This time I'm not full of questions, I'm just excited. Yes, I know summer is over and I should be mourning the loss of waking up at 10am every morning and seeing movies at 2pm on a Tuesday and just laying by the pool for as along as I like...and believe me I totally am, but I'm not put off by the idea of going back to work. I love my job. I love the kids, I love the people, I love making a difference. The class of 2014 did amazing last year ( 100% passing on math, reading, and social studies TAKS and commended scores like you wouldn't believe). I can only imagine all we'll accomplish this year now that I actually know what I'm doing ( sort of). I'm just so excited.
I took that last 3 days to really live up the last of my summer. Thursday was Teri's birthday and we all celebrated at Trudy's. One stuffed avocado, 2 Mexican Martinis, and one movie later I can successfully say we had a blast. I love eating outdoors in Austin, but especially at Trudys. Something about Mexican Martinis and fresh air...
Friday Morgan, Patrick and I fed some ducks at the arboretum and then good ol' Morgan and I did some damage at IKEA. My photo walls are making some serious progress. Then like magic the whole gang got together for dinner at Hoovers. Oh, oh, oh. Garlic cheese grits, mashed potatoes, mac n' cheese and chicken fried chicken. Before I say how delicous it was...what is up with "chicken fried chicken"? I mean really it seems just a little redundant. Food was great, conversation was better, and we topped it all off with seeing The Girl Who Played With Fire. Now this was my second go-around on this wheel -o-movie and I just have to say it doesn't hold up to the first one. However, German-giant-who-can't-feel-pain-but-is-afraid-of-the -Prius spawned many a good laugh. (Thanks Morgan)
Saturday was boss boss boss. Tried Round Rock Donuts ( great! ...still not better than Ken's) and then Juan in a Million for late breakfast. I was so excited...I mean Man vs. Food was there, MAN VS. FOOD, on of my favorite shows. Look, I'm not trying to be that person...but I'm going to be that person. That place just did not live up to the hype. You get a LOT of food...for a little money, but being the breakfast taco connoisseur I am...it just didn't do anything for me. Too much potato in the Don Juan led to the eggs being lost in the jumble. I didn't hate it, I just wasn't over the moon. Went to Zilker and fed more ducks with Chris. We saw a GIANT turtle and even a beaver. Seriously, a beaver. He was so cute swimming around with his paddle tail. We had a nice talk while feeding ducks and sticking our feet in the water near one of my favorite spots in Austin. The view of Town Lake with the skyline in the back reminds me every time why this is one of my favorite cities.
Dinner was pizza and beer at Rounders with Patrick and Morgan. Our server, Randy, is the subject of tomorrow's blog post, that's how awesome he was. After good food and some chats we met up with Ben for a round of Dixit. I highly recommend it! You think of a sentence to describe a card in your hand then place it face down. Everyone else picks a card from their hand that they think might also be described by that sentence. Then you flip all the cards over and everyone else tries to figure out which one is yours with the best outcome being some get it right and some don't. It was really fun. I went to sleep but everyone else stayed up for some more Munchkin action which I heard was a very ruthless game.
Today I celebrated the end of summer with Taco Shack ( my #1 favorite breakfast taco spot) then we headed out to Barton Springs Pool for some freezing cold and slimy green fun. That place is pure summer. Something about diving in the icy water, having it take your breath away from a moment, swimming around for 10 minutes, then hopping out to warm up again...then repeating the cycle just says summer to me. Top it off with a pineapple-mint agua fresca at Whole Foods, and I was ready to call it a summer.
Happy Monday Lovies,
-HK
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