What I did on my vacation!

This blog is all about my vacation and my next blog is going to be more about me and my life before and after it. 

 I got to Austin on Sunday morning and spent a good 4 hours that day finishing up on some work that needed to get done. Then Danny and Lisa came over with the boys and we all had dinner together. It was really nice getting to spend time with all of them!! Shortly after that Miss Hannah-pants got to town!! Yay!! She and I sat and chatted for a while then we got all dolled up and went down to 6^th street to a Sock Hop with Lynn. Can I tell you how freaking amazing/fun that was!! Hannah presented her ID to the guy at the door and he looked at it and marked her as over 21 when it clearly says her birthday wasn’t for another 8 days. We were stoked so we all got drinks!

 I was really excited about the night because Hannah and Lynn are two of my favorite people ever and I knew that we were going to have a great time! Plus the Sock Hop itself was incredible! I haven’t been to one since I was in like 6^th grade and it was fantastic. They played all the best music from the 50s and 60s and we danced for hours! We got there at 10 and stayed until 12:30 or so. We had a blast! There was also a deaf guy that was hitting on Hannah. At first we didn’t know that he was deaf and we just thought that he was kind of creepy, but once we figured it out Lynn stated talking to him with what little sign language she knew and we had a fun little convo with him. When we decided that we wanted to leave she tried to tell him that I was tired but she didn’t say it right and he thought she was saying that I was homeless. It was hilarious!

 Monday Hannah and I babysat my nephews all day and just kind of sat around enjoying being friends. We also went and got my car inspected, browsed Half Price Books (I love book stores!) and hit the mall for a while. We are definite dorks and bought matching shirts and definitely wore them on the same day while I was in Kerrville. Hannah left Monday evening. Mike and Sandy and I had sushi for dinner (yum!) and then we watched the Sex and the City movie (that makes the 4th time I’ve seen it. So good).

 Tuesday I had to babysit my nephews some more (not that I minded!) and also get some stuff taken care of with my student loans. Not so fun. That night Steven and I went out and got wings for dinner, hung out at his house with his mom for a while and then went and saw Quarantine. That was my second time seeing that movie and it was still just as scary the second time as it was the first time! I felt kind of bad because I wasn’t quite myself while we were hanging out. I was still transitioning from being on the road to being back in my element and was also still dealing with the things that had been bothering me the last couple of weeks.

 Wednesday I hung out with my nephews some more during the day and then left for Kerrville that afternoon. My original plan wasn’t to go to Kerrville until Thursday, but Hannah, Elaine and I decided that we wanted to have a secret wine and cheese night that night, so I left early. Before we had our wine and cheese night we all went to this Alcohol Awareness thing that was going on on-campus. No one but the two of them knew that I was coming into town that day so everyone else was shocked to see me. Shocked in a good way, like running up to me and practically tackling me with a giant hug. It was incredible! People that I didn’t think would care at all that I was back in town were screaming with joy (or at least what appeared to be joy). It was amazing and just the kind of welcome that I needed to help pull me out of my super-sad funk. 

 Later that night the three of us had a nice wine and cheese night and Allison and Cody even came a joined us. It was splendid! Thursday is when Hannah and I wore our matching shirts. It was fantastic. We just kind of hung out on campus all day and ate in the diner and stuff. It was really nice and felt good to be (temporarily) back. A lot has changed in the short time that I've been away. I was kind of shocked. That night Hannah, Ginny and I had dinner at Allison’s and then Hannah dropped me off at The Hole. Aaahhhhh, The Hole!! :) It was Elaine, Emily, Sarah, Becca, Crystal, Evan and Blake. We had a good time. 

There was this weird guy that was hitting on me so Blake and I were pretending that we were a couple to try and deter him. It didn't work so well. While Blake was in the bathroom Becca even pretended to be my girlfriend and that didn't seem to have an affect on him either! After a few hours we all decided that we were done at the bar so we went back to Sarah and Jessa’s place at Winwood to make some mac n cheese and get in the hot tub. Some more guys came over, one of whom was turning 21 that night. It was a lot of fun! 

 Friday Becca and I went to coffee and chatted about all kinds of things. It was nice and refreshing and I was really glad that she and I got to spend some time together just us! Then that afternoon I went to an all Greek lunch that was really just Blake and 5 Alpha Sigs and then to the soccer game for a while with Samantha and Katelyn (random, right?). Hannah stole me away from that and we went and shared milkshakes at Spirit Wind Java.

 Friday night for dinner we ordered some pizzas with Kathleen, Crystal and Emily. It was quite the random little group and rather enjoyable. Then Hannah and I watched Charlie Bartlett before we went over to Becca and Crystal’s to get ready for Jacqueline’s birthday party. This is a party that I was NOT invited to and Juan and Jac were NOT excited that I was going to be coming. Becca stuck up for me though and was like “She only in town this weekend and all her friends are invited. What do you expect her to do, just sit at home?” Evan also had my back. Jac asked Even way back when if they could have it at his house. When the issue of me coming arose he told her that he’s friends with me and he wanted me there and since the party was at his place that she would just have to deal with it. Sweet huh? I thought so. It was so awkward though!!! I loved it. Half of the people there blatantly ignored me and looking at pictures from the party on facebook, you wouldn’t even know I was there. Well, you can see half of me in one of them. It was nuts! Hannah, Ginny and I left early and went back to Winwood to hang out with Emily, Sarah, Jessa, Wes Creech and Blake. 

 Saturday my plan was to get up and leave around 12, but Hannah, Becca, Sarah, Emily, Allison and I went to Spirit Wind Java for lunch and I didn’t end up leaving town until like 1:30. It was so worth it getting to spend time with all of them though. It was fantastic! Once I got home I spent the rest of the night packing and chatting with Mike and Sandy. Tess came over for a while too and it was so good to see her!!