happy hour never tasted so sweet

reading the newspaper this morning gave me lots of info.

1. people are sick.
2. miracles can happen.
and, the one that could affect you most…
3. today’s your lucky day.

amy’s ice cream is celebrating 25 years and today, they’re having a free ice cream happy hour from 2-6!  yum, yum!

speaking of yumminess, yesterday as i was putzing around in my backyard, picking at this and that, i came across some veggies in my abandoned garden.  you see, the season has passed and most of my plants died anyway so i kinda left things to fend for themselves.  apparently, some of the little guys weren’t ready to say goodbye just yet and i have some nice looking vegetables for tonight’s dinner!

and finally, as some of you may have deduced from yesterday’s post, i went to a concert in san antonio last night.  monday, i got a text from nathan asking if we wanted to surprise kourt and join them for a

friday fiver

today has been a wonderful day!

last night, my man surprised me when i spied with my little eyes a sephora bag waiting for me after my class just because he likes me.  his awesomeness continued when he suggested we try and catch the sunrise the next morning.  mt. bonnell, coffee, and chris are a great way to start the day, even if it’s too cloudy to see the sun.

afterward, i got to add another austin breakfast place to my list when we hit up the omelettry for some eats and meandered around a neighborhood looking at houses and for a parkish thingy that was on the map despite eluding us in real life.

the happy streak continued with a grilled muenster and roast beef, productive time at home, and a long awaited reunion with my HH girls.  though i’ve seen K and J individually, it’s been a while since i’ve been able to chill with both at the same time.  the three of us together is one of my favorite trios and i don’t want to go that long without again!

now, at last, i cut and past this week’s friday five.  thanks, cory!

yay!!

be excited with me!
i’ve got some happy news.

no–it’s not a job.  let’s just get that outta the way. =)

i find it somewhat ironic that i’m going for my master’s of education (a system known for teaching and testing) and it wasn’t until the third course that i came across my first test.  perhaps it’s cause we spend so much time talking about how traditional tests aren’t really that great of an assessment…but nonetheless last week, i spent 3 hours completing my first grad school test and today, i got it back.

for shocks and giggles

i’ve hit the three month mark of unemployment.
after dinner at K&N’s last night, i wigged out during a game and my body shut down all normal lissieness, allowing only glares for the boy and niceties for the other two.

haha. that’s terrible and my laughing is more from embarrassment than actual humor.

when i was unable to sleep it off, tears fell this morning and i had no idea why.  thankfully, two people experienced in the world of unemployment noted that the 3 month mark is a milestone in this saga and that this too shall pass.

knowing that i’m normal and the reminders that it’ll be ok helped me get up and going but i’m still a little blah.

and…a bittersweet touch to the day…i finally got things with my food stamp card squared away and i’m ready to go to the heb! =P

in times like these, a girl is forced to find things to do to occupy non-job searching time.

things like…
~sort through her dishes
~accept invites to dinner parties (and maybe host now that i’m equipped with my ebt card? haha)
~scramble
~nap
~blog
~clean baseboards
~be more attentive to the needs of her yard
~get acquainted with the girls in nyc (as noted in ff2.0)

AND…
~taser her boyfriend!!

new pet

hi friends.  happy wednesday.

i have a story for you but first i’ll give you some background.

one of the many things that i like about me and chris is that we’re both usually ready for fun. and most of the time, we’re perfectly happy to create it for ourselves.

sometimes, it’s little things like seeing who can find a penny first.

once it was me unexpectedly accepting his challenge to race around the courtyard of the museum in dallas.

which, by the way, was too. much. fun.
even a stranger who spectated couldn’t help but tell us when he came across us inside.

i also liked playing in the hanging spaghetti art thingy at the blanton. 

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probably pretty dirty but undoubtedly entertaining.

however, sometimes we don’t have to create fun because the fun comes to us.
and so we begin the story of last saturday night.

lesson of the day

i have been a busy bee today.

i spent the morning working on the job hunt, made lunch for my man, and have been working on switching my spare ooms around in preparation for the new temporary roommate.

i just finished for the day and was about to hop in the shower when i passed rose’s lair and thought to feed her another cricket.

feeling proud of myself for even remembering this, i got the crickets down from their home on top of the fridge.  i opened the cage, removed some dead ones, dropping them on the counter, and grabbed the live dinner.  after i put the poor sucker in her cage, i added some more cricket food for the last man standing and put the cage back in its place.

it was time to toss the dead guys which brings me here.