I can't believe August is almost over. It's certainly been a month of ups and downs for me. Or maybe it's been downs and ups?
August started kind of down, then it was kind of up, then it was really really down for a minute. Then up again! I got to go to Austin and spend time with my Tejas besties. I love those girls...like, seriously. I know that no matter what they're going to be there for me if I need anything. And I feel the same about them. Whatever I can do for them I will.
I had such an awesome time with Mena Thursday night, we went to see Blue October at HOB in Dallas. We discovered this amazing up and coming band called "IAmDynamite". The band consists of 2 guys, Chris&Chris. They were "SuperMegaFantastic". They were so great I had to buy their shirt! :) Mena had to work on Friday so I got chill with her worse/better half. Billy and I had good times telling crazy life stories and trying to top the other's story..lol. We got to have lunch at Sonic with Mena. This made me very happy because I'm a huge fan of Sonic. If you don't have Sonic Drive-In where you are, I'm very sorry for you. Friday after Mena got off work we headed to Austin, we didn't get there until late. We met Rachel, Erin, and Erin's almost-boyfriend at our hotel. Rachel, Mena, and I ended up staying in, while Erin and the almost-bf went out. The 3 of us..thanks to Rachel's extreme generosity, checked out Rachel's coupon book. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever saw..lol. I developed a great love for coupons thanks to this lady.
On Saturday we slept in...kinda..in all actuality Mena, Rachel, and I got up early and ate the most amazing hotel continental breakfast ever..lol. We're talking sausage links, ham, eggs, biscuits, gravy, toast, muffins, danish, waffles, english muffins, bagels...plus fruit, cereal, and all that jazz. It was crazy! Mena got about 18 single servings of peanut butter :) Then we went back to the room. I ended up starting a phone call that didn't end until about 3 hours later. I talked on the phone and everyone else slept..lol. Then we showered, got ready, and headed out to Torchy's Tacos. I got a fried avocado taco, it was delish. I also got an order of chips and green chile queso....I'm telling you what, I would drink their queso if it were socially acceptable! I love that ish. After Torchy's and some extreme coupon shopping we went back to the hotel where we rested, got ready, I took huge shots of Wild Turkey, then we went downtown.
Saturday night was crazy, we started out at El Sol y La Luna, where the sidewalk talker...I believe his name was Dustin told us that we should come in and have the special, which happened to be a pitcher of Long Islands for $10, he also told us if we ordered said pitcher to tell the bartender that Dustin sent us in. We decided this was the best idea...please keep in mind that I was already quite inebriated from the earlier mentioned shots of Wild Turkey. We sat at the bar and gave the the spiel about how Dustin sent us in for the "special". So the bartender hooked us up right with an amazing pitcher...I didn't know how it would work out that we end up with a "special" pitcher, but I quickly realized every time we weren't paying attention one of the bartenders would toss a few more shots in our pitcher..til it was almost pure alcohol. C-R-A-Z-Y! I was drunk by this time. I took pics with people I did not know, I shared a smoke with "Dustin"...it was a lot of fun :) We ended up at Touche next..I don't remember very much about this part of our adventure. Even though Touche is my fave bar, all I can remember is shots that tasted like Gatorade and removing my falsies (eyelashes) in the bathroom. Clearly, I had already consumed my limit of alcohol, BUT! We went to still another bar after that called "Jackalope". I had never been in Jackalope before, but I'll probably go back. I remember this man sat beside me..he tried to convince me that he was not gay, but I'm pretty sure he was. I really don't remember that guy's name, but I remember he was talking about being from Tulsa...lol. I remember the bartender "Kitty Korvette". I remember Mena wearing "Roger's" glasses. That is all. I don't remember anything after that until we were on our way back to the car and Rachel was sitting on the sidewalk crying. :( I remember being really sad and thinking if she didn't stop crying I was going to cry. I also remember so many people stopping that knew Rachel's name! They were asking if she was okay..lol. I loved it. I loved that so many people were concerned about her well-being, because she's one of the most amazing people in my life, I feel like everyone in the world should be considerate and concerned of and about Rachel's well-being. After that Erin and the almost-boyfriend met us, we went to the van, and then on to IHop. Rachel continued to cry, I almost cried, then we ate. The pancakes and coffee were fantastic, I'm convinced I was overcharged...I paid $20 for an omelette, tea, coffee, and a short-stack...really? LOL...I didn't care though, I was drunk, the food was good. We went back the hotel afterwards and I crashed out. I was sad to come home on Sunday. I made it home late and talked on the phone late. Woke up Monday morning and drug myself into work.
I forgot to mention! I almost got stuck in Texas! If it weren't for mom and Mike I wouldn't have made it home. I expected a child support payment on Saturday....I got one, but it was about an 1/8th of my usual payment. Adam however still cannot explain this. So I'm really not sure what happened. Nor am I going to get myself all worked up about it. Money is money, you don't need cash to come into this world and you don't need cash to leave it.
My baby's birthdays are next month. Riley will be 8! on 9/25. Jackson will be 4 on 9/11. Lulu will be 2 on 9/17....this is crazy in my mind. I can't believe my kiddos are growing up so fast. It makes me feel all maternal and kind of sad that I'm not going to have anymore babies. BUT...on the other hand, I'm so glad I don't have a tiny screaming drill sargent waking me up every hour all night long, and I'm done with diapers. Can't complain, right? lol.
This is the longest post ever. I'm going to try and keep up better in the future. I don't like having to type this much all at once. I have big weekend plans..no kids, I'm going to hang out with friends on both Friday and Saturday nights, I'm pretty excited about this. :) I love no kid weekends just as much and for different reason than I love kid weekends. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Tuesday evening!
