Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had wonderful holidays and a great new year! We were in Atlanta this past weekend for Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA. It was great! There were a few "close calls" though, and it almost made my nerves shot! The first thing that happened was on the tight rope. The guy jumped over another guy and lost his balance. He caught on to the rope & pulled himself up, but even if he hadn't, he was netted so it wouldn't have been so bad. But the next 2 were what got me! They had this big stick looking thing with a wheel on either end. There was 1 guy in each wheel and the did tricks inside and on the outside. The first time the guy lost it was inside the wheel. Since he was inside, it only threw him against the back, but he almost fell out anyway. The 2nd time the guy was on top of the wheel (not sure if it was the same one or not...with the costumes it was hard to tell), get this - jumping rope! Well, the rope got caught on his foot and tripped him and he almost fell off, which would have been really bad because he wasn't netted and it was really high. Other than that, it was a really great show - very funny. While there, we also went to the new Coke factory, which was in walking distance from the Hilton. And, of course, we made it to IKEA! We got a few things, including high bar stools for our counter - yay! There was a lot more I wanted to get, but we held back. The hotel was nice - we were on the 27th floor! We had continental breakfast for free (others didn't unless you were on the executive level), special keys that could get us places other couldn't go, free drinks & treats, and hors d'oeuvres each night. Only one bad thing happened, and thankfully it wasn't hospital-worthy - I had another kidney stone! I think I had another one at the earlier last week, but I'm not sure. I hadn't had any problems since last October, but they say that when you're pregnant they're more prevalent because of the extra calcium intake. All I can say is that I'm thankful that it was nothing like before and my kidney wasn't blocked! Today was back to school and I'm tired, so that's all for now!