Yesterday

Well 2 days in a row I'm writing late but whatever.
Saying "see ya soon" to family and friends sucks. Leaving is hard. But I know I'll come back and bring Cassandra with me next time.

I had a fabulous time in Austin. Saw a movie, bowled and even did karaoke. Played Rock Band with my nieces and saw my friends kids growing up.

Now I'm back to the city and ugh right back to work like directly after I land. That's rough but all is well.

I'm happy I visited an am happy to return back to SF.


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I'm not perfect

Well I'm far from perfect in Many ways. I don't know anyone who is perfect and it would be creepy if they were.

So I "technically" missed my cut off for my today (Monday's) blog posting. But to me what really matters is that I keep moving forward. Yes I am doing my posting for Monday now before going to sleep after a wonderful day of spending time with my mom and my mom's friend who I have known forever and my nieces, grandparents, dad, brother and sister in law. I also got to enjoy some time with friends.

So to me it's all ok that I am getting to my posting late. Isn't good time with friends and family what life is all about!?!

Sadly my visit in Austin is coming to an end for this round. I have one more day and am catching up with some friends. It was really hard go say goodbye for now to my family. I hope they come visit me. Even if SF is cold sometimes it's still a beautiful vibrant city.

Thank u to my friends and family for making my Austin adventure always fun and exciting like karaoke and bowling last night.

Til next time!

Oh yeah! I have one more day. I will make the most of it.


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How Austin has changed....and hasn't

It's still set in Central Texas. ok, I know...duh
It's still hot as hell in the summers and can get really cold sometimes in the winter, like now.
But the city itself is totally growing and expanding. In a really cool way.
There are all kinds of areas popping up all over the city that my friends are taking me to of new bars, restaurants and even a hip bowling alley that I am going to tonight.
The bowling alley even has a karaoke area that has individual rooms you can go into with your friends and have your own personal party.

The mexican food here is still amazing, so luckily that has NOT changed.

The best thing about Austin that hasn't changed is the people and how personable and friendly they are. For instance, when someone bumps into you, which doesn't happen often, they acknowledge you and apologize. Or if you are walking into a place and someone is walking out, they probably will say "hi" and open the door for you.
And my favorite is when ordering a coffee or anything really, the person helping you actually says "hello" and proceeds with a conversation about "what would you like" and then after the transaction ends it with a "thank you."

This might seem like a small thing and ridiculous to get excited about but really it's not. It's something I used to take for granted and then when I moved to San Francisco didn't understand why people were so closed off.

I am going back with a good attitude, though. I intend to bring the southern hospitality back with me and give that as a gift to west coasters and maybe it will come back around to me. Maybe not...but that's not the point.

Good food Good friends

One great thing when I come to Austin I am always guaranteed to eat good food with good friends. It's truly a treat. Even if all I end up eating is Mexican food, which I love.

So far I've had huevos rancheros, new Mexican style eggs and beans, breakfast tacos, taco tacos and will have fish tacos at one of my favorite places Guero's tonight.

Good fun. It's really good to see everyone and to come to the place that was once my home and in my heart will always be home even if SF is also home.
I suppose it makes me lucky to have multiple homes.

And I always look forward to going back to San Francisco no matter where I am in the world.




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What do you do....

I woke up this morning and just layed there. Ok, so it was 11am and the dog next door was barking incessantly but I still woke up and layed there. And can't get it off of my mind...what do you do?
Or what do I do? I spent time last night for the first time in 2 years with my family. And I actually had fun. It was so wonderful to be around my awesome nieces who are growing up and are so fun to hang around with...and then there's this sinking pit in my stomach that has no idea how I am ever going to truly be myself with them. I mean I was completely myself and yet the one thing missing is my partner.

I want her there with me to enjoy those moments. To spend with me. To bring my family around too. And this is truly going to be the hardest challenge in my entire life.
But I'm not giving up.
I am so lucky to have a patient and kind girlfriend (hi babe)...thanks for sticking it out.

One of my goals this year is to face my fears. And I'm not sure what my fear is anymore within my family except that I know their answer is and almost surely always will be "No." How the hell do you get past a solid no?

7 mins left

7 mins left to write my blog for the day. And ugh

What a horrible national championship game. But in all fairness it just wasn't fair. Sucked our starting quarterback got injured in the first 5 minutes of the day. Not his fault. Ugh

But i had a great time hangin out with my family and jokin around with my nieces. They're fun. Totally growing up
I look forward to spending more time with them




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Testing testing 123

I'm testing out theblogpresslite app I jus downloaded for my iPhone so I can blog while travelling. Crossing my fingers and hope this works



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