As I was laying in agony last night, I realized that I have been in Austin exactly 4 weeks to the day (almost hour at that time). I heard the sprinklers go off and remembered how they did so as Chad and I unloaded the Nissan Altima of my belongings. What a drive. Funny, however, I've been thinking of driving home for a visit. I have a 5 day long stretch off in a few weeks and I may just do it! I miss my friends and family so much lately.
So back to why I was in agony....my month anniversary in Austin was spent floating the Guadalupe (said Gwad-a-loop) River with 15 of my co-workers. I've wanted to float the river since the first time Chad mentioned it in April and I finally got to! It felt nice to be invited by my co-workers and we had a BLAST! I used SO much SPF 30 it was unreal. Apparently not enough for the Texas sun. I have some really nasty sunburn on my body. My legs are killing me! Add insult to injury, I put on my cutest dress and heels and joined Chad at TC's, our regular Monday night haunt and had to take a cab home I was so ill. I didn't know which end to sit on!
With many cool showers, refrigerated aloe vera and loads of aspirin, I'm feeling a bit better today. I also realized I lost my debit card in the taxi. I was reluctant to ride Ollie as he's been acting up again. This time it was only the spark plug so no big deal. I rode over to BOA and switched my Illinois account to a Texas account and realize I must get my SS card and new Texas license sooner or later.
So what do I have to report after being here for a month? I'm happy. I can say that. I have bad hours and miss home but in all, I'm so pleased with my living experience thus far. I don't foresee myself leaving Austin anytime soon other than to visit. Of course, I can't say anything about that because I said I'd never leave Chicago and I did. I've hung out with some fun folks and feel like I'm starting to make friends. I've even been out on a few dates. Some of which have been awesome and some were just awesome at the time. I'm taking the youngin' out tomorrow night on a date. I'm excited to see him but don't know if I really feel the excitement of a relationship coming on. I'm open to it but much more guarded this time around. He's a really sweet guy though and says what he means and means what he says. I like his honesty and open heart. Maybe with time, I'll learn to open up again. Until then, I'm going to have fun with every boy I can and live my life like I've never lived before.....you know why? This is MY year for sure!
I want my CD back if you're reading this.
Someone took your CD? Which one?
ReplyDeleteAnother year will pass us by, making sense of nothing, in defense of something. I laughed too late, and dug myself into a grave.