Ma Vie en Austin.
So the last couple of weeks have been much better than they were the first few weeks i was in that god-forsaken place.
My friend Kat that lives in San Antonio came up two weekends ago with a friend from college and the three of us went to 6th street. 6th st is supposed to be Austin's version of Bourbon but it's more like Bealle St (i think i mis spelled that) in Memphis or there's a street in Louisville or even Pleasure Island at Disney World. It was nice-- much cleaner than Bourbon but its all UT people.
The next day we went with my current roomate Ginny to a cave. It was pretty cool. There's this place called Inner Space Cavern (just like the one i went to a year and a half ago with Stephanie in Kentucky) but its still really cool. I recomend anyone go check out a real live cave if you get the chance.
Last weekend Ginny and i went with some people from work out to Lake Travis. We rented a boat and went crusing along. Would have been a lot of fun except..... After about two hours out there of just riding and drinking wine coolers, we all had to pee. So we pulled over and figured we could just go in the bushes. Well there was a tube we were pulling because a couple of them went tubing, and we were using that as a bridge to get to land. Two of the other girls stepped on it and then to the shore just fine......Taryn has NO balance though and as soon as i stepped onto the tube, i fell in the lake! I spent the rest of the day soaking wet and freezing. It was worth it to get to pee though.
This Thursday i took off half a day to go down to San Antonio. Work is driving me insane with all the newbies and everything so i was very ready for a mini-break. Tommy was in S.A. on buisness so i got to spend the afternoon with him and then Kat came and met up with us that night. So nice to see MY friends and not have to hang out with the subsitute friends i've made.
Yesterday i drove to Baton Rouge to see Mickey. Saw a couple of other people in BR and then Becca came up for the Mollys. It had been almost three months since we'd seen them play-- was starting to have definate withdrawls.
They of course were amazing but the atmosphere sucked.
I've come to the conclusion that i am a major snob and that i really don't care. There are things i love and things i hate. Texas, for instance, while being a nice place for many people, is not my thing. Something else though that many people seem to really like that i am just NOT a fan-- LSU.
The concert was at the Varsity, this bar in BR. And 98% of the crowd was lsu people. What's crazy is that i felt just as out of place there as i did with the UT people on 6th street. Maybe i should have went to a bigger college...
At any rate..... i am currently 'home'. I feel like i'm in Back to the Future part 2 though. Its home but its like this alternate universe type place. Where's a flux capasitor when you need it??
Everything is so crowded and there's signs for stuff everywhere posting what's open and what's not, etc. Its just sorta crazy.
I'm going later today to get a "new" car. My 94 Cavilier that i've had for the last two years or so since i flipped my Camry in the ditch, is pretty much on its deathbed. So my dad found me another Camry. Its a 98 and it belongs to my aunt's neighbor. I've never seen it but i've agreed to buy it. Not smart. Hope it doesn't suck.
Going back to icky texas on sunday. Hopefully only for a few weeks though. I have every intention of being outta there by thanksgiving. Not sure where i'm gonna go though. My roomate (becca)'s mom has been subleting our apt plus i'd still have to pay rent at the place with ginny in austin. Troubles of two places to live will be over soon, though. Both leases are up in Decemeber. Back to square one then. I really don't know what i'm going to do.
But i'll figure something out.... i always do.