American Honey

In May, I made a trip to Washington DC to visit my cousin and help her move from one condo to another. I drove to Houston airport to catch my flight on Thursday and let me just say that airport was a city in itself. I was extremely stressed by the time I parked my car and jumped on a shuttle to take me to the airport. Once I got checked in and made my way to security. While standing in the security, the man ahead of me kept trying to make small talk. I could tell he was dying to talk so I finally engaged in conversation. It was a typical airport conversation, where are you headed and why? He started telling me where he was going and why and his story was crazy. Apparently he owned his own company and something serious had happened at one of his jobs sites and the FBI, govenor, and other agencies were involved. I was so nervous by the time I boarded my plane thinking someone might have spotted us talking and think that I was a part of all that. UGH!! Finally boarded my plane and 3 hours later I landed in DC. I got caught up with Crystal and got my luggage. We went to dinner and then home for bed. I was exhausted.

Friday she had to work a while so we went to Starbucks and then she dropped me back off at her house and I rested all day long. It was wonderful. I napped and Facebooked!! She came home later that afternoon and we met her new landlord at her new place and they went over some stuff. We were going to start moving stuff in, but a bad storm came so we went grabbed some dinner and went to this awesome custard place for ice cream. It was amazing!!When we got home from dinner we moved some things over. Saturday we woke up and started moving stuff at 6 am. We pretty much moved everything besides the stuff she had set aside for paid movers to move that afternoon. We stopped and went and grabbed some lunch and came back to wait on the movers. They showed up and moved it all in an hour. So we took showers immediately since we were soaked with sweat and just filthy!! After that we cooked up some pizza and had some Champagne. I guess that is what you do on the first night in a new place. We worked on unpacking stuff, but we were pretty tired.

Sunday we woke up and went to church and headed to Georgetown to walk around. I was looking forward to shopping in H&M and some other stores. So we went and ate brunch at Dean and Deluca which is a really cool grocery type store and then we walked around and shopped. When we were getting ready to leave we headed to my last request Georgetown Cupcakes. I had read blogs about this place and I was super excited to go.

We chose to get six flavors and split them all. So basically I spent $20 on 6 cupcakes!! Ridiculous, but awesome!! We got chocolate w/white icing, strawberry, chocolate coconut, peanut butter chocolate, red velvey cake, and yellow w/chocolate icing. We enjoyed 2 there and then the next 2 that evening while watching Miss USA and hanging pictures. The next 2 were for breakfast on Monday before I left that afternoon. I flew out on Monday and drove back from Houston that evening. Once again the Houston airport was a disaster!! It took 4 shuttles before someone would finally let me on and take me to my car! I was even more frustrated. It was a great trip and it made me realize how much I miss Crystal. Sometimes I just wish we could live together the rest of our lives and travel around the world together! I never thought we would be this close, but we are and I am not complaining.

On another note, lately I have just been working and hanging out pool or lakeside. Memorial day I went over to my dad and step mom's house. We spent Saturday, Sunday, and part of Monday out at the lake. It was a blast. They cooked a big dinner on Sunday and it was a blast. I headed back on Monday. I have just been trying to keep my tan by hanging out in the sun. LOL This last weekend I went back to my dads to hang out at the lake again. It is always a good time over there. I am looking forward to going to Arkansas over the fourth for a good friends wedding and spending time with my momma. Then at the end of July going to Lake Saint John with my step moms family and I just found out I may be going to the beach in August with a friend so I am keeping my fingers crossed!! Well I better get off here I have some stuff to finish up before The Hills comes on!!

Until next time!

Time to give it a rest

I am trying harder to blog more since my life is so exciting here in Texas! HAHA! This week it has been in the 90's all week here. So hot it was sufficating!! They tell me I haven't seen anything yet. Oh my! I haven't been up to much. Last weekend I went home for my brother's 16th birthday and mother's day with my mom. I took picutres of the party, but my iPhone crashed on Sunday and I had to restore its settings so it erased all recent pictures. The reason I didn't use my camera is because I had misplaced my charger during the move and I had to call FujiFilm and order a new one! So I have nothing to show for my weekend in Arkansas. I couldn't believe my brother was actually turning 16!! I feel so old and I am not old! HA!

This week was month end so it was a busy week for me here. I left my dog in Arkansas because I am going to Washington DC on Thursday and mom is a free dogsitter unlike boarding. LOL! Needless to say it has been really lonely here this week without her around. Friday was my last day in the Nacogdoches office because next week I have to start working from Center. That drive is going to stink, but the experience will be good.

Today has been pretty low key, just cleaned the house and started getting things together for the trip next week. I received a package today in the mail from my mom. Inside was this beauty!!

I found this Hobo wallet in Arkansas when I was home and my mom bought it and sent it to me to replace this torn up thing. She bought the leopard one 3 years ago for Christmas and it is time to give it a rest!!

I have the best mom and family anyone could ever ask for. She is always there for me and always so thoughtful. I wish I was home this weekend to spend Mother's Day with her!! I thought I would leave you with a picture of the hog we killed while hog hunting. I know I mentioned that in the previous post! So enjoy!!

Until next time, Happy Mother's Day to all mothers!

A Big Move

Wow, it has been a really long time since I have blogged!! I can't believe it has been over year since the last time I updated! There have been many changes in my life over the past year. Where to begin? I graduated college in May 2009 and after a graduation party that was a huge success I was ready to take on the world. A special thanks to my parents for putting me through college and throwing the huge party after my long journey. Those college days are definitely missed right now let me tell you!!

I continued my career with Tyson after college. The holidays in 2009 were spent with many family and friends. All celebrations were great, but at the same time sad because I was in the middle of making a big move in my career and moving here

Yes I moved to Texas!!! It was a huge step for me because I had never been away from home. I was excited to get away because I had been through a lot emotionally over the past year or so while living in NWA. So I accepted the position with Tyson and traveled back and forth for a couple of weeks. Then in the middle of January my parents came down to help me move into my new home. Once I got settled in and started to meet people at work and outside of work I was fine. Luckily, I knew a few people down here when I made the move so that made it much easier. I have been lucky to be in a job that will allow me to come home when I need to come home. It is about a 7 hour drive so I usually have to take a Friday or Monday off so I can at least get some things done when I am home. I have had a few trainings at corporate which have allowed me to spend about 2 or 3 weeks at home since I have moved.

The people I work with are great and I feel right at home when I come to work each day. Some of them have exposed me to Texas life outside of work with such things as Texas country music, shopping, places to eat, riding rangers, and hog hunting! Yes hog hunting!!! Majority of the people I have met down here have good southern hospitality! They invite me to all occasions while they give a hard time about being from the "Bill Clinton State" or being a Razorback. All in all a really good time everywhere I have been.

I still have my doggie, Ki, and she has adapted good to the move. She still likes to go back to Arkansas and run with the big dogs. My family has coped with the move well. Each time I go back home though I can tell they miss me more and more! It has been a huge adjustment for everyone involved, but a good one though. Overall, I am happy with the decision I made to move with my job. I think that this would have been something I would have regretted not doing later on in my life. Plus, I have gotten to meet a lot of people while getting good work experience. I hope to be back in the Arkansas area in the near future, but who knows what my future holds.

One thing is for sure though, I will not be cheering for Texas and throwing the horns up sign!!!