With the end of the Mountain Laurel Festival, Atlanta's 2003 spring festivities officially came to a close.,It is both a balloon and a difficult, hard-won future.,"You better get some money!" Elena snatched a piece of bread and took a big bite. "I'm not going to hold it against you for all the food you've eaten this week, and all the mooching you've done these past few months. But this house rent, your no-good old man hasn't paid it in six months."。