Hot sauce and hedgehogs

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Far too long world. So so sorry! I have been working my little tail off to catch myself up and have more freedom. I always think about updating and then I find something to clean or a nap to be taken. Busy life I lead, obviously. But no, seriously, I will be better. I swear. My mom thinks it's important that I keep up with this, so 50 years from now I can go back and see what I had for dinner in 2009. Ha.

Walter is officially in Austin now, which is pretty great. My partner in crime is here to get into trouble with me. Unfortunately we haven't had a ton of time together, with me working two jobs and him getting settled into his house/office and having to go back to Dallas for work last weekend, but it's all good. Plenty of time will be had.

My friend Jenny who was in Panama all summer is home in Austin, which is pretty cool. Another human to interact with and give me more excuses to not go out and make friends. Ha.

The week was pretty good. I housesat for Walt while he went back to Dallas to work for a couple of days. It was nice. I slept a lot and watched movies on Netflix. Ted Kennedy died and it was pretty heartbreaking for me. End of Camelot. Thursday night I went out with Jenny and our friend Coop for "Thrashing Thursday" as they have so adorably coined it. Jenny's husband was out of town on business so we "thrashed" at her apartment in South Austin. Jenny's husband got her as a birthday gift a subscription to the Bloody Mary of the Month Club. Which is pretty flippin' awesome. So every month she'll get a new bloody mary mix. This months was modmix, which was a wasabi and ginger bloody mary mix. SO delicious. You can find it here if you're at all interested. I might buy some more. We finished that off and bought a couple more bottles that didn't really get cracked open, but I'm sure they will be finished at a later date. I forget how much I love bloody mary's sometime. I probably need to keep the mix on hand at home.

Friday was my first day off in a week or so from both jobs. I cleaned up around Walt's apartment (mostly stuff that I had made a mess of) and then headed back to my place to clean up. I cleaned out both animal cages (Oh by the way, I got a pet hedgehog from my friend Jessie who was moving to Rhode Island for grad school, his name is Slice, he's pretty hysterical) and swept and mopped my room, on top of laundry and dishes. Spent the night grocery shopping, all healthy things so I can loose some weight, and playing Warcraft online. Sounds not so eventful, but I got a lot done which is always the goal on a day off.

Saturday I worked lunch at Threadgill's, did ok, and went to work out with Walt while he did his laundry. The work out center at his apartment complex is pretty funny. It's the size of a small living room with 2 treadmills, 1 elliptical machine, 1 multi-purpose lifting machine, a bunch of mismatched weights, and 2 tvs that weren't plugged in, and too high to actually plug in yourself. We did some treadmilling and a few weights and sit ups and headed out. At least we did something. Ha. We showered and went out for dinner at Buca di Beppo in North Austin. It was incredible. Theres also a location in DFW but they are always so busy we never bother. Then we went to see Taking Woodstock, which is the new movie by Ang Lee (the director behind Brokeback Mountain). I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thought it was fun seeing all the preparation behind the most famous musical festival of all time.

Today we went to the Austin Hot Sauce Festival at Waterloo Park. It's apparently the largest hot sauce festival in the world, and one of the largest annual contests in the world. We met up with a bunch of friends. Had some good salsa, burnt my mouth with a salsa (whatever, it's not fair to call it a salsa) called The Source. But it was incredibly hot and very dusty out there so after a few hours we headed home.

Tonight is our weekly (or becoming so) night with the Roquemores. Where we sit at their house Walt and Lindy talk about computers and design, Reese and I talk about celebrity gossip and politics, and the kids sit idol by wondering when their bed time is. Ha.

Have a great week folks.

-littleJ