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So Sleepy

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What? Where’s my bed??? That’s right folks, thanks to some best friends help and some elbow grease, and a little magic, every last giant piece of furniture is in storage. Yippee! What a day. For those guys, I guess.

We had Maudie’s for probably the last time, fought with the neighbors for hopefully the last time, and took a nice little nap on our nice little air mattress. This is the high life, let me tell you. I don’t even have a television any more *gasp*!

As a matter of fact, you might like to know that I’m blogging on the floor with the laptop propped up on the sub for my speakers. Too cool. We’re on our way out to see a few more friends, say a few more goodbyes, and attend a very special event that I will wait until tomorrow to elaborate on.

After that, it will be a whirlwind week and a road trip I know I won’t be able to wait to tell you about. I’m not too good in the car that long, I hope I can take it! I hear it’s a pretty monotonous drive.


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Harsh Reality

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Two suitcases: Full. Closet: Still not empty. I wouldn’t call myself spoiled, more like, never throws anything away. But I have a temporary closet and three big bags in storage, and still can’t manage to pack small enough for this trip. I know I am headed to a place with an exceptionally small closet and chest of drawers. That I have to share. I can’t decide what to take and what not to. The big issues are the cooler weather, meaning more heavy clothes, and the working out and hiking plans, which make all that kind of stuff necessary. I keep thinking about all these events that are going to come up and I’ll be forced to remember an outfit that I don’t have with me that would have been perfect. In reality, there will probably be no events.

I did however, make a cunning and stunning purchase a while back that I kept meaning to tell you about. Snippy had a good time hearing this one: I bought rubber shoes. They are for gardening? Rain? Nothing? I can’t determine if they will work at all, but it rains in Seattle, so surely I need rain shoes. Here’s the idea:

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Although mine are not yellow, they are already packed so you’ll have to imagine these with leopard and black bows. I know what you’re thinking: “But, somegosoftly, you hate leopard.” To which I reply, “I also hate rain but enjoy cheap shoes on sale.” Or maybe you are thinking, “Those don’t look like they will keep your feet dry, as you wear them to look fashionable, but they are not galoshes you can stick your pants in to and they make no sense.” I have to go with “You are probably right but I will be sure and let you know.”

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Three Great Days

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Sunday, I made us some muffins and MK and I read the paper. I suck to read the paper with, he’d be trying to read and I’d be trying to talk to him about what I read that he’d already read – he probably won’t let me sit next to him with the paper again anytime soon.

It was so beautiful out, we went to Town Lake and walked. So slow. MK hasn’t been out in a while, it felt like we were crawling, but I quit complaining and enjoyed walking and talking with my husband. We walked up Lake Austin Blvd. and had some Thundercloud subs, mmmmm. We picked up some steaks and went back home and sat out for a bit, packed a bit, and totally fell asleep, best nap ever.


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When we woke up we got a full car load of stuff packed away. It is so funny, getting to stuff I want to take that we fight over why we do/don’t need and where to put it. I think I’ve been very accommodating. We hardly have anything but large furniture left. It’s so strange. I have to keep reminding MK we’ve got two more weeks here, we’re kind of ahead of schedule. I cooked us a huge dinner and we watched some tv, listened to Musical Starstreams. My weekend was so full of life and love and fun and friends, I couldn’t have been happier, I’m so blessed!

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Friday Night Got Me Thinking

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When MK and I first met, I didn’t want him to see us grow old – know me less than the cool hot chick I was (right). I sat in horror imagining him seeing my wrinkly skin, my health issues. More than that, I didn’t want him to know that I was human, that I could ever have flaws. In mature, reasonable, 19 year old fashion, I decided I would give him a few good years and disappear. I joked about it plenty, but there was some serious thought into the facts at hand, concern when we continued to date, and learn about each other, bad and all.

Then he proposed.

Now we’re married. There’s no running away, I’m (a little) more mature, but I’m still silly about things. I catch myself saying and doing things and worrying if he’s going to change his mind. I talk. A lot. And as a result, you can sometimes talk before you think, and I am the Queen of blurting out the wrong things. I always have good intentions. But it’ll come out wrong, or be a little too impassioned in the heat of the moment.

MK has been the best, most patient and accepting person ever. He’s never been mad. He’s watched me grow, helped me develop responsibly. And taught me to accept myself how I am, and then everyone else will. Stupid mouth and all.

Friday night was so cool. BB cooked us giant super extra delicious turkey legs. Best ever. Then TB and SB came home and we all hung out. And I said a bunch of stupid things. I am excellent at putting my foot in my mouth, and embarrassing myself. *shrugs*

All I know is I’m going to miss these friends the most, that have known MK and I for so long, and accept me no matter what stupid things I blurt out, no matter how some things never change. MK brought me in to his world, and these people have been better to me than anyone ever. We talked late into the night and otherwise had great conversation. We got into the car and MK looks and me and very simply let me know:

“Sometimes you just kill me.”

We erupted into a fit of laughter and acceptance of the fact that no matter how hard I try, I’m still me, and some things might not change.

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Accomplishment

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The best part about getting skinny, besides the pants, is the real sense of accomplishment. I was the kid that never, ever completed the President’s Physical Fitness program. It’s bad, I know. Not in 3rd grade, or 5th grade, or ever. Because I couldn’t run a mile. I never could. Last year I did, for the first time. Three weeks later, I was up to two. A month or so after that, three. Without dying.

This week, I’ve done 5 miles 5 days now. In less than an hour. It is amazing that I have changed my body, my mind, my breath, and enabled myself to achieve new successes.

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It might not be a lot to many people, who have been able to accomplish this feat easier, or earlier than me. But the way I see it, you have to take your successes and make your happiness not compare to anyone else’s.

I’ll tell you what has made all the difference, is certainly my soundtrack. I listen to a little too much ‘whiny man music’. By getting rid of some of that and picking up the pace with some loud and fast rap and techno, I challenge myself to push a little harder, run a little stronger.

And it’s paying off!

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Another Good Cause

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There are some things I notice about growing up. I had never run around being involved in charity  very often, I can’t lie to you. Must have been since I watched The Inconvenient Truth and then the Tom Brokaw special on global warming (his is actually better, more informative) and then last night I saw that Planet Earth special on Discovery – all THREE HOURS of it – that I’m getting a little concerned about my role in this life.

Here’s a great site that I found. If you use this as your search engine this week, Microsoft will be donating money to the UN Refugee Fund.

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There are also t shirts and a donation site here.

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Global Warming

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Al Gore posted this message on his website:

 

I know from personal experience that the only thing that will make Washington really take notice and do something to solve the climate crisis is the prospect of millions of committed citizens taking action. It’s time to join together and make that happen.

Sign the postcard to your representative demanding real action on global warming below and I’ll personally deliver it to Washington in March. I’ll keep you up to date on how things are going by email.

 

Here’s the link where you can fill out the petition, it’s real and worth your time!

 

Message To Congress


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Come on, help the polar bears.

 

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Official Announcement

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Now we’ll be chronicling a journey. MK and I have decided that when our lease is up on April 30th, we will definitely be moving to Seattle, for at least 6 months. We’ve talked about it for months – but that’s how we do anything – but finally we went ahead and got the storage unit and started packing, so even though we don’t know where we’re going to be living yet, it won’t be in Austin!

SXSW last week was a great memory to have of the city on my way out for a little while. Our ability to live anywhere made the decision tricky, but we were engaged in Seattle and really enjoyed the time we spent there.


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I’m hoping that all our friends and family will be able to visit us there, and also that I get to live it up while I’m still in Austin, making even more great memories to take with me. Mom, if you’re in shock: thanks for actually reading this again, I know you’ve been tuning me out since the first time I mentioned (free!) alcohol. And no, I’m not doing this to be as far from you as possible, even though I think it is.

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Wii-eally Funny

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Check out

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that I found on one of my favorite blogs, Pop Candy. It’s a bunch of ‘elderly’ people at a retirement home that are addicted to the Wii bowling. It’s adorable. They get pretty into it. I’m gonna be like that when I grow up and end up in a home…

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Size! 3! Pants!

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How you KNOW your workouts are paying off, of course, is going down sizes in clothes. As of yesterday, I am the very very very very proud owner, of, you guessed it, SIZE 3 PANTS!!!

And not even from a fat people’s clothing store – everyone’s an extra small at Old Navy – or anything like that. These are bona fide skinny people pants.

I’m ecstatic. Next ten times you see me, don’t be surprised if I’m in the same pants. I mean, I could go buy more and more of them, but that’d just be bragging. 😉 Just to be sure, for those doubters out there, I tried on many pairs of size three pants, to assure everyone that it was no fluke. I just bought the cutest pair. I may save all my money, and only buy size three pants for ever and ever. Hmmm. It’s going to be tough staying away from the beer during March Madness (see previous post) but nothing motivates me like skinny pants!!!!

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