Mongolia

ACCCCKKKK!!!! I leave for Mongolia for practically forever on Saturday. SATURDAY!!! I'm trying to figure out why I thought it would be fine to go without Adam----WHAT WAS I THINKING!?!?!?!


I'm excited. And nervous. And excited. And scared.


Can I admit I'm scared?

Of course I can, anyone who knows me knows I'm scared.
Ack! I wonder if I can pack Adam in my suitcase.......

Ethan's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

I am a terrible Aunt, and did not call.....and I didn't get your birthday card out until today, your birthday. But I figure, since you're only 6, and it has money inside, as well as a huge alligator sticker, you won't care it's late.

The Capital for a Capital Holiday

DC in July is nothing when you're accustomed to Fort Worth in July. It was practically cool in DC!!! Since my parents moved mid-June (did I mention that!?!?!)we decided to make a trip up the week of the 4th and stayed for about 9 days. We did half the tourist crap we usually do (museums, etc) as well as just hanging out. We did a pretty good Alexandria (Old Town) tour, and sat around drinking wine. We made it out to Granio's one night for dinner, and Keith & Debbie were in town so they came over too. It was great to be able to hangout with all the family, to see Keith & Debbie after so long, and to introduce them to Adam.

We also made it up to Ocean City and then Rehoboth for 2 beach days and some time on a ridiculous boardwalk. It was crazy, good people watching, and even better fudge!!! YUM!


A very good, much needed break from DFW life.


Except it made me so ready for a life change.

A move, a job change, a...something!

Summer

feeling anxious


because of the combination of too much diet coke (although, I'm not sure you really can have too much diet coke) and good music, im in the mood to write. FINALLY. can't count how many times ive stared at this blinking cursor - or held my journal in my lap hoping for something to flow... but it never does.

and as cliche as it is, writing was just another part of me that deteriorated through the last semester. for a number of reasons that shouldn't be important anymore. CANT be important. ridiculous how two semesters have enough power to change and shape - and now, after it's all over, im still gathering my footing after being dumped at the end of an emotional rollercoaster.

summer won't be as enchanting as all previous... friends seem more distant, and some just have plans elsewhere. i guess im realizing that i have a life somewhere other than amarillo - home is more of a check point... refreshing.

i guess this is growing up.

so, this summer. im delving into the journal ive barely written in, recovering all the lost hours of sleep, and spending time with people ive spent an obnoxious amount of time missing.

thank God it's finally here.

Austen, Waterparks & Friends

Cyd and Brandon came down for a lovely week visit! I miss them (mostly Cyd) so much, I'm happy we live close enough to see each other every couple of weeks. We headed down to Austen on Tuesday at 6am---waaaaay to early for a bunch of people who hate the morning! We hit up Schliterbaughn and then headed to a house our friend Travis Harsch is watching/staying in. We did a lot of eating, a lot of talking, and a lot of beer sampling. We also hit up a great sports bar on 6th street for a shuffleboard tournament (my newest obsession) and weird wednesday at the movie theatre to see "Super Van" look it up.

Super Van hates jail!

Yes. Summers are good. We talked about them coming to Hawaii next summer. Should be very, very nice.

Two Ends and One Beginning

With the end of May, we have the end of school (hurrah!!!!) ANNNND the end of the Volvo. Damn. So, we bought the Volvo to replace the crap Mazda that died, and did it all by the books. We got her inspected, we bought a reliable brand--we saved!!! And then, she died on the highway on the way to work. An oil leak. A bad one.

So, we decided this round, to just go ahead and by a new(er) car and go by what JD Power had to say, and experience told us. And since my 16 year old Honda Accord is so great, and JD Power loves Honda in general, we have bought our first new(er) car----a 2007 Honda Fit. White, with a spoiler. What's even better, is because Adam is fabulous, I get to drive it! :)


The circle of life. It ain't half bad.

School

A-L-M-O-S-T T-H-E-R-E............I see summer! I can see it!