva and i ran along the beach with a flashlight and picked up shells in the dark... it was such a wonderfully beautiful experience that i wish everyone could have in their life time.