no more austin – part one

i have so much to talk about that i imagine i won’t be able to get through it all in one sitting. at the moment i’m waiting to leave for my sister’s high school graduation so i think i will only have time for a few random items.

this last week was beyond crazy. let’s start with graduation …

graduation was amazing. the ceremony on friday was incredibly boring and exhausting but the main commencement ceremony on saturday made it all worthwhile. it was nice to just relax and take it all in while realizing that i was finally done with college and no longer had to worry about homework or papers or final exams. what a relief.

it was my last week in austin so i spent a great deal of the week saying good-byes and what not. originally i was supposed to spend the week packing and cleaning the apartment ready so i’d be ready to go by saturday at the latest. well that just didn’t work out like i had planned. so wednesday evening i went out and had my [or what i thought] my last meal at trudy’s. i had two mexican martinis and by the time i got home i wasn’t motivated to do that much. i just ended up falling asleep. on thursday i had a horrible attack of allergies, or at least what i thought was allergies at that time. i ended up having to take a bunch of medicine and didn’t get much done but sleep.

friday was the big 22. i have to say that it was hands down one of my best birthday’s ever. i seriously had such a great day. it was also my last day of work in the austin office so it was a good combo. my team at work made me my favorite kind of cupcakes (strawberry with cream cheese icing). they were freaking amazing. those were seriously enough to make the day great. since it was the last day before the holiday weekend we got to leave work early which also was quite nice.

i had dinner with a bunch of friends [tom, michelle, joe, javi, dustin, doug, eric]. had such a great evening. after dinner we went out for “a bit”. we were out until nearly 2 in the morning. i had A LOT to drink but was surprisingly sober. the whole evening definitley made it a great birthday.

to be continued … [have to go to sister's graduation]