{"id":295,"date":"2008-09-02T13:56:53","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T17:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/?p=295"},"modified":"2008-09-02T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T17:58:58","slug":"labored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/2008\/09\/02\/labored\/","title":{"rendered":"Labored"},"content":{"rendered":"

It used to be, in my younger days, that I would try to cram too much into a weekend. When I was 20 years old and full of energy, this was not a problem, but these days the engine doesn’t fire as fast as it used to. Nonetheless, I had a pile-up of fun stuff all scheduled for this weekend and I was determined to do it all. And take a lot of naps in between.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Georgia Tech opened their football season against Jacksonville State. I had been eager to try out the 70-200mm f\/2.8 VR lens for Nikon cameras<\/a> so I rented one for the game so I could get comfortable with it for later usage. Of course, there was drama involved. My car decided to dump its contents of transmission fluid along I-75 on the way to get the lens and I had to get the car towed. I was pretty upset and vowed that if I had to replace the transmission, I was selling the car. I wasn’t really ready to buy a new car, but whatever, I was pretty unhappy at the time. Thankfully, it was only a transmission line.<\/p>\n

So I made it to the game! And the lens? Is awesome. I will probably rent it again for a future game or concert.
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Friday I had just enough time to recover and clean the house for the upcoming weekend. Two of<\/a> our friends<\/a> showed up late Friday night for the Clemson-Alabama game. Scott had secured a ticket for me and I was pretty excited to go to the game as it was a sellout and both fanbases were fired up for the game.<\/p>\n

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I sat in the “neutral zone” between Scott and Carla for the game.<\/p>\n

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Since I had nothing riding on the game, I had a lot of fun, even though it wasn’t really that close of a game. After suffering through choking crowds on MARTA on the way home, I finally got to sleep at 2 AM. <\/p>\n

That’s not all! That’s a full weekend all by itself, but the next morning I was up bright and early for our girls’ first birthday! But if you want to read about that, you’re going to have to jump over to our Family blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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