So … where was I?  Oh, yes.  Saturday morning comes, and we’re up pretty early.  The parade starts at 10 a.m., so I’ve got to get up and get into my outfit.

We walk toward Woodruff Park to meet everyone, and all along the way are people pointing and smiling, “Oh, look!  A Ghostbuster!”  Pretty cool walking around town like that, people asking how I got the proton pack, taking pictures …

We get to the parade lineup, and there had to be close to 3,000 people all around.  I found my group, which wound up being about 47 ‘Busters in all.  The parade started, and I’d have to say we were easily the crowd favorites.  We had an Ectomobile that was converted from a Dodge Magnum, and we all walked around it yelling things like “Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters!” and “He-Man! He-Man!”  If you didn’t catch that reference, go back and watch GB 2.  Shame on you for not knowing it.

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It’s Monday night, and that means my extended weekend is over.  I took last Friday off so we could head to Dragon*Con in Atlanta.  That’s two four-day work weeks with a four-day weekend thrown in for good measure.

We left Friday morning after David’s doctor appointment.  We had three celebrity photo-ops scheduled for the weekend, and the first was at 1:15 that afternoon.  We made our way to our hotel, dropped off the car and proceeded to speed walk for about four blocks to the Sheraton to pick up our convention badges.  With Amy’s heart condition, that probably wasn’t very smart.

We picked up our badges and walked two more blocks to the Marriott, where the photos were being taken.  After a couple of wrong turns, we finally made it in time for a photo/meet-and-greet with John Schneider and Catherine Bach from “The Dukes of Hazzard.”  They were both extremely nice, and it made Amy’s day to meet John.  She’s always liked him and Tom Wopat, but I think only John will show up for this type of event.

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