Athens, GA

Well my journey through life continues full force. Since about October I have desired and planned to move to Athens, GA after leaving Hong Kong. In May I secured a teaching job in Athens and now I need to find a place to live there. So the day after arriving in GA from Hong Kong I was in Athens looking at possible places to live. Life continues. Even though I have about a month before I will be in Athens full time, I am busy preparing for that move and all that comes with it.

Yesterday, I looked at places at Scarborough Place, Madison Lane, and Cedar Bluffs. Each place has its own appeal and of course some undesirable parts. I really will have to make a decision in the next few days of where I will want to live. However, it is more complicated than just looking at the places to live because two are places to rent for the next year and one is a place to buy.

I haven't mentioned this on my previous blog (my Hong Kong blog) because I was praying about it and learning about buying a place. It was a scary proposition when mentioned to me but after researching and talking with banks and many family members and close friends it's not as scary. It is still a big commitment. I am not opposed to it and I'm not as fully sold on it as I thought I was. I am very glad that I looked at places to rent as well as the place to buy.

Here are a few pictures from each of the places I looked at yesterday.

Scarborough Place

Madison Lane

Cedar Bluffs

A few facts about Athens:

* It's like a second home to me because my grandmother lives there and I've visited often all of my life.

*It's the home of the University of Georgia.

*There is a tree that owns itself in Athens.

*The world's only double-barrel cannon is in Athens.

*It has and area of about 120 square miles.

*The population is over 175,000.