Labor Day Weekend

Esther drove to Dallas this weekend with Turk, which mainly consisted of more good food and time to catch up. It's a bummer that Vicki and I only get to see her a few times a year but I'll take what I can get! On the last night she was here, we made it to Cru for their wine flights. The bubbly paired with cheese fondue over good conversation was just perfect! Until next time :) 

On a different note, I'm having to find all new people for my dentist, hair stylist, etc. Right after work, I'm going to try out a new hair salon since I could use something fresh! 

First Day of School

Yesterday was the first day back for the students here at the university and it's already been a drastic change around campus. In the morning, parking seemed just a bit fuller but I was still able to snatch a spot one or two spaces down from usual. However, I decided to be productive and drive to HomeGoods just a few minutes away to replace the pillows that didn't match our couch. Luckily I made the trip nice and short with 30 minutes of my lunch break left because it seriously took that long before I found a spot on the other side of campus! Needless to say, I was agitated trying to look for a spot with all the other students and professors doing the same.

All in all, it's been great seeing an increase of students on campus and I love it when students are wandering around aimlessly, looking at maps and asking strangers for directions. My entire first week in Austin consisted of carrying around a campus map! I suck at directions.

I'm also loving all the e-mails I'm getting from my previous high schoolers, letting me know how their first days in college are going. I can't wait to see all the amazing things they'll be able to achieve in the future. I couldn't have been more fortunate with that job.

The Big Move

The move this weekend has been the most intense move of the past month. Bright and early Saturday morning we took the Megabus to Houston and got there in a short four hours. This was the first time we had taken the Megabus and all in all it's a good deal and you can take a nap and not worry about the long drive! Alex's parents brought us to the bus stop and his mom even packed us some snacks for the trip. After my mom picked us up in Houston, we went and got some delicious Chinese food for lunch (which I'm always craving now).

All that was the good part of trip... we went and helped my sister and her fiance move out of their apartment in the rented U-Haul on a hot hot afternoon. Since they're moving into my mom's place, we had to pack up all of my belongings and move everything onto the U-Haul. Yesterday morning we jumped into the U-Haul and drove 300+ miles to Dallas! So glad all of that is done and now I can focus on unpacking all of my clothes and even trashing the stuff I don't need anymore.

Restaurant Week

In a few days, Alex and I will have been together for six and a half years. It also just so happened that Dallas's Restaurant Week is taking place this month and our beloved Fogo de Chao was on the list! We went on Sunday since we'll be out of town this upcoming weekend to move more stuff from Houston. My favorite thing about Fogo is their cheese bread... and okay their service is pretty good too! We're hoping that we'll be able to travel for our actual seven year anniversary! I've been thinking about Mt. Whistler a lot lately... ;)

Frustrating

I'm having so many issues with the financial aid and bursar's office this summer! No one at the campus seems to be friendly or helpful. I've been printing off the conversations that I've had with the financial aid representative as well just in case my money doesn't go through. Alex says it wouldn't be the worst thing if I took a semester off, which I agree with but if possible I'd like to keep going through. I guess we'll see if my money gets disbursed and if it the fiscal services actually return my e-mail.

Passion

I'm often finding myself bouncing off walls, wanting to distract my mind with two or more things at once and ready to get things done. Yeah, this has proven to be both good and bad. I get a lot accomplished, but even sitting down for a movie or just watching TV takes a bit of winding down before I can really focus (oh and when I finally do, I tend to fall asleep). The same dilemma can be said about my emotions too though, I tend to love people and things to the point where if it sometimes doesn't work out, I get super disappointed. This is a work in progress though! I'm not going to apologize for being passionate about things because it hasn't left me astray, which is why I particularly love the quote above that I found on Apartment 34's blog. 

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