So let me give some back ground to this story and as it unfolds, things will make more sense.
I've been working on my thesis proposal for the past week and the stupid thesis approver dude doesn't seem to want to pass it. Anyway, I spent 2 hrs talking to my advisor/director of the HP program. He gave me all these ideas of what I should put in the proposal to make it work. Note: The official proposal is due tomorrow and if I don't get it approved I can't take the class this semester which sets me back a semester of school...fun.
So, I've been working on that and then I get an email from another professor about a Graduate Research Assistant position which she would like to me me for the following day. So, I'm freaking about the proposal and add the stress of semi-job interview on top. This morning the approver dude tells me I can turn in the proposal today so that if something is wrong, I can work on it the next day and still turn it in by Friday...Good. He wants me to turn it in by 11am. I have 12:30 class so I decide to go to the gym in between. I get all my stuff ready and pack a bag with interview appropriate clothes. Leave, turn in the paper, and go to the gym and do my thing.
Now, comes the understanding to the title....
I'm showering and changing after running and start to think, did I bring a bra? Normally us small chested gals don't have much of a problem going braless. But! I'm doing an interview thing with a female professor and my shirt is a thin WHITE shirt. No hiding the freedom boobs! So after spending a couple of minutes rifling through my bag, my fears are confirmed...missing. So what am I to do? Well thankfully I had worn a zip up sweater over my gym clothes. I put that ontop and hope it does the job. It does...no support but blessedly keeping me from showing the world my goods. Unfortunately the sweater has a yucky coffee stain down the front so I'd rather not wear it to the interview and its freakin' hot outside!! My plan? After class but before the interview, scour the drag in an attemp to find a bra in one of the stupid stores.
So I begin my search. I go to Urban Outfitters...no bra, no tank to hide, nothing but one little nude color soft bra that was too small and looked like it belonged in the kids section. I go to Whole Earth...maybe I can find a biodegradable bra? Good for the earth right? Nothing unless I was a 38DD. That I am not!
I'm running short on time at this moment and so decide to head over to the interview sweaty, bra less and exhausted. In a last hopeless attempt I go into a University Co-op girls clothing store I vowed never to go into. The last place and success! Offwhite 9.99 tank w/ built in bra. The support I need at an affordable price! The clerk even recognized my plight and offered to let me put it on in the dressing room and wear it out.
So! Here I sit writing in this blog, properly support and with enough coverage to be a disappointment at a wet t-shirt contest!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
May I Introduce Mrs. Eberhard?
Well since I haven't posted in over 3 months, I felt that it was time to let everyone know what was up in my world.
I have now enjoyed 2 1/2 weeks of wedded bliss. Jeff and I were married on July 1, 2006 at 8pm. It was a beautiful ceremony and unseasonably cool evening in July! Truely my perfect wedding. Everyone else has said it was lovely too but of course they are not going to tell me otherwise. So, I'm choosing to be niave and think everyone had a perfect time!
We went to Cozumel for our Honeymoon. Here are some pics from the trip:
We had a great time and just relaxed by the pool the majority of the time. Not much exploring to do on the island itself and we were too lazy to take the ferry other places.
Here we are at a restaurant/bar on the other side of Cozumel's called Mezcalito's. Very yummy!
I have now enjoyed 2 1/2 weeks of wedded bliss. Jeff and I were married on July 1, 2006 at 8pm. It was a beautiful ceremony and unseasonably cool evening in July! Truely my perfect wedding. Everyone else has said it was lovely too but of course they are not going to tell me otherwise. So, I'm choosing to be niave and think everyone had a perfect time!
We went to Cozumel for our Honeymoon. Here are some pics from the trip:
We had a great time and just relaxed by the pool the majority of the time. Not much exploring to do on the island itself and we were too lazy to take the ferry other places.Here we are at a restaurant/bar on the other side of Cozumel's called Mezcalito's. Very yummy!
Here are our fellow Honeymooners from Tyler, Texas. They particpated in a silly couples contest at the resort. We would have joined in but missed the beginning due to too much wine.
Jeff and I in the pool on a rainy afternoon. Only the drunk people and the kids stayed in the pool. Jeff discovered that I never say no to champagne so I had many glasses of champagne that afternoon!
Everyday housekeeping would leave a towel animal/art on the bed along with chocolates. I really didn't care about them cleaning the room, I just wanted towel animals and chocolate!!! We can't decide if this one is a bunny or a dog.
These are a random sampling of pictures. None of which are in time order or anything like that. We stayed at the Cozumel Palace, an all-inclusive resort. It was wonderful and Jeff and I have decided that all-inclusive is the way to travel to places like this. So, if we take a ski or beach vacation again, it will be at an all-inclusive.
Since getting back to reality, we've opened up the majority of the wedding presents which are wonderful (registries are a blessed thing!). We are in the process of writing a bijillion thank you notes. And, I'm in the process of looking for a job while I'm not in school. However, the job arena seems to be not very open at the moment. Heh! Well, there is still time and I'll work part time during the school year too! Hopefully this'll keep us from being so very poor :(
This is all for now but I will post more in the future. I'll even post some wedding pictures!
Saturday, April 15, 2006
We closed!!!
We closed on the house yesterday (Friday)!!! We got so excited that we packed up half the apartment last night until 3am! We're gonna try and finish the rest tonight and then move on Monday night if possible. Depends totally on when we get electricity turned on in the house. Yea! And even better (at least in the summer) we are only 15min away from the lake. Carlos 'n Charles here we come evey weekend!!! I have a good feeling that there will be a lot of boat rentals going on this summer.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
How to fit everything in?
So, here is the situation:
We bought a house and we close on it either April 7th or April 14th. This means at that point we'll be paying rent and a house payment at two places. Unless, we can either 1. break our lease or 2. sublease. We've talked to the apartment complex and they are not willing to work with breaking the lease and one of the agents said that they do not allow subleasing but to talk to the manager. In the contract, it does state that they will allow subleasing in certain situations with written consent. We have someone lined up who is very interested in subleasing our apartment. So, no problem there.
If all works out ok, we will be moving this weekend or next weekend. If it doesn't work out, then we won't be moving until almost the end of the lease meaning that we'll be paying for both apartment and house.
I have 2 (10-15 page) papers due in one month. Also due in 1 month, I have a building pathology presentation (have not even begun working on) and a National Register Nomination project for a historical district due. The two papers, the prof absolutely refuses to give extensions. And I have a final exam in one of those classes.
I'm planning a wedding for July 1st. I have an engagement party planned for April 22nd.
What in the hell am I supposed to do? Is this too much for one person?
We bought a house and we close on it either April 7th or April 14th. This means at that point we'll be paying rent and a house payment at two places. Unless, we can either 1. break our lease or 2. sublease. We've talked to the apartment complex and they are not willing to work with breaking the lease and one of the agents said that they do not allow subleasing but to talk to the manager. In the contract, it does state that they will allow subleasing in certain situations with written consent. We have someone lined up who is very interested in subleasing our apartment. So, no problem there.
If all works out ok, we will be moving this weekend or next weekend. If it doesn't work out, then we won't be moving until almost the end of the lease meaning that we'll be paying for both apartment and house.
I have 2 (10-15 page) papers due in one month. Also due in 1 month, I have a building pathology presentation (have not even begun working on) and a National Register Nomination project for a historical district due. The two papers, the prof absolutely refuses to give extensions. And I have a final exam in one of those classes.
I'm planning a wedding for July 1st. I have an engagement party planned for April 22nd.
What in the hell am I supposed to do? Is this too much for one person?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Italy in Spring
Excerpts from email to my mom:
I just wanted to drop you a quick line and let you know that everything is fine. I'm in Rome right now. Jeff and I stopped in an internet bar to get out of the rain and dry off a bit. Its been raining all day while we went to the Roman Forum and the Colosseum....so its been not quite as fun as it could have been but at least it kept the lines down! Yesterday we took the train down to Rome and met up with Flaminia and then went and took a tour of the vatican. She had tickets to the crypt or Scavi which are impossible to get and so we took a tour of that too. We leave this afternoon to go back to Modena and meet back with Jeff's family. Tomorrow we are going to Venice, Saturday, Florence and then Sunday we are going to San Marino. Quick trips but at least we get to see something! I've enjoyed traveling with the Nicolini's so it should be a fun time on the day trips.
We are staying at an old farmhouse while two of the kids are staying with the grandmother in Fiorano. When we got to that area on Tuesday, we were told that it had snowed recently and sure enough there were banks of snow along the side of the roads. Rome has been warmer and greener than northern Italy. The food is absolutely delicious and thankfully they have reasonable portions or I would have gained 20lbs. from this week alone!
Ok, well I need to jet so that we can get our train on time. Tell everyone that I love them and I will call as soon as I get back into the States!
Love you!
Steph
Not be lazy or anything but I thought that would be quicker and more efficient for me to do! Now to tell about the rest of the trip.
Jeff and I left Saturday morning for Houston to fly to Italy. Actually not Houston, Magnolia....so to Bella,Shasha, and Kat, sorry about not meeting up with anyone but we were out in the middle of nowhere and by the time we were done with dinner and a nap (one to many ritas!) it was so late to drive to downtown Houston! Big apologies!!!!! The next day I spent trying to get Jeff's sisters dresses for the wedding. It was only supposed to take an hour...it turned into like 5 because of a St. Patrick's day parade which caused massive traffic. But got those done. My cellie died so, sorry to anyone who tried to call and got no answer...forgot to charge it!
We left early, early Monday morning Italy and essentially flied all day long and arrived in Milan, Italy Tuesday morning. Drove 3-4 hrs (slept most of the time!) to Fiorano to the Nicolini family apt. and the farm house we stayed at. The next two days are noted above*
We got back late Thursday night from Rome and then early Friday morning, plans had changed and we went to Florence with Jeff's family. Florence was beautiful, although with 5 women/girls in the group a majority of the time was spent looking at the market that was set up along the main street. The churches were gorgeous but unfortunatley we didn't get a chance to look at too many buildings because it was only a day trip and kiddos were getting tired. So, we left around 5 and headed back to home base.
Because plans had changed, what had originally been planned as a big family trip to Venice turned into just me and Jeff. We took the train there and spent the day wondering around and getting lost. Venice is definitely a contained city, every maximum inch is used for buildings and streets. Its eerily silent because of the lack of cars. While I enjoyed Venice, I felt like I was more bombarded by tourist crap than any of the other places but maybe that was because we went on the weekend. Jeff and I left on the Intracity train which takes twice as long as the Eurostar but is half as expensive. It didn't bother us much because we purchased while in Venice a bottle of Prosecco and two personal sized bottles of wine. Four hours later we arrived back at "home" a little tipsy and very tired.
Sunday was a chill day as everyone repacked and we had lunch with the entire family clan at a restaurant up the hill. I think they beat my family record of a long lunch...four hours! Then we went to visit the mud volcanos...which is a lot cooler than it sounds! I swear.
Monday we left at 4:30am to drive back to Milan to come back to the states. We spent 3 hrs in the car, 8.5 hrs on a full plane to Newark, 3.5hrs on a full plan to Houston, 1hr in a car to Jeff's parents house, and then 2.5 hrs to Austin. I'm so tired of cars and planes and trains!!!!!!
Overall! Great trip but quick...more like wetting my appetite for more Italy! Now, back to reality. Mucho work to do for school which I am not excited about. Suckage...so I will be laying low for a couple of weeks!
I just wanted to drop you a quick line and let you know that everything is fine. I'm in Rome right now. Jeff and I stopped in an internet bar to get out of the rain and dry off a bit. Its been raining all day while we went to the Roman Forum and the Colosseum....so its been not quite as fun as it could have been but at least it kept the lines down! Yesterday we took the train down to Rome and met up with Flaminia and then went and took a tour of the vatican. She had tickets to the crypt or Scavi which are impossible to get and so we took a tour of that too. We leave this afternoon to go back to Modena and meet back with Jeff's family. Tomorrow we are going to Venice, Saturday, Florence and then Sunday we are going to San Marino. Quick trips but at least we get to see something! I've enjoyed traveling with the Nicolini's so it should be a fun time on the day trips.
We are staying at an old farmhouse while two of the kids are staying with the grandmother in Fiorano. When we got to that area on Tuesday, we were told that it had snowed recently and sure enough there were banks of snow along the side of the roads. Rome has been warmer and greener than northern Italy. The food is absolutely delicious and thankfully they have reasonable portions or I would have gained 20lbs. from this week alone!
Ok, well I need to jet so that we can get our train on time. Tell everyone that I love them and I will call as soon as I get back into the States!
Love you!
Steph
Not be lazy or anything but I thought that would be quicker and more efficient for me to do! Now to tell about the rest of the trip.
Jeff and I left Saturday morning for Houston to fly to Italy. Actually not Houston, Magnolia....so to Bella,Shasha, and Kat, sorry about not meeting up with anyone but we were out in the middle of nowhere and by the time we were done with dinner and a nap (one to many ritas!) it was so late to drive to downtown Houston! Big apologies!!!!! The next day I spent trying to get Jeff's sisters dresses for the wedding. It was only supposed to take an hour...it turned into like 5 because of a St. Patrick's day parade which caused massive traffic. But got those done. My cellie died so, sorry to anyone who tried to call and got no answer...forgot to charge it!
We left early, early Monday morning Italy and essentially flied all day long and arrived in Milan, Italy Tuesday morning. Drove 3-4 hrs (slept most of the time!) to Fiorano to the Nicolini family apt. and the farm house we stayed at. The next two days are noted above*
We got back late Thursday night from Rome and then early Friday morning, plans had changed and we went to Florence with Jeff's family. Florence was beautiful, although with 5 women/girls in the group a majority of the time was spent looking at the market that was set up along the main street. The churches were gorgeous but unfortunatley we didn't get a chance to look at too many buildings because it was only a day trip and kiddos were getting tired. So, we left around 5 and headed back to home base.
Because plans had changed, what had originally been planned as a big family trip to Venice turned into just me and Jeff. We took the train there and spent the day wondering around and getting lost. Venice is definitely a contained city, every maximum inch is used for buildings and streets. Its eerily silent because of the lack of cars. While I enjoyed Venice, I felt like I was more bombarded by tourist crap than any of the other places but maybe that was because we went on the weekend. Jeff and I left on the Intracity train which takes twice as long as the Eurostar but is half as expensive. It didn't bother us much because we purchased while in Venice a bottle of Prosecco and two personal sized bottles of wine. Four hours later we arrived back at "home" a little tipsy and very tired.
Sunday was a chill day as everyone repacked and we had lunch with the entire family clan at a restaurant up the hill. I think they beat my family record of a long lunch...four hours! Then we went to visit the mud volcanos...which is a lot cooler than it sounds! I swear.
Monday we left at 4:30am to drive back to Milan to come back to the states. We spent 3 hrs in the car, 8.5 hrs on a full plane to Newark, 3.5hrs on a full plan to Houston, 1hr in a car to Jeff's parents house, and then 2.5 hrs to Austin. I'm so tired of cars and planes and trains!!!!!!
Overall! Great trip but quick...more like wetting my appetite for more Italy! Now, back to reality. Mucho work to do for school which I am not excited about. Suckage...so I will be laying low for a couple of weeks!
Friday, March 03, 2006
Feedback
I'm gonna post some ideas for the wedding and get some feedback from people. Not that Jeff's opinion doesn't matter, its just that everything looks good to him....he's easy to please!
Floral ideas
I'm thinking off white callas and green callas...I love the reds and oranges of these bouquets but I want to keep the colors summery and try not to go too fallish..eventhough I do like those colors a lot!
Centerpiece ideas: I wanted to keep the cost down and try and only do candles for centerpieces but I'm not positive it will be that much less.
Ok, so I'm not sure about this but I thought it was kinda cool and lasts longer than a bouquet but for the bridesmaids:
Would you be pissed off if you were a BM and held a fan instead of a bouquet? And would it be weird b/c I'm not asian nor am I having an asian themed wedding?
Ok it won't let me upload any more pics...so I'll be back in a bit and upload more...
Floral ideas
I'm thinking off white callas and green callas...I love the reds and oranges of these bouquets but I want to keep the colors summery and try not to go too fallish..eventhough I do like those colors a lot!Centerpiece ideas: I wanted to keep the cost down and try and only do candles for centerpieces but I'm not positive it will be that much less.
Ok, so I'm not sure about this but I thought it was kinda cool and lasts longer than a bouquet but for the bridesmaids:
Would you be pissed off if you were a BM and held a fan instead of a bouquet? And would it be weird b/c I'm not asian nor am I having an asian themed wedding?Ok it won't let me upload any more pics...so I'll be back in a bit and upload more...
Monday, February 27, 2006
Italia.....(LaLaLa)
Thats me singing the national anthem of Italy. No you sillies not because of the Olympics, psh! Its because I'm going to be going for Spring Break!! Whoop!Whoop!!
Mr. Jeffrey and his family were going and so since I'm family now (yeah, you heard me Jeff...I'm family!)I get to go too! Jeff's and my job while we are there are saving his mom from boredom I think. Basically we get to entertain her, which equals traveling so I'm not complaining! They are so awesome for bringing me along!
Since I was supposed to be writing papers during spring break and now obviously I won't, I asked one of my profs if I could change my paper topic to something regarding my travel and he thought it was a great idea! So now I have to think of some kind of topic about rural italy....hmmmm...
Anyway, hopefully when I'm there I will get to see Flaminia who is in Rome. Not sure yet but I think it will be a possiblity to go and visit her for a day. We're staying in a small town called Fiorano which is near Modena which is where they make Balsamic Vinegar. Fun, tres exciting!!!
On Wednesday it will be exactly four months till my wedding. Yikes, I need a cake person, florist, dj, photographer, etc. I'm screwed.
But...I'm going to Italy!!!
Mr. Jeffrey and his family were going and so since I'm family now (yeah, you heard me Jeff...I'm family!)I get to go too! Jeff's and my job while we are there are saving his mom from boredom I think. Basically we get to entertain her, which equals traveling so I'm not complaining! They are so awesome for bringing me along!
Since I was supposed to be writing papers during spring break and now obviously I won't, I asked one of my profs if I could change my paper topic to something regarding my travel and he thought it was a great idea! So now I have to think of some kind of topic about rural italy....hmmmm...
Anyway, hopefully when I'm there I will get to see Flaminia who is in Rome. Not sure yet but I think it will be a possiblity to go and visit her for a day. We're staying in a small town called Fiorano which is near Modena which is where they make Balsamic Vinegar. Fun, tres exciting!!!
On Wednesday it will be exactly four months till my wedding. Yikes, I need a cake person, florist, dj, photographer, etc. I'm screwed.
But...I'm going to Italy!!!
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
V-Day
You know I probably shouldn't put V-day. Some people could mistake it for Victory Day or Venereal Disease Day. So all of you confused individuals out there, I mean Valentines day!
So, I'm not a bit Valentine's Day kind of person. I think that too much money is put into one day to represent love that you should feel for the person in your life all year long. So, let me knock myself off my high horse however, I do enjoy celebrating it in a lo-key type way. When Jeff and I celebrated our first Valentine's day together, I told him that I wanted us not to buy anything but make something for each other. I thought it was a good way to mark the holiday but not buy into the commercialism of the day. So last year I made the point of making a several course yummy dinner and desert and a homemade card. Jeff made me a photo album of the six months we had been together with little notes by each picture. (If you've been to our apartment, you know what I'm talking about) It was all very sweet and cute and perfect.
This year, now that we have a special reason to celebrate Valentine's Day, both of us kind of put off making anything or at least planning anything. The main reason was that we thought we weren't going to celebrate at all because I was going to be in school till 8:30 anyway. But, Jeff asked me to skip the class on Sunday so that we could at least be together and I of course jumped at the chance to ditch school! So, come Monday, I'm scrambling to come up with something as was Jeff I'm sure. I finally come up with the idea of painting our own pottery. I figured it fell under the realm of making something and we could do it together and it would be fun. So that is what we did on Valentine's Day. It was great and on Sunday we should have a coffee much with I LOVE YOU on it and a cereal bowl with "Jeff's Bowl" written on it. Jeff also, brought home sushi for dinner (wonderful and yummy!) and chocolate covered strawberries (the biggest suckers you've ever seen! and also wonderful and yummy!) and a bottle of Moet & Chandon Champagne (I love champagne!).
So, long story short, low-key v-day but absolutely wonderful! Unfortunately today I feel very gross due to the bottle of champagne with dinner, bottle of wine at pottery place, and then additional bottle of champagne when we got home. Day after Valentine's Day not so wonderful!
So, I'm not a bit Valentine's Day kind of person. I think that too much money is put into one day to represent love that you should feel for the person in your life all year long. So, let me knock myself off my high horse however, I do enjoy celebrating it in a lo-key type way. When Jeff and I celebrated our first Valentine's day together, I told him that I wanted us not to buy anything but make something for each other. I thought it was a good way to mark the holiday but not buy into the commercialism of the day. So last year I made the point of making a several course yummy dinner and desert and a homemade card. Jeff made me a photo album of the six months we had been together with little notes by each picture. (If you've been to our apartment, you know what I'm talking about) It was all very sweet and cute and perfect.
This year, now that we have a special reason to celebrate Valentine's Day, both of us kind of put off making anything or at least planning anything. The main reason was that we thought we weren't going to celebrate at all because I was going to be in school till 8:30 anyway. But, Jeff asked me to skip the class on Sunday so that we could at least be together and I of course jumped at the chance to ditch school! So, come Monday, I'm scrambling to come up with something as was Jeff I'm sure. I finally come up with the idea of painting our own pottery. I figured it fell under the realm of making something and we could do it together and it would be fun. So that is what we did on Valentine's Day. It was great and on Sunday we should have a coffee much with I LOVE YOU on it and a cereal bowl with "Jeff's Bowl" written on it. Jeff also, brought home sushi for dinner (wonderful and yummy!) and chocolate covered strawberries (the biggest suckers you've ever seen! and also wonderful and yummy!) and a bottle of Moet & Chandon Champagne (I love champagne!).
So, long story short, low-key v-day but absolutely wonderful! Unfortunately today I feel very gross due to the bottle of champagne with dinner, bottle of wine at pottery place, and then additional bottle of champagne when we got home. Day after Valentine's Day not so wonderful!
Friday, January 20, 2006
Big P.R. Pimpin' and junk....
I'm lazy...you can read an account of my travels in Puerto Rico at FSPOT and Fait du Chocolat
My thoughts on the trip? Everyone needs to go because it is so awesome. And I got a tan in the middle of the winter...'nough said.
Other news....
Jeff and I are reunited and the plans for the wedding are in full force. The date is set for July 1, 2006. It will be a grand evening wedding with lots of candles and twinkle lights. Jeff brought me back treasures from Israel. A beautiful gold and red pashmina. Greatest Love hits by various famous artists sung by Israeli singers. Chocolate (he knows me so well!). A bottle of wine (Again! he knows me so well!). A beautiful green necklace...and lots of pictures! I think he had fun.
I brought him back from Puerto Rico a bottle of rum, a t-shirt, and a sick and whiney fiance...oops.. I think I got the better deal.
School seems like it might suck if it wasn't for the fact that I only go three days a week. Its gonna be a lot of work this semester especially with all the other things on my plate.
UMMM...yeah.....I don't know what else to write...I'm lazy and boring right now...sorry!
My thoughts on the trip? Everyone needs to go because it is so awesome. And I got a tan in the middle of the winter...'nough said.
Other news....
Jeff and I are reunited and the plans for the wedding are in full force. The date is set for July 1, 2006. It will be a grand evening wedding with lots of candles and twinkle lights. Jeff brought me back treasures from Israel. A beautiful gold and red pashmina. Greatest Love hits by various famous artists sung by Israeli singers. Chocolate (he knows me so well!). A bottle of wine (Again! he knows me so well!). A beautiful green necklace...and lots of pictures! I think he had fun.
I brought him back from Puerto Rico a bottle of rum, a t-shirt, and a sick and whiney fiance...oops.. I think I got the better deal.
School seems like it might suck if it wasn't for the fact that I only go three days a week. Its gonna be a lot of work this semester especially with all the other things on my plate.
UMMM...yeah.....I don't know what else to write...I'm lazy and boring right now...sorry!
Monday, January 02, 2006
Merry New Year!!!
I'm trying to start the New Year right by posting as often as possible...this post is mainly copied from an email to Jeff but I figured it would get the message across anyway!
I ended up having fun New Year’s Eve even though it was kinda expensive…but oh well! I had talked to Phill of Scotland about hanging out but in the end I wasn’t able to get a hold of him. We were able to meet up with Lindsey and her pose though. Renee and I tried the Austin First Night thing and it was cool. We weren’t able to get a $10 button which would have gotten us into the places to see some of the performers but we decided to stay and watch the parade. It was really cool though and I’m glad we stayed.
We met Lindsey downtown after this long process of trying to park. Take a regular weekend in Downtown Austin and magnify the traffic by three fold. It cost us $10 to park and then Lind's group wanted to go to Apple Bar and so that was another $10 to get in. Once there it was pretty crowded and the music was horribly loud. After having already paid $20 I wasn’t really into drinking too much. It was enjoyable..I just mainly people watched because it was too loud to talk to the other people. At midnight the bar pass out champagne but I wasn’t able to get to it and so couldn’t really toast anyone…it was sad because I do love my champagne. Then Linds talked to this guy from law school who happened to be at a house party so we drove over to Yager lane to hang out at the party. The group was really cool and nice and they had a 2 keg kegorator. The house was inhabited by a group of guys who were in a frat at Southwestern in Georgetown. They were definitely not “frat” type boys though..so I gave my approval to Lindsey. We ended up leaving around 3:30 pm and then headed home. We were all a bit hungry by 3:30am and had a Taco C. welcome into the new year. We did not get to bed until 5am. Then we woke up at 9am to drive back to Dallas…it was fun let me tell you!
We went over to my mom's cousin Noelle’s new house and she’s done an amazing job in renovating the house and decorating it. The table settings were gorgeous. I’m so horribly envious and jealous of her talent. I definitely made up for my lack of champagne on NYE there. I think I had 4 glasses followed by Cocques san Jacques, prime rib (I was given the largest piece and could only eat half), potatoes au gratin, a large assortment of cheeses and a lemon curd tart (tart but very yummy!). Oh and she had some yummy appetizers of lobster and salmon and a frois gros paste of some sort. All very delicious and beat my lunch of Arby's earlier in the day. We got there around 5pm and did not leave until 11:45pm because everyone was having so much fun.
So now the holidays are over and that means the parties with the deliciously fattening foods are done and the diets can start!
The Giant Black Eyed Pea of New Years!
I ended up having fun New Year’s Eve even though it was kinda expensive…but oh well! I had talked to Phill of Scotland about hanging out but in the end I wasn’t able to get a hold of him. We were able to meet up with Lindsey and her pose though. Renee and I tried the Austin First Night thing and it was cool. We weren’t able to get a $10 button which would have gotten us into the places to see some of the performers but we decided to stay and watch the parade. It was really cool though and I’m glad we stayed.
We met Lindsey downtown after this long process of trying to park. Take a regular weekend in Downtown Austin and magnify the traffic by three fold. It cost us $10 to park and then Lind's group wanted to go to Apple Bar and so that was another $10 to get in. Once there it was pretty crowded and the music was horribly loud. After having already paid $20 I wasn’t really into drinking too much. It was enjoyable..I just mainly people watched because it was too loud to talk to the other people. At midnight the bar pass out champagne but I wasn’t able to get to it and so couldn’t really toast anyone…it was sad because I do love my champagne. Then Linds talked to this guy from law school who happened to be at a house party so we drove over to Yager lane to hang out at the party. The group was really cool and nice and they had a 2 keg kegorator. The house was inhabited by a group of guys who were in a frat at Southwestern in Georgetown. They were definitely not “frat” type boys though..so I gave my approval to Lindsey. We ended up leaving around 3:30 pm and then headed home. We were all a bit hungry by 3:30am and had a Taco C. welcome into the new year. We did not get to bed until 5am. Then we woke up at 9am to drive back to Dallas…it was fun let me tell you!
We went over to my mom's cousin Noelle’s new house and she’s done an amazing job in renovating the house and decorating it. The table settings were gorgeous. I’m so horribly envious and jealous of her talent. I definitely made up for my lack of champagne on NYE there. I think I had 4 glasses followed by Cocques san Jacques, prime rib (I was given the largest piece and could only eat half), potatoes au gratin, a large assortment of cheeses and a lemon curd tart (tart but very yummy!). Oh and she had some yummy appetizers of lobster and salmon and a frois gros paste of some sort. All very delicious and beat my lunch of Arby's earlier in the day. We got there around 5pm and did not leave until 11:45pm because everyone was having so much fun.
So now the holidays are over and that means the parties with the deliciously fattening foods are done and the diets can start!
The Giant Black Eyed Pea of New Years!
Friday, December 30, 2005
Happy Holidays and more
I thought it was time to post again...it has be a long time now. I'm sure everyone is eagerly awaiting an update to my life! So here it goes!
X-Mas
Good. I ate way too much but I got lucky and was able to spend it with Jeff because he went to Cali the weekend before. Got lots o' presents one of which is a pretty Kate Spade purse. Jeffie bought me some VS panties (none of which were thongs surpisingly) and a really pretty silky nightie. I likey a lot! He also got me a Dane Cook Cd (a hilarious comedian and not bad on the eyes either!) and a David Sedaris Cd. Both of which he thought would be good for me in PR but I tore into them way before and have already listened to both....ooops! I'm more than willing to listen to them again with the PR group! I got Jeff a GPS tracker thing for his laptop. We used it in the car on our trip from Austin to Dallas and it is really cool. Although it isn't really necessary if you know how to get to point A to Point B...but it tells you restaurants and gas stations in the area and that is always a plus! And clothes, you can expect a girl not to get her guy clothes for a holiday..how else are we supposed to dress them?!?
Wedding Stuff:
So, after a discouraging attempt to find a place in Austin. My mom and I decided to look in Dallas. And while we found plenty of places that are available on May 28th, there was always something that we didn't care for too much. At this one place downtown called Marie Gabrielle while it was really pretty we thought the surrounding traffic noise would distract. There was Arlington Hall at Lee Park which much to my blonde headed surprise was an exact replica of Robert E. Lee's house and there was a huge statue of him. I just didn't think that I wanted my wedding at a place that represents a very disturbing time in US history...even though I do have a soft spot for historical buildings. Jeff didn't care for it either and my mom thought it was a bit too gaudy and stuffy. So that left us back to square one. So, now thoughts have turned to a high summer wedding, July or August in Austin and I've gotten approval from Jeff... (Sorry Flaminia for all the changing of the schedule!! and I totally understand if you would not be able to make it since it is your busy season!). We're looking at these two sites and . What does you think? I'm open to suggestions. Positive note for H12, they allow you to bring your own booze....so it would be free flowin'. Positive note for VV, they have space for indoor ceremony...so no sweaty pits!
And, I think I might have found a dress but I'm not positive. Its completely different from what I imagined I would wear so I need second opinions but my mom and sister both agree that its great. I would post pics but Jeff reads my blog and I have some old fashion tendancies. So, if anyone is interested and free Monday..I might be able to do a showing for some opinionated people.
Other news:
Jeff lefte for Israel earlier this week so I've been chillin' in D-town with the rents. I've been so lazy not doing anything but reading and playing on the computer. I haven't even been to the gym in a month...it is so sad and I need to get in shape if I want to look good at the wedding! Jeff's been sending me pics of Israel and it looks like he's having fun. I might post a couple of them since I don't have any interesting ones right now of myself...might change once I get to PR.
Looking for things to do in Austin. Renee (of Dallas and formerly of Florida)is coming down with me to Austin and we're gonna try and party it up. Downtown is putting on this thing called First Night and it looks really cool. Lots of performers and artists...my kinda things. If anyone is interested, its $10 to get in from 2pm to midnight. Should be lots of fun! I'm gonna try and meet up with Lindsey but it sounds like she has a lot on her plate while she's in Dallas. If anyone has any other ideas of what to do to ring in the New Year, I'm also up for suggestions in this area too!
Ok, well this has been a book of a post and I will let everyone's eyes rest from staring at the computer so long. Hopefully I will post more often so that I have less to say and the posting isn't so long!
X-Mas
Good. I ate way too much but I got lucky and was able to spend it with Jeff because he went to Cali the weekend before. Got lots o' presents one of which is a pretty Kate Spade purse. Jeffie bought me some VS panties (none of which were thongs surpisingly) and a really pretty silky nightie. I likey a lot! He also got me a Dane Cook Cd (a hilarious comedian and not bad on the eyes either!) and a David Sedaris Cd. Both of which he thought would be good for me in PR but I tore into them way before and have already listened to both....ooops! I'm more than willing to listen to them again with the PR group! I got Jeff a GPS tracker thing for his laptop. We used it in the car on our trip from Austin to Dallas and it is really cool. Although it isn't really necessary if you know how to get to point A to Point B...but it tells you restaurants and gas stations in the area and that is always a plus! And clothes, you can expect a girl not to get her guy clothes for a holiday..how else are we supposed to dress them?!?
Wedding Stuff:
So, after a discouraging attempt to find a place in Austin. My mom and I decided to look in Dallas. And while we found plenty of places that are available on May 28th, there was always something that we didn't care for too much. At this one place downtown called Marie Gabrielle while it was really pretty we thought the surrounding traffic noise would distract. There was Arlington Hall at Lee Park which much to my blonde headed surprise was an exact replica of Robert E. Lee's house and there was a huge statue of him. I just didn't think that I wanted my wedding at a place that represents a very disturbing time in US history...even though I do have a soft spot for historical buildings. Jeff didn't care for it either and my mom thought it was a bit too gaudy and stuffy. So that left us back to square one. So, now thoughts have turned to a high summer wedding, July or August in Austin and I've gotten approval from Jeff... (Sorry Flaminia for all the changing of the schedule!! and I totally understand if you would not be able to make it since it is your busy season!). We're looking at these two sites and . What does you think? I'm open to suggestions. Positive note for H12, they allow you to bring your own booze....so it would be free flowin'. Positive note for VV, they have space for indoor ceremony...so no sweaty pits!
And, I think I might have found a dress but I'm not positive. Its completely different from what I imagined I would wear so I need second opinions but my mom and sister both agree that its great. I would post pics but Jeff reads my blog and I have some old fashion tendancies. So, if anyone is interested and free Monday..I might be able to do a showing for some opinionated people.
Other news:
Jeff lefte for Israel earlier this week so I've been chillin' in D-town with the rents. I've been so lazy not doing anything but reading and playing on the computer. I haven't even been to the gym in a month...it is so sad and I need to get in shape if I want to look good at the wedding! Jeff's been sending me pics of Israel and it looks like he's having fun. I might post a couple of them since I don't have any interesting ones right now of myself...might change once I get to PR.
Looking for things to do in Austin. Renee (of Dallas and formerly of Florida)is coming down with me to Austin and we're gonna try and party it up. Downtown is putting on this thing called First Night and it looks really cool. Lots of performers and artists...my kinda things. If anyone is interested, its $10 to get in from 2pm to midnight. Should be lots of fun! I'm gonna try and meet up with Lindsey but it sounds like she has a lot on her plate while she's in Dallas. If anyone has any other ideas of what to do to ring in the New Year, I'm also up for suggestions in this area too!
Ok, well this has been a book of a post and I will let everyone's eyes rest from staring at the computer so long. Hopefully I will post more often so that I have less to say and the posting isn't so long!
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Only in Texas....
Only in Texas would everything stop going because there is a 1/4 of an inch of ice on the overpasses. Yes, today was an ice day here. Normally, I would be jumping up and down and singing praises of hallalujah(sp?) but because I have two major papers due next week and I have not completed my library research yet....I'm not too joyful. And! Now I have to make up a full day of school on next Tuesday..thats 9:30am to 9:30pm and I was looking forward to that day to finish a paper that's due on Wednesday. I can still do it but it might require some late nights...damn it and my procrastination!
So, school closed at 2pm yesterday as I was in the library trying to find a book. The library is a very scary place after it closes....creepy! I had just found my book when the circulation desk closed making it impossible for me to check out my book...I thought about running with it but I thought I might get tackled by the big security guard....sigh...no book...no research...no paper...blah.
Well on another matter...Wedding update:
My mom is coming up next weekend to look at wedding sites with me. Very exciting...I have to come up with a list of places and make appointments to view the spaces. I hope we find one soon so that we can have all reserved before the end of the year...I hear after the January bridal shows don't even expect to find a place.
The date is so far is officially May 28th barring any unforseeable problems. The only issue is that my cousin graduates from high school that friday but I'm planning on having the Sunday (monday is Memorial Day). I think that should be fine... Another disadvantage to the date (minor but still important) is that I start summer school on the 1st of June which is the following Thursday. I can probably miss the first two days of school but I don't think that I can miss more than that. I know a week of honeymoon is enough but Jeff and I wanted to go very exotic and not on the same continent...which makes it difficult if we only have a week.
Oh something else that could be good is that I might already have a free wedding dress. My aunt was a wedding coordinator and someone who had two dresses and chose to wear the other gave her the unworn one (some people have too much money). She described the dress and it sounds like something I might like so I'm going to go look at it and try it on over Christmas in Dallas. It definitely will have to be altered (damn me being short)! So, fingers crossed and it will fit and I can use that money towards the open bar!!
Other than that not much else going on...just stressing over school!
And thanks to all the congratulations! Jeff and I really appreciate it...although I doubt anyone is going to say anything negative right?!?
So, school closed at 2pm yesterday as I was in the library trying to find a book. The library is a very scary place after it closes....creepy! I had just found my book when the circulation desk closed making it impossible for me to check out my book...I thought about running with it but I thought I might get tackled by the big security guard....sigh...no book...no research...no paper...blah.
Well on another matter...Wedding update:
My mom is coming up next weekend to look at wedding sites with me. Very exciting...I have to come up with a list of places and make appointments to view the spaces. I hope we find one soon so that we can have all reserved before the end of the year...I hear after the January bridal shows don't even expect to find a place.
The date is so far is officially May 28th barring any unforseeable problems. The only issue is that my cousin graduates from high school that friday but I'm planning on having the Sunday (monday is Memorial Day). I think that should be fine... Another disadvantage to the date (minor but still important) is that I start summer school on the 1st of June which is the following Thursday. I can probably miss the first two days of school but I don't think that I can miss more than that. I know a week of honeymoon is enough but Jeff and I wanted to go very exotic and not on the same continent...which makes it difficult if we only have a week.
Oh something else that could be good is that I might already have a free wedding dress. My aunt was a wedding coordinator and someone who had two dresses and chose to wear the other gave her the unworn one (some people have too much money). She described the dress and it sounds like something I might like so I'm going to go look at it and try it on over Christmas in Dallas. It definitely will have to be altered (damn me being short)! So, fingers crossed and it will fit and I can use that money towards the open bar!!
Other than that not much else going on...just stressing over school!
And thanks to all the congratulations! Jeff and I really appreciate it...although I doubt anyone is going to say anything negative right?!?
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Dummmm...deee...dummmm...Drum Roll Please!!!
I have an announcement to make!
Jeff and I are engaged!
Can you believe it? I hardly can! It was a total surpise to me and I had no idea it was coming. He asked me in the bar where we first met...The Library. It was so sweet. Earlier in the evening he had prepared our first date dinner but I still had no clue that the proposal was coming. At the bar when he went down on one knee I thought he was going to ask me to tie his shoe until I saw the box. Its a beautiful ring, a marquis cut diamond on a thin white gold band. I love it so much and I am so happy right now I can't even express it! I'm also a bit nervous too...
I've been trying to call everyone to tell the great news but the list is so long and gets longer with every call I make. So, if you read this please do not be upset that I didn't call you and tell you myself. I'm getting around to it all!
I think the wedding will be either in late May or sometime in August depending on the venue in Austin. Other than that I do not have much other information planned on but I'm sure that I will be posting the trials and tribulations of planning a wedding while getting your master's degree!
Jeff and I are engaged!
Can you believe it? I hardly can! It was a total surpise to me and I had no idea it was coming. He asked me in the bar where we first met...The Library. It was so sweet. Earlier in the evening he had prepared our first date dinner but I still had no clue that the proposal was coming. At the bar when he went down on one knee I thought he was going to ask me to tie his shoe until I saw the box. Its a beautiful ring, a marquis cut diamond on a thin white gold band. I love it so much and I am so happy right now I can't even express it! I'm also a bit nervous too...
I've been trying to call everyone to tell the great news but the list is so long and gets longer with every call I make. So, if you read this please do not be upset that I didn't call you and tell you myself. I'm getting around to it all!
I think the wedding will be either in late May or sometime in August depending on the venue in Austin. Other than that I do not have much other information planned on but I'm sure that I will be posting the trials and tribulations of planning a wedding while getting your master's degree!
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Stuck
Argghh! I'm stuck up at campus until 5:30 today when my class got out at 2pm. I was originally supposed to pick up a take home exam at 5pm but then the pick up time got changed...very very annoying. Now I'm hungry and bored (I know I have papers to write and research and I could be studying...but where is the fun in that?) and I've got another hour and half to sit here waiting. Blah. Blah. Blah.
On a positive note, I got back a paper today and I got an A on it....whoop whoop! In some of my classes I'm kicking butt...in my law class...I'm a sinking ship...go figure.
On a positive note, I got back a paper today and I got an A on it....whoop whoop! In some of my classes I'm kicking butt...in my law class...I'm a sinking ship...go figure.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Dumb blonde moment...
No offense to the blondes out there especially since that is the color I choose to make my own hair but I'm using the title as a saying...
Ok, so Thursday I'm in my late night class called Preservation Planning and Practice. We were covering in class the idea of the cultural landscape and its preservation. The prof is showing different slides of building, landscapes, monuments, etc and we are discussing its relevance to preservation. So, she pulls up a slide of the Wailing Wall. In the slide there is a man in black and a blue chair. So we are discussing the wall and its cultural significance and I keep on staring at the man trying to figure out what he is wearing. It is really bugging me so right before she changes slides, I ask outloud
"Who is that guy? Is that a matador or just someone with a really fuzzy russian hat?"
A girl in class turns to me with look of disbelief and says..
"That is a Hasidic Jew!"
Then the class laughs and laughs....I was embarassed needless to say! I mummble something about trying to entertain the class and kind of slump down in my chair...yes not one of my finer moments!
Ok, so Thursday I'm in my late night class called Preservation Planning and Practice. We were covering in class the idea of the cultural landscape and its preservation. The prof is showing different slides of building, landscapes, monuments, etc and we are discussing its relevance to preservation. So, she pulls up a slide of the Wailing Wall. In the slide there is a man in black and a blue chair. So we are discussing the wall and its cultural significance and I keep on staring at the man trying to figure out what he is wearing. It is really bugging me so right before she changes slides, I ask outloud
"Who is that guy? Is that a matador or just someone with a really fuzzy russian hat?"
A girl in class turns to me with look of disbelief and says..
"That is a Hasidic Jew!"
Then the class laughs and laughs....I was embarassed needless to say! I mummble something about trying to entertain the class and kind of slump down in my chair...yes not one of my finer moments!
Birthday
So, last Saturday I celebrated my 24th Birthday. It was fun and I'll give a recap on what I did but first I must tell about Friday.
Friday - I decided that happy hour would be fun and so Jeff, Renee and I went to Baby A's for a couple of margaritas. Three margaritas later and a truck load of chips we were fully loaded. I had no idea that their ritas were so strong. So, I proceeded to make a fool of myself for the rest of the evening. Supposedly we went to Academy to see if they had any Astro's t-shirts and while Renee was talking to the cashier I went up and swiped her anti-bacterial gel and rub it all over my hands and everyone elses and for some reason it got on my shoulder and I proceeded to rub it all over my arms too! Jeff finally managed to usher me out where we returned back to our apartment and things got wild. Renee and I tried putting our legs over our heads in the kitchen and there was some jumping on people....regular pandamonium and such. I don't remember much after the hypnotic and vodka martini I drank. We were so drunk that everyone passed out around 10pm. I woke up the next morning not feeling my bestest! What a way to start your birthday huh?
So, Jeff took care of me and made me breakfast and lunch and walked around outside with me because I only felt good when walking in the cold air. Then he followed me around the mall all afternoon. It was a very nice day. Later, he took me to eat yummy sushi at Sushi Sake. Its becoming a tradition to eat sushi on my birthday I think...we ate it last year too! Later, we went downtown with friends and I managed to drink somemore...for being as hung over as I was in the morning..I sure didn't have any problems drinking more! Got home and crashed.
Overall very good birthday...and here are the presents I received:
Adobe Creative Suite from Jeff (a very expensive and much needed software program for school)
A longhorn decal for my car from Jeff
Trip to Puerto Rico from my parents (also counts as part of Christmas)
A bottle of nice wine and some money from my Uncle and Aunt
So microwavable cookware from my other Uncle and Aunt
Pizza stone and cutter wheel from my grandparents
So, overall not a bad birthday!!
Lets hope that 24 goes as well as 23!!
Friday - I decided that happy hour would be fun and so Jeff, Renee and I went to Baby A's for a couple of margaritas. Three margaritas later and a truck load of chips we were fully loaded. I had no idea that their ritas were so strong. So, I proceeded to make a fool of myself for the rest of the evening. Supposedly we went to Academy to see if they had any Astro's t-shirts and while Renee was talking to the cashier I went up and swiped her anti-bacterial gel and rub it all over my hands and everyone elses and for some reason it got on my shoulder and I proceeded to rub it all over my arms too! Jeff finally managed to usher me out where we returned back to our apartment and things got wild. Renee and I tried putting our legs over our heads in the kitchen and there was some jumping on people....regular pandamonium and such. I don't remember much after the hypnotic and vodka martini I drank. We were so drunk that everyone passed out around 10pm. I woke up the next morning not feeling my bestest! What a way to start your birthday huh?
So, Jeff took care of me and made me breakfast and lunch and walked around outside with me because I only felt good when walking in the cold air. Then he followed me around the mall all afternoon. It was a very nice day. Later, he took me to eat yummy sushi at Sushi Sake. Its becoming a tradition to eat sushi on my birthday I think...we ate it last year too! Later, we went downtown with friends and I managed to drink somemore...for being as hung over as I was in the morning..I sure didn't have any problems drinking more! Got home and crashed.
Overall very good birthday...and here are the presents I received:
Adobe Creative Suite from Jeff (a very expensive and much needed software program for school)
A longhorn decal for my car from Jeff
Trip to Puerto Rico from my parents (also counts as part of Christmas)
A bottle of nice wine and some money from my Uncle and Aunt
So microwavable cookware from my other Uncle and Aunt
Pizza stone and cutter wheel from my grandparents
So, overall not a bad birthday!!
Lets hope that 24 goes as well as 23!!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
I'M BACK
I have to apologize for all of those people who read my blog, although it is probably very few now, for not updating in a million years. It has been a very busy couple of months with grad school really kicking my ass! But I thought I would take a few minutes to let you know what is going on in my life and as I promised F, I will update more often.
School:
So, I'm in my third month as a Historic Preservation grad student. I'm taking four classes and I'm totally wiped out. I'm not quite sure how some people are working simultaneously. I really like a couple of my classes but there is my Preservation Law class which continuously leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm so glad I never continued down that track! I've just finished my first round of exams and papers, so we'll see how well I'm doing in the classes this week. Other than that, I have my own little schedule set where I go to school, come home and read....that is all I do. On kind of a cool note, there is a project I've been working on, documenting an historic building in Austin. In our last class that I have to do this project for, we explained the state of the building and mine was not in such great shape. Anyway, a girl in the class who volunteers for some historical society in Texas (can't remember which one) told her boss about the building and her boss wants to nominate the building as one of the "Most Endangered" buildings in Texas. So, I'm supposed to send it all this information that I've been gathering about the building so that it can be nominated. Pretty cool huh?
Personal Life:
For those of you who don't know, Jeff and I are living in sin and loving it. I love our apartment. It is so huge and there is a guest room for all of our friends who come to stay the weekend or in many cases gets too drunk to drive home.
I went to Las Vegas for Renee's bachelorette party two weekends ago. That was a very fun trip although a bit stressful because I had two papers due immediately when I got back. Four girls managed to kill 2 bottles of liquor, drink half a normal bottle of vodka, half a 1.75 litre of citrus vodka, and two flasks. We were totally sober the entire time! I swear!! I went to my first male strip show while I was there. It was the American Storm, supposedly these guys were on a show on VH1 to see who was going to be a stripper or something like that. Renee got all of them to sign a poster as a memento of her bachelorette party. I thought it was interesting and amusing but I don't know about the whole thing. I really don't think I want to go to a strip show for my bachelorette party. We managed to stay up till at least 5am every night that we were there. I would call Jeff before I went to bed and he would be getting up to go to work...ooopps! Got back to Austin extremely tired and not ready for two papers.
I went to Dallas last weekend to see my family and celebrate my birthday which is this upcoming Sat. I enjoyed my weekend although I wasn't able to see a couple of my friends up there. Jeff, me, and my brother went to the State Fair of Texas on Saturday and had fun. I've gotten my fill of fair food which I've been craving since the beginning of September. We looked around at the cars and the different exhibits and of course we did the Midway. My brother won me a little stuffed duckling at one of the booths. It was very sweet of him. I got some nice gifts from my family and my mom said that she would pay for my trip to Puerto Rico in January so I'm so psyched!
Now, I'm back here in Austin not wanting to go to school this week....booo! I need to also get back in my gym routine which I neglected all last week because of Vegas and papers. And this weekend, I'm supposedly going to Houston to see buzz fest except that Jeff and I do not know if the tickets have been purchased or not. So, then again we might not!
So thats whats been up in my life...hopefully I'll be back soon to update!
School:
So, I'm in my third month as a Historic Preservation grad student. I'm taking four classes and I'm totally wiped out. I'm not quite sure how some people are working simultaneously. I really like a couple of my classes but there is my Preservation Law class which continuously leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm so glad I never continued down that track! I've just finished my first round of exams and papers, so we'll see how well I'm doing in the classes this week. Other than that, I have my own little schedule set where I go to school, come home and read....that is all I do. On kind of a cool note, there is a project I've been working on, documenting an historic building in Austin. In our last class that I have to do this project for, we explained the state of the building and mine was not in such great shape. Anyway, a girl in the class who volunteers for some historical society in Texas (can't remember which one) told her boss about the building and her boss wants to nominate the building as one of the "Most Endangered" buildings in Texas. So, I'm supposed to send it all this information that I've been gathering about the building so that it can be nominated. Pretty cool huh?
Personal Life:
For those of you who don't know, Jeff and I are living in sin and loving it. I love our apartment. It is so huge and there is a guest room for all of our friends who come to stay the weekend or in many cases gets too drunk to drive home.
I went to Las Vegas for Renee's bachelorette party two weekends ago. That was a very fun trip although a bit stressful because I had two papers due immediately when I got back. Four girls managed to kill 2 bottles of liquor, drink half a normal bottle of vodka, half a 1.75 litre of citrus vodka, and two flasks. We were totally sober the entire time! I swear!! I went to my first male strip show while I was there. It was the American Storm, supposedly these guys were on a show on VH1 to see who was going to be a stripper or something like that. Renee got all of them to sign a poster as a memento of her bachelorette party. I thought it was interesting and amusing but I don't know about the whole thing. I really don't think I want to go to a strip show for my bachelorette party. We managed to stay up till at least 5am every night that we were there. I would call Jeff before I went to bed and he would be getting up to go to work...ooopps! Got back to Austin extremely tired and not ready for two papers.
I went to Dallas last weekend to see my family and celebrate my birthday which is this upcoming Sat. I enjoyed my weekend although I wasn't able to see a couple of my friends up there. Jeff, me, and my brother went to the State Fair of Texas on Saturday and had fun. I've gotten my fill of fair food which I've been craving since the beginning of September. We looked around at the cars and the different exhibits and of course we did the Midway. My brother won me a little stuffed duckling at one of the booths. It was very sweet of him. I got some nice gifts from my family and my mom said that she would pay for my trip to Puerto Rico in January so I'm so psyched!
Now, I'm back here in Austin not wanting to go to school this week....booo! I need to also get back in my gym routine which I neglected all last week because of Vegas and papers. And this weekend, I'm supposedly going to Houston to see buzz fest except that Jeff and I do not know if the tickets have been purchased or not. So, then again we might not!
So thats whats been up in my life...hopefully I'll be back soon to update!
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
San Francisco!!!
So! I made it back from San Francisco safely and I had a ton of fun! I wasn't sure that I would have any fun from the start of our trip..in fact, I wasn't sure we'd even get to go on the trip and have a repeat of cali trip earlier this year.
Everything seemed fine, we got to the airport with more than enough time to spare. The plane left on time we made good time to DFW to catch our next flight and got the gate just fine but thats where things started to go wrong. First everyone gets on the plane and then the pilot comes in over the speaker and says that there will be some thunderstorm activity over the flight plan for that evening...normally this would not be a problem except their weather radar is not working. So they got a technician in to fix it. They decided it wasn't fixable so they replaced the whole thing delaying us for an hour...yuck. Alas, finally we start going down the runway and then the pilot comes on the loudspeaker again...uh oh indeed!! One of the engines is not properly firing up. Great!!! So he heads back into the airport to have it checked out. After about 30min on the plane, the officials decide it is not something that can be fixed right away and put everyone on another plane. Thank god we got off the doomed plane!!! So now it takes another hour to get everyone on the plane and take off, making us 3 hrs late for our destination. Very nice way to start a trip!
We get into San Fran at around 3am their time and head straight for the hotel. We stayed at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. It is a very old hotel but overall nice. We woke up early the next day and headed out surveying the area. We stayed mostly in Union square that day looking at all the huge stores. I swear the area is like one giant outdoor mall. We also, went to the San Francisco Modern Art Museum. I enjoyed it a lot. I wish I had been able to go a couple of years ago when I was taking a modern art class and was learning about all the art work I was getting to see first hand. I think Jeff had mixed feelings about the SFMOMA. He got quite angry over Triptych by Rauchenberg. For anyone who is curious, its 3 completely white canvases...I thought he was going to storm out of the museum. Unfortunately, after we were tired and ready to rest did we find the photography exhibit which really interested him but by that time we were ready to leave.
Later we headed out trying to find the San Francisco Brewing Co. We didn't find it but ended up walking into a dive bar whose happy hour had just started. We ended up staying there from like 5-8 drinking tons of beer and then moving on to alcohol...I know wrong order! Jeff and I fell in love with our bartendress. She was nice but totally no nonsense plus she made kick ass drinks. We also met a local named Rob and hung out with him for awhile. By the time happy hour was over, Jeff and I were so smashed that we had to leave or risk never finding the hotel again. Ended up crashing sans dinner and slept through the night.
Next day miraculously there was no headache and we headed down to the Market center for the huge market that goes on every Saturday. Let me just say that I cried it was so beautiful. Fresh fruit and veggies everywhere. Beautiful flowers. Fresh cheeses from Cali and honey from local beekeepers. If I had such a market here in Austin, I would be in heaven!! From there we spent the rest of the day patroling the warf. Pier 39 is over rated is all that I have to say. But I love the sea lions...stinky but cute! We went to the aquarium but it was kinda lame. We also walked around Chinatown which is absolutely huge!
Our last day in San Fran, we rented bicycles and biked across the Golden Gate bridge. Its about a 10mile round trip, most of which is up hill. That was a lot of fun. Just on a side note...San Francisco is cold!!! I froze the entire bike ride. While I was working my ass off biking uphills, I did not break a sweat once! After that we went on a bay cruise and got to see the bridge from underneath and then Alcatraz up close. We did not get to go to Alcatraz though because tickets were sold out fo the entire weekend. The city has limited the number of tickets that are purchased so only I think 300 people get to visit everyday..something like that...I don't remember. Then we decided to try and find the brewery again for the 3rd time. So we asked some people and it seemed like we were never going to find this elusive brewery. Finally we found it in an area were we had been a million times in the last couple of days but never knew that it was there. We tried the beer which is made fresh with less carbonation and served at cellar temp. I really didn't care too much for the beer. I've had much better microbrewery beer here in Austin then there. Jeff thought it was the warm temperature of the beer that he didn't like. I think I agree.
After the brewery, we went back to the hotel and passed out again. Got up at 5:00am to leave for Austin. Came back here and now I have class this afternoon that I've spent all morning reading for.
I'd have to say that the vacation was a success. We didn't get to eat at some of the places I wanted to, but, you know, at the end of the day, I was too damn tired to care!
Everything seemed fine, we got to the airport with more than enough time to spare. The plane left on time we made good time to DFW to catch our next flight and got the gate just fine but thats where things started to go wrong. First everyone gets on the plane and then the pilot comes in over the speaker and says that there will be some thunderstorm activity over the flight plan for that evening...normally this would not be a problem except their weather radar is not working. So they got a technician in to fix it. They decided it wasn't fixable so they replaced the whole thing delaying us for an hour...yuck. Alas, finally we start going down the runway and then the pilot comes on the loudspeaker again...uh oh indeed!! One of the engines is not properly firing up. Great!!! So he heads back into the airport to have it checked out. After about 30min on the plane, the officials decide it is not something that can be fixed right away and put everyone on another plane. Thank god we got off the doomed plane!!! So now it takes another hour to get everyone on the plane and take off, making us 3 hrs late for our destination. Very nice way to start a trip!
We get into San Fran at around 3am their time and head straight for the hotel. We stayed at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. It is a very old hotel but overall nice. We woke up early the next day and headed out surveying the area. We stayed mostly in Union square that day looking at all the huge stores. I swear the area is like one giant outdoor mall. We also, went to the San Francisco Modern Art Museum. I enjoyed it a lot. I wish I had been able to go a couple of years ago when I was taking a modern art class and was learning about all the art work I was getting to see first hand. I think Jeff had mixed feelings about the SFMOMA. He got quite angry over Triptych by Rauchenberg. For anyone who is curious, its 3 completely white canvases...I thought he was going to storm out of the museum. Unfortunately, after we were tired and ready to rest did we find the photography exhibit which really interested him but by that time we were ready to leave.
Later we headed out trying to find the San Francisco Brewing Co. We didn't find it but ended up walking into a dive bar whose happy hour had just started. We ended up staying there from like 5-8 drinking tons of beer and then moving on to alcohol...I know wrong order! Jeff and I fell in love with our bartendress. She was nice but totally no nonsense plus she made kick ass drinks. We also met a local named Rob and hung out with him for awhile. By the time happy hour was over, Jeff and I were so smashed that we had to leave or risk never finding the hotel again. Ended up crashing sans dinner and slept through the night.
Next day miraculously there was no headache and we headed down to the Market center for the huge market that goes on every Saturday. Let me just say that I cried it was so beautiful. Fresh fruit and veggies everywhere. Beautiful flowers. Fresh cheeses from Cali and honey from local beekeepers. If I had such a market here in Austin, I would be in heaven!! From there we spent the rest of the day patroling the warf. Pier 39 is over rated is all that I have to say. But I love the sea lions...stinky but cute! We went to the aquarium but it was kinda lame. We also walked around Chinatown which is absolutely huge!
Our last day in San Fran, we rented bicycles and biked across the Golden Gate bridge. Its about a 10mile round trip, most of which is up hill. That was a lot of fun. Just on a side note...San Francisco is cold!!! I froze the entire bike ride. While I was working my ass off biking uphills, I did not break a sweat once! After that we went on a bay cruise and got to see the bridge from underneath and then Alcatraz up close. We did not get to go to Alcatraz though because tickets were sold out fo the entire weekend. The city has limited the number of tickets that are purchased so only I think 300 people get to visit everyday..something like that...I don't remember. Then we decided to try and find the brewery again for the 3rd time. So we asked some people and it seemed like we were never going to find this elusive brewery. Finally we found it in an area were we had been a million times in the last couple of days but never knew that it was there. We tried the beer which is made fresh with less carbonation and served at cellar temp. I really didn't care too much for the beer. I've had much better microbrewery beer here in Austin then there. Jeff thought it was the warm temperature of the beer that he didn't like. I think I agree.
After the brewery, we went back to the hotel and passed out again. Got up at 5:00am to leave for Austin. Came back here and now I have class this afternoon that I've spent all morning reading for.
I'd have to say that the vacation was a success. We didn't get to eat at some of the places I wanted to, but, you know, at the end of the day, I was too damn tired to care!
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Back to School
Hey Everyone! I know its been awhile but not much has been going on in my life...No job, no school...just sitting on my bum surfing the net. But!I have started school. For those of you who don't know, I have gone back to school to get my masters in Historic Preservation in the Univ. of Texas architecture school. Tres fun! I started yesterday and I think I'm going to enjoy it. It is a small group of about 7 people and I'm the youngest! I would feel like such an acheiver except several of them already have one masters degree and are just working on their second.
So my school schedule is too bad because i get Fridays off but Thursdays I'm going to school from 8am - 9pm....not so much fun...but I get Fridays off!!!!
Other things:
Jeff and I celebrate our 1yr anniversary today. I'm very excited! I bought him a watch which in my excitement already gave to him a couple of days ago. Its a Kenneth Cole....I told him in a couple years when I have money I'll upgrade it so it has all those fun dials (but dials cost!!). Jeff, however, went all out on his gift and bought a vacation package to San Fran. we leave tonight and get back Monday afternoon. It is going to be so much fun except I'm having packing dilemas! But I'll definitely give an update when we get back of what we did and all that jazz!
Went tubing last weekend with Jeff, Emily, Miles, Mel, Em's friend Josh, and my sister and her 2 friends. It was Christa's first time to go tubing and I think she had a lot of fun. It was so hot on the river and this time the river was low so it went very slow and everyone kept on getting stuck on rocks. This'll prob. be the last trip of the year and it was definitely worth it. Once again however, we ran out of alcohol before the end of the trip. Still haven't quite learned how to pack accordingly.
Tuesday night, Cory Morrow gave a free concert on 6th street. Erin called and invited me and Jeff and we went even though I'm not a country fan. It was fun.
Jeff finally got the promotion he's been applying for forever...and its here in Austin and not in OK. whoop!! So, he's been really busy with work lately but thats fine b/c I play solitare all day!! Just kidding (not really)!
Well I guess that is all for now!
So my school schedule is too bad because i get Fridays off but Thursdays I'm going to school from 8am - 9pm....not so much fun...but I get Fridays off!!!!
Other things:
Jeff and I celebrate our 1yr anniversary today. I'm very excited! I bought him a watch which in my excitement already gave to him a couple of days ago. Its a Kenneth Cole....I told him in a couple years when I have money I'll upgrade it so it has all those fun dials (but dials cost!!). Jeff, however, went all out on his gift and bought a vacation package to San Fran. we leave tonight and get back Monday afternoon. It is going to be so much fun except I'm having packing dilemas! But I'll definitely give an update when we get back of what we did and all that jazz!
Went tubing last weekend with Jeff, Emily, Miles, Mel, Em's friend Josh, and my sister and her 2 friends. It was Christa's first time to go tubing and I think she had a lot of fun. It was so hot on the river and this time the river was low so it went very slow and everyone kept on getting stuck on rocks. This'll prob. be the last trip of the year and it was definitely worth it. Once again however, we ran out of alcohol before the end of the trip. Still haven't quite learned how to pack accordingly.
Tuesday night, Cory Morrow gave a free concert on 6th street. Erin called and invited me and Jeff and we went even though I'm not a country fan. It was fun.
Jeff finally got the promotion he's been applying for forever...and its here in Austin and not in OK. whoop!! So, he's been really busy with work lately but thats fine b/c I play solitare all day!! Just kidding (not really)!
Well I guess that is all for now!
Friday, August 05, 2005
Puerto Vallarta
I went to Puerto Vallarta last week with the family. Very relaxing vacation except for the vendors on the beach asking you to buy a bolero every 5 minutes...but those aside, a true trip of peace.
Here is a photo diary of the time spent there because I'm too lazy to describe and nothing really horribly interesting occured either.
This is us on the bus to the airport....you can see the excitment in the air between me and my little brother.
Doesn't Jason (my brother) look like he belongs on the beach? You might notice that I'm not in a lot of pics...it is the fate of the camerawoman.
Wait!! Here I am...unfortunately not the most flattering picture since I had to take it of myself but at least that proves that I'm there!!
Here's the family at dinner one night...awww what a beautiful sunset....and multiple sunburns...The food was wonderful at the resort. We ate so much good food however I got to have a reminder of the food from Mexico all this past week. Lets just say that I've spent more time in the bathroom than I care to admit. So I didn't injure my self in Mexico this time..I just came down with a case of food poisoning!
On our last night in Puerto Vallarta, a sea turtle came onto the beach to lay its eggs. It was a pretty cool thing. I got to touch an egg. It looks like a ping pong ball and its hard like a normal chicken egg. This is an illegal picture by the way because supposedly you are not allowed to use flash photography while they lay their eggs....oops! How else do you take a picture of a sea turtle at night?
Here is a photo diary of the time spent there because I'm too lazy to describe and nothing really horribly interesting occured either.
This is us on the bus to the airport....you can see the excitment in the air between me and my little brother.
Doesn't Jason (my brother) look like he belongs on the beach? You might notice that I'm not in a lot of pics...it is the fate of the camerawoman.
Wait!! Here I am...unfortunately not the most flattering picture since I had to take it of myself but at least that proves that I'm there!!
Here's the family at dinner one night...awww what a beautiful sunset....and multiple sunburns...The food was wonderful at the resort. We ate so much good food however I got to have a reminder of the food from Mexico all this past week. Lets just say that I've spent more time in the bathroom than I care to admit. So I didn't injure my self in Mexico this time..I just came down with a case of food poisoning!
On our last night in Puerto Vallarta, a sea turtle came onto the beach to lay its eggs. It was a pretty cool thing. I got to touch an egg. It looks like a ping pong ball and its hard like a normal chicken egg. This is an illegal picture by the way because supposedly you are not allowed to use flash photography while they lay their eggs....oops! How else do you take a picture of a sea turtle at night?
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