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I took a few days off so that something interesting would happen in my life to write about. Ha.
Life is slowly, but surely falling into place.
I worked most of the weekend early mornings at Starbucks, and Walt came down Saturday afternoon. We had burgers (veggie) for lunch and then hit up a happy hour special at a bar downtown (219 West). We decided the next day that we should have had one less martini at happy hour, but they were so delicious and well priced it was hard to say no. Walt had his first Mint Julip, which always makes me feel like a Southern Plantation worker in South Carolina waiting for my tobacco to be harvested. He enjoyed it. But what's not to enjoy about it? We realized how less uppity the restaurants/bars in Austin are than the ones we had encountered in Dallas/Fort Worth. Walt and I are both young, and we both also look young for our age. So usually when I walk into a more upscale restaurant/bar, no matter how I'm dressed, I get a dirty look from either the servers or the bartenders. I can see the wheels spinning in their heads as they think to themselves..."OH great...more college kids that are going to stiff me"...when in reality I'm an incredible tipper, who will give the worst service at least something to go home with. But at this particular restaurant, we got really great service and didn't feel the usual intimidation that we feel at these type of establishments. It made me actually feel like an adult, which is all I want to feel most days.
We probably made an unwise choice of going to see Harry Potter after drinking the aforementioned martinis, because we both ended up falling asleep in the movie. I ranted afterwards about how bad it probably was because I hardly ever fall asleep in movies...but when I thought about it more, it was a combination of the alcohol, the fact that the movie didn't start until 10:45pm when I had worked all morning without a nap, and he had driven all day without a nap, and maybe a bit of boredom. Both of us agreed that we'd go see again, maybe separately, in the daylight hours.
Walt left pretty early Sunday afternoon to head back to Arlington. He brought my bike with him thought, which I'm totally excited about. It's still a bit too hot for me to ride it in the day (I know I'm a huge, air conditioned pansy) but I want to get used to the heat somehow, and maybe riding to the grocery store or to get coffee will condition me. Plus I'd like to loose some weight, or at least tone up, and I've seen what riding has done for Dustin. I defiantly wouldn't mind that.
Been catching up a lot on Warcraft (nerdy I know), and I reinstated my Netflix account, after asking around about movie stores in the area. Most have agreed that the typical Austinite uses Netflix or Blockbuster online. While I'm all about supporting my local business...I'm also about saving money and convenience. Netflix offers me the ability to watch tv shows and movies instantly from my computer, and then they also send me movies in the mail. Can't ask for much more.
Had my first day at Threadgill's today. Just an orentation of the restaurant, and an introduction to all the employees and the layout. Easy enough. I have my first official training day on Wednesday evening, and I wrap up my training schedule on Tuesday of next week, so hopefully I can start picking up some shifts after that. Then the dough will just start rolling in and I will bathe in dollar bills and diamonds.
On a side note, I know a lot of you have had a special family member in your thoughts and prayers. He's needed it and finally I think God is really starting to put the ball back into his court. I got an update from him today and he sounded really optimistic and excited about his new lease on life. He moves into a new apartment on Monday and he starts a new job at the beginning of Austin. Please continue to think about him as I know times get tough and we all can fall from Grace. Hearing from him, and that he's doing well, was a HUGE weight off my shoulders, and it just made my day more than I can describe. He wants to keep Mr. Catsputin, he says they have bonded. I'm questioning whether or not I should let this happen. Don't get me wrong, I love my cat more than mac and cheese, but I worry what damage it will do to him moving him this far, with a dog in the house (he's not friendly towards other stuff(and by stuff, i mean anything other than what he's been used to for the last 4 years)). I will sleep on this notion and have a decision by the end of the week.
-little J
Aww thanks for the plug! I'm down to about 195 now...withering away down here on my two wheels!
ReplyDeleteWell you can tell. You look great!
ReplyDeleteSo at that bar we had 2 martinis each, 1 mint julip for me, and one passion fruit mojito for you. Then we split the Shiner Smokehouse at your place, and then we each had a canned Shiner at the Alamo Drafthouse. Then I had the butter beer and you had the hobgoblin.
ReplyDelete5 and a half drinks each! This is probably why I could only tell you the revalation at the end; that Hermione was pissed after some girl gave Ron a love potion; and that Harry and Ron's sister were hanging out a lot.