You can say you saw it first here (unless you're my mom or realtor): my game day condo-tuned-new home in Auburn.
So, why is it not just a game day condo?
See, y'all, while I was laying in bed all Spring feeling ill because of the ga-zillion radioactive tests my GI doctor ran on me before sending me off to the surgeon to remove my gall bladder, I started making lists of what I wanted in life. I was really trying to get myself motivated to go back to work, but it's kind of hard to get motivated to go back to work when you have random abdominal pains and near-incessant nausea. The only cure for that, y'all is phenergan and makeup, jewelry, and pajamas, in the form of retail therapy, and on really bad days, phenergan, ginger ale, saltines, and aforementioned pajamas, propped up in bed on a million pillows while watching "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" or whatever you can stand to watch on TV.
A constant item on those lists was a game day condo in Auburn. It's nothing personal against hotels. I heart hotels. The only thing is if I had a game day condo, I could afford to spend MORE time in Auburn during football season. I could be one of those people who gets to Auburn on Tuesday or Wednesday (Thursday at the latest) and stays 'til Sunday. I could attend every home game, and be in Auburn for the big away games, to cheer on the team from afar with other Auburn fans. I might even start going to basketball games. And I could even go to the A-Day game.
I didn't intend to actually move to Auburn at first.
I had an epiphany as I was watching "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" one day while recovering from my gall bladder surgery: if Dr. Quinn could leave Boston, I could leave Birmingham for Auburn. See, Dr. Quinn's father died, and my Papa had recently died. Dr. Quinn left the big city for the small town, I would leave the big-ish city for the small-ish town. Fresh air, fresh start. It sounded like a good idea.
Being a good, strong, Southern girl, I can't be too far away from my family (unlike Dr. Quinn). I hate driving and I hate flying, so wherever I go will be within a two-hour radius of Birmingham. So, Auburn is still a good choice for me. It's about as far South as I can go for right now.
