NoVa Invasion

Headed to Northern Virginia (where the sister resides) with the mom for a mother/daughter girl's weekend.

There will be some of this:

Some of this:

A whole lot of this:

And absolutely NONE of this:

I'm pumped.

Boot Stories

It's funny how many conversations a gimp boot can start.

They always start the same...

Random Person: "Ooooo [looking down at boot], What'd you do?"
Me: "Stress fracture in my shin."
Random Person: "[Now wincing like it's causing them pain] Oh man, How'd you do that?"
Me: "From running; it's not as bad as it looks."

From here the conversation will take one of two turns, it'll either 1. end in an awkward series of face squints and mumbles from the other person as I nod and smile then we both awkwardly walk away, or 2. the other person will continue on to tell me their story about when they had a boot and what happened.

Usually it ends with the first, but more often than you'd think, I find myself stopped for a good five minutes or so listening to a random stranger's boot story. When I decided to start counting the number of stories I heard, I counted 6 in the span of 2.5 days while I was in Austin. SIX! Who knew there were so many injured people out there?

In the beginning I found myself just listening to people's stories as not to be rude and cut them off, but now I find myself looking forward to running into random strangers and their random stories. They're always different and they usually, more often than not, are much worse injuries than mine and act as a reminder that I need to stay on the positive side; thankful for only a stress fracture.

On a funnier note, I finally thought I figured out why my boot is called a "Canwalker Boot" (I had always heard it, never seen it spelled out, so give me a break)...because you 'Can Walk' in it. Hah. Hahaha. Get it? But then I googled it and it's actually 'Cam Walker' with an M, so my genius-ness was shot down.

Introducing: JOE!

Readers, meet Joe. One of my three great roommates.

My house is three floors: living area on the first floor, two bedrooms and a bath on the second floor and two bedrooms and a bath on the third floor. Joe and I are on the second floor, and thus share a bathroom.

If you don't already know, secret's out, I live with boys. Three of them actually. It's pretty great. Interesting, and kind of dirty at times, but nonetheless great. I've been taught a lot with having boy roommates and actually really enjoy them. 

But, back to Joe. He's awesome. A strong Catholic and a northerner to the bone. When he's not working at the Manayunk Brewery (the main brewery/restaurant in our area), you can find him sleeping with the lights on, using my computer, or hanging with friends. He loves people and tries to act like a tough guy, but little does he know, he's not. 

Besides being someone to hang out with and vent to, we learn a lot from each other and I'm just really thankful that he's my roommate.

LHMess

I can't believe I forgot another major highlight of my trip to Austin. But really it works out because this deserves its own post anyways :)

Saturday night, after Kelli's wedding shower and after buying 6 pounds of Rudy's brisket to bring back for my texas-bbq-starved family (yes, i am still a vegetarian; ironic?), was the Longhorn Singers Spring Show. 

I wasn't able to go last year and just about jumped out of my pants when I realized the show was coincidentally the same weekend I'd be there. Thanks, God, for planning that one, I needed it.

Seeing everyone from when I was in LHS brought back such good memories and watching the show made me miss being on stage :( But the show was awesome. It never ceases to impress me. Unfortunately my 7am flight and unpacked luggage was calling my name at the end of the night so I couldn't hang out after the show, but I'm so thankful for the time I did get to see everyone. 

Singers I was able to see and why I love them...

Kristi and Kayla (pictured)--K.K.K, boobie buddies-although, still not sure how I made it into that club :\ but glad I did!

Mel--girl has got the most contagious personality, I just wanna be around her and feel so good when I am.

Johnny--ridiculous rants that crack me up; thank goodness for his blog.

Kyle--two words: big kid. :)

Buddy--i don't think i've ever seen him in a bad mood. he's just great.

Mr.--gives the best hugs

Laura Y--always smiling. she makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

Scott S.--i just love him.

Scott T.--boy can dance.

Cesar--um he works for apple and he's starting a really awesome company, talk about the cool kid everyone wants to be like.

Thomas and Carl--adopted LHSers.

If you're reading this and I missed you, I'm sorry, I love you x10. 

I can't imagine college without LHS. The friends, the memories, the family that it forms.