Today was my last day in Atlanta before I go home tomorrow afternoon. After Stacy got home from school we went out to lunch at the Golden Corral. Not the best food ever, but I would (and could) fill up completely and be very satisfied with their biscuits with the unholy honey butter.

After that, we decided to go to the Georgia Aquarium. Until it was built, NOLA's Aquarium of the Americas held the distinction of being the largest aquarium in the US. This one, however, is a bit larger in that it holds more water and has a more diversified list of species within it. And it has WHALE SHARKS. They're just juveniles, but the largest one is already almost 20 feet long. I am somewhat prejudiced against the ocean in that nothing as big as whale sharks or blue whales should rightfully exist, but that exhibit in particular filled me with a nerdy and childish wonder that I really only get rarely. There were a few other wonderful exhibits (especially the beluga whales and the touch pools and the Pacific Reef exhibit -- and OMG the garden eels), but the whale sharks were absolutely mind blowing. I dunno whether it was the music that they were pumping in through the sound system or what, but I was just ... :o, all the time.

I will mention here that rays have a texture like thick, sodden silk, while the small sharks are rougher, like firm sandpaper. Also: do NOT under any circumstances ask Stacy to explain the title of this entry. Rest assured it was me making an idiot of myself for referencing Finding Nemo in an aquarium with a note of glee in my voice.

Just keep swimming...

After that we were pretty much exhausted since we'd been in there for about four hours. On the way home we stopped in Buckhead to eat at Jason's Deli, and then we came home and I packed up my crap (so much more of it after Dragon*con, there always is) and now I'm laying stretched out in bed with the laptop in front of me hoping it doesn't diedoing nothing.

Tomorrow I head home around 5 PM to my computer and my bed. I am also being sent, presumably, with a tub of peanut butter fudge Stacy's mom is making me. I just. I LOVE peanut butter fudge.