My exciting weekend
- I went down to Atlanta this weekend for my cousin's wedding. It was a fun, all day affair. In the morning, there was a traditional Catholic wedding in this beautiful little church in downtown Atlanta with stained glass windows and lots of colorful murals decorating the interior. After the Catholic ceremony, the whole party went back to my cousin's house for a traditional Vietnamese ceremony (his wife's family is Vietnamese). It involved the groom's family and wedding party arriving ceremoniously at the bride's house bearing gifts which included, among other things, a whole roast pig. The reception that night was at yet another location and involved a 7-course Vietnamese dinner and tastings of the Hennessey XO line (the bride's family owns a liquor store)! Sweeeet. All in all, it was a good time.
- Getting to Atlanta involved a 10 hour drive, each way, which is something I've decided I'm never going to do again without the company of another person. The drive was quite lovely, though - I went down through the Shenendoah valley and basically hugged the Blue Ridge/ Appalachian mountains the entire way down. I had no idea how beautiful the mountains in that area are! Especially around Roanoke. Now I really want to go down there and go camping while I'm still in the area.
- On my out of Atlanta on Sunday, I stopped at a gas station to get gas before I left the metro area. My credit card was declined. I called to find out why, and it turned out someone tried to charge $1100 to my card at a Wal-Mart. That definitely was not me. The charge was declined, as were a few other charges. This is the first time I've ever been a victim of credit card fraud, and of all people it was committed by some rednecks who tried to go on a shopping spree at Wal-Mart! I feel very violated. Visa had to cancel my account right there on the spot, which really screwed me over because I was expecting to use it to pay for gas on my friggin' 10 hour drive back to VA. Fortunately, I had enough cash, and they send me my new card later this week.
- Getting to Atlanta involved a 10 hour drive, each way, which is something I've decided I'm never going to do again without the company of another person. The drive was quite lovely, though - I went down through the Shenendoah valley and basically hugged the Blue Ridge/ Appalachian mountains the entire way down. I had no idea how beautiful the mountains in that area are! Especially around Roanoke. Now I really want to go down there and go camping while I'm still in the area.
- On my out of Atlanta on Sunday, I stopped at a gas station to get gas before I left the metro area. My credit card was declined. I called to find out why, and it turned out someone tried to charge $1100 to my card at a Wal-Mart. That definitely was not me. The charge was declined, as were a few other charges. This is the first time I've ever been a victim of credit card fraud, and of all people it was committed by some rednecks who tried to go on a shopping spree at Wal-Mart! I feel very violated. Visa had to cancel my account right there on the spot, which really screwed me over because I was expecting to use it to pay for gas on my friggin' 10 hour drive back to VA. Fortunately, I had enough cash, and they send me my new card later this week.