1. I haven't exercised in, like, a week. But packing counts... right?

2. I've eaten my weight in cheese this week, and it's only Wednesday. I'm not exactly sticking to the very sensible "eat everything we already have" plan. Tacos from down the street are just SO MUCH easier (not to mention far more delicious).

3. I may have experienced mild panic attack Monday night. Nbd.

4. We're moving! Yay!

5. We're moving! FUCK ME RUNNING.

6. Moving's expensive.

7. I keep finding those really disgusting bird-like mosquito bug things in the house. They fly around like crazed maniacs and smack me in the face. Fucking terrifying.

8. I love my in-laws. They're helping us this weekend. They also helped us move in here so we could live in sin before the wedding. At the time, my mother in law didn't realize that was what was happening. I love her.

9. We have too much stuff. Want some of it?

10. I saw this post on Shiny Squirrel - are little boy suits a thing now? God I hope not. Also, it kinda looks like the last guy is sporting a semi... which is gross.

11. I went to the dentist on Monday. My teeth are delightfully clean.

12. (I'm not blogging to avoid packing. No really.)

13. (OK, maybe I am.)

I thought I'd take a break from packing up the house to share a few images from our adventures in San Antonio last weekend. It was a nice little vacation for three days, and we were able to visit my parents, which is a rarity (although we live only 3 hours away).

N had never seen the Missions, so we went to see San Jose and Concepcion. Truth be told, I hadn't been since I was in elementary school, so it was nice to re-learn a bit of our history.

The rest of the weekend was spent just hanging around the house and eating. A lot. Delicious empanadas at Beto's, a FANTASTIC portobello burger at Big'Z, beers + live music at Tycoon Flats. Oh, and pedicures with my Alzheimer's-riddled grandmother, which was so much fun.

Lola had a great time running around my parents' ginormous back yard. She's a bit of a mountain goat.

I hope all of your weekends are going well. 

N and I spent a bit of time packing yesterday and then we went to a going-away barbecue (where we drank WAY TOO MUCH). This morning N left to help his family in the Houston area, so I'm all aloney on my owny to pack up a bunch of stuff (and eat lots of breakfast tacos to cure the hangover...oy). On the list: everything. Even plates  and whatnot (hurrah paper plates! not). This moving stuff is crazy - we've been here for over 2 years and good lord we have so much crap. But we're making progress, which is what counts. 

This coming week is my last at work - so.weird. I've been working since I was 13. Quitting my job for the unknown is beyond insane. I'm crazy nervous and more than a little apprehensive, and my OCD is in overdrive trying to make sure that everyone knows EVERYTHING that I do and has every little scrap of paper that could potentially be important, which is, you know, like everything.

So yeah. Posting will probably be even lighter than usual the next week, but will pick up when we get where we're going.

Have a great week!

So we've started packing!(and yes, that totally deserves an exclamation point)
I've been to Goodwill twice and a third gigantic stack is perched precariously by the front door. 
The car trunk is full of old clothes to sell. 
The front and back yards have been scourged of empty and forlorn flower pots and other derelict crap. 
All seven Harry Potter books have been listened to.
Our living room has gone from this: 

to this: 

And the best news? Our land lord already has a prospective tenant.
I may be overly excited. Maybe. 

I owe you all an apology. I've been a mopey git.
For a while now I've been complaining about the hitch in my giddy-up. It's time for me to stop. Shit happens. What matters is how you cope with it.
So.N and I have decided to do something Big and Scary.No, not the other Big and Scary - that didn't work out. For all our efforts, Austin is just not going to happen right now. I'm taking it as a sign from the universe to try again another time.
But some incredibly lovely and beyond amazing bestest people in the world have offered us a haven for a time, until we get back into the swing of things. 
And best of all? It's not in our small town. It's in a rather large town, a METROPLEX even. 
And we'll have the flexibility and the option to pursue our dreams and our desires among friends. 

All we have to do is jump....and not fall flat on our faces.no big deal.


image by Olly Moss, via woolgathering & miscellany's tumblr

I'm a little bit late in posting this, so I'm sorry! Things have been nutty (per usual). Here's what we did last weekend: 
Apartment Hunting

Tacos, tacos, tacos (and Huevos Divorciados. YUM.)

Doggies.

Halloween Par-taaaay. 

This weekend we went to Austin.The trip was pretty spur-of-the-moment (N was suddenly able to get crazy cheap tickets to see The Naked & Famous and we figured why the hell not?). 
Surprisingly enough, it ended up being crazy productive and amazing. 
We went to the show on Friday night. Honestly, we knew like one song, but for 10 bucks a piece, it was a pretty ballin evening.

Saturday we got a late start. Coffee and whatnot in the morning, tacos and driving around in the afternoon. We spent most of the day combing Austin neighborhoods for "For Rent" signs in the hopes that something completely epic and cheap would fall into our laps. No such luck. At least there was El Chilito and more coffee to make us un-grumpy.

Sunday was more driving. And more tacos. This time: Torchy's. Verdict: meh. I went for the potato taco and a migas taco, both of which were just fine. Their queso, however, was AMAZEBALLS.

Also eaten: P.Terry's Burgers, home of the most amazing veggie burger known to man (until I find the next one). SO GOOD. Didn't get a picture, as I scarfed it pretty damn quick.

Random scenes:

When we got home Sunday night, we were crazy exhausted. Luckily, we left Austin armed with tons of info about apartments and a list of places to visit this coming weekend when we head back for a bitchin Halloween party.
How was your weekend? 

All photos by me.

N and I have made a very difficult decision.

After months of unhappiness, anxiety, and searching for employment in places far, far away, we have come to a conclusion and have decided to move to Austin.

To be quite honest, I am beyond thrilled. It’s not ideal – my first choice would be anywhere out of the country, or even somewhere far from here with a completely different climate… you know, somewhere with *winter*. However, as far as cultures go, Austin fits the bill.

You see, I’ve been unhappy for a long time. We currently live where we went to college, and since I’m being all honest and shit, it was an impulsive decision (for me) to even go to school at this university. I didn’t even consider going out of state, which, given my personality and constant affliction with wanderlust, is surprising. I’ve been here 9 years; N has been here for almost 10. I’m done.

N and I currently live in a stiflingly conservative area, where city growth goes unchecked, residents water their lawns at 5 pm in 110* heat, and the Ford F350 is ubiquitous. Waste is a way of life, and rhetoric is heated and driven by “faith”. I’m a firm believer that a place has a profound effect on one’s sense of self, and this place does not encourage me to be my best.

Austin suits us.  I grew up not far from there and have always felt an affinity for the mix of conservative and liberal, old and new, cattle ranching and veganism, and accessibility to the creativity of the collective. It seems a place of forces in balance.

So we’re moving on. We’ve spoken with friends and family, we’ve begun searching for ways to pay the bills. So please keep us in your thoughts as we make this journey into the unknown. It’s going to be terrifying, but hopefully it’ll give us the boost we’ve so badly needed.

xo.