Watch Service

So, our New Year's Eve turned out to be a mini-adventure. The plan was to go watch the Peach Drop downtown (by the Underground!) and then meet up with the ATL engineer's friends and go do something. In order to make it to the Peach Drop, we had to leave the apartment about 15 minutes after he told me the plan to drive to the MARTA (subway) station and then walk to the square. We actually make it out of the house in 15 minutes (despite the change in outfits -- as I'd been planning on going to a club). We walked (briskly) to the MARTA station; and got there just in time to hear the subway leaving. We waited for the next one, along with a ton of other people trying to do the same thing. (This is a picture of us after we missed the train :P)

Now, what's funny is once on the train car, it was very crowded, of course. A guy who was clearly very intoxicated decided to start up a sing-a-long. At first, he sang Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. No one joined in, however. Then he switched to gospel, starting with "This Little Light of Mine" and followed by "Glory, Glory". Oh, everyone in the train car joined in. In the midst of my giggles, I turned to the engineer and thanked him for taking me to Watch Service before heading out for the night. All in all, it made for a darn good story.

Oh...and we did make it in time to see the countdown -- ahem, and people drinking Grey Goose straight from the bottle, without the decency of hiding it in Gatorade or soda bottles. Guess there are no open container laws in downtown ATL. :)