i want a kitten. uh oh.
the weekend was good, though i’m paying for it at the moment with drooping eyes staring blankly at my code. i just can’t stay up late like i used to. ah well. in the grand scheme of things, i suppose that’s not really much of a problem. 😉
friday night after work a dozen of us went out for mexican food and margaritas at chuy’s. it was a good mixed group of georgia tech people and nasa people, and i enjoyed it. afterward the tech crowd came back to my apartment for scattergories and chatting. after they left, i stayed up too late talking to carter on my wonderful balcony. it was the first time i’ve really sat out there, and it made me excited for the cooler fall days ahead, when i can come home from work, pour myself a glass of wine, and sit on my balcony listening to relaxing music and watching the birds land near the water. of course on friday though, the company was nice. i’ve grown accustomed to seeing some of my friends only every few months, and i like the feeling of reconnecting. i like hanging out in groups, but often i don’t get as much one-on-one time as i like.
carter and i got up early on saturday and drove to austin to see leila and brian and john mayer. we had lunch at this awesome bbq place called the salt lick. leila and brian and i had gone there the last time i visited austin, and i suggested we take carter. he liked it. we spent the afternoon talking and napping in their new house, which is great. my favorite part is their enormous, open living room/dining room/kitchen area. i am a big fan of open space in houses and apartment.
we went to see john mayer play on saturday night at this place called the backyard. it was a neat venue, and i really enjoyed the concert. not only was john mayer himself great, but i liked both the opening acts (guster and the john butler trio).
yesterday we drove back to houston; unfortunately i got a speeding ticket. i was fairly annoyed with myself for it, but the good news is that i can take defensive driving and have it dismissed. despite the ticket delay (which really wasn’t more than 5 minutes), we made it to enron field, i mean minute maid park, and met up with jason, chris and edgar to watch the astros play the reds. it was a pitchers duel–the game barely lasted 2 hours and the final result was a 1-0 victory for the astros. the only run was a lance berkman home run in the 1st inning.
after the game we had ice cream at amy’s, met christina and liz for fajitas at lupe tortillas on liz’s side of town, then went swing dancing. i had really wanted to go because it was nick’s last night before he heads to france. unfortunately, nick left 10 minutes after i got there to take tiffany home because she didn’t feel good. i couldn’t help but feel annoyed. {sigh} but i did get to dance with him once, and i also danced with jason, chris, james, and a random guy named ben who liked to periodically say “wooo!” while spinning me crazily.
so that was my weekend. full of fun things.
the technique’s freshman issue is online this week. it’s fun to skim through the pages and reminisce. the ol’ paper looks good.
i was just thinking that my life is good these days.
(4:45 p.m.)
ugh. i have this funky feeling in my stomach/throat/chest. some part of my body that i can’t readily identify. it’s weird. i can’t determine whether it’s caused by stress or just fatigue or something else. i feel very out of sorts.
but jason’s hooked us up with good seats for the rangers game tomorrow in arlington. i hope the feeling goes away.