Where I've been...

A couple of days ago, I counted up the number of weeks it had been since I blogged. Taylor told me that I'm not very good at this blogging thing and that I need to step it up. He's right. I just keep forgetting to get the pictures I need for my blog from his computer. Lame excuse, I know.

A lot has actually happened since the last time I stopped by. Unfortunately, the only people who read this thing already know all of my life events so you're all just going to have to relive them! Hooray!

So far in September....

Taylor tracked to the T-1 plane for his last phase of pilot training. Just in case you're curious, it's the plane in the picture below. Only a few more months until graduation! I'm so proud of him!

To celebrate the end of Phase II, Taylor's pilot training class had a big party. And those are the pictures I do not have. Maybe one day I'll get around to that. Don't hold your breath though. 

The party was lots of fun, and there was even a bouncy castle. I missed out on the bouncy castle though because it deflated while I was there and then was magically re-inflated after I left. Story of my life. 

The day of the track party was a whirlspin as my dad likes to say. I had a hair appointment in San Antonio that took FOUR hours longer than it should have. I know it had been a while since my last appointment, but I think that's a little excessive. Luckily, my friend Callen made the trip with me and we ended up making a crazy experience into a great day. After rushing back to Del Rio, we rolled up just in time for the festivities. P.S. I love living here and getting to partake in such activities! 

In other news...I got a job!

I will be a part of the Special Education department at the local Middle School teaching...wait for it....junior high math. 

My entire life has been spent avoiding math and now I am in charge of teaching it. Holy smokies. I am extremely excited though and cannot wait for my first day tomorrow! 

Other than the big life events like new jobs and new planes to fly, it's been pretty boring around here. I don't even have any fun LBMM stories to share. I have just been enjoying my time with Taylor, getting over a cold, and not doing laundry. This weekend though, I'm looking forward to taking our annual Canton trip with my mom! If only I had more money to buy lots of treasures and more space to put them in! 

Confessions

This weekend, Taylor has been in Lubbock dove hunting and doing other manly stuff while I stayed in town for work. I missed him lots (gag, I know) but it was also nice to relax by myself for a couple of days. After work on Saturday, I came home and took a shower and then changed into my pajamas for the night. I kept thinking that my shirt felt really weird, but I couldn't figure out why. Later on I caught a glimpse of my reflection and realized that I had actually put my t-shirt on backwards. Even though nobody was there to witness it, I still felt like a big ding-dong.

Last night, I actually sat and watched the entire A&M game. I miss Aggieland so much. Oh nostalgia. The real life with all of these bills and responsibilities and such is way less fun than procrastinating homework. I should probably mention that as I was watching the game, I was simultaneously filling out my budget for the month. Now that was a reality check. Sometimes I wonder how I never managed to go broke in college and ate out ALL the time.

Apparently in Del Rio, the first weekend of the month is when everyone decides to come across the border and do their Wal-Mart shopping. I did not know this until after my visit to the Wal-Mart. I was so frustrated the entire time I was shopping and even though weekends are usually busier, this was outrageous. It was like in high school when the bell rang. Except instead of backpacks, everyone was using their baskets as bumper cars to get down the aisles. I just wanted to get my orange juice and get out of there with my achilles tendons attached.

In the parking lot on my way out of the store, I saw this giant tahoe with "She think my tahoe is sexy" written across the windshield. Think. Not thinks. I wanted to take a picture of it so bad, but just as I was getting my camera out, a family started to get into the sexy tahoe. It totally made up for almost losing my mind in the store.

The weather here changed in just a couple of hours' time. It went from 95 degrees to 78. I have just begun to accept that every day is going to be miserably hot so I didn't even bother to check my weather app before I got dressed. Also, I decided today that I was going to let my hair air dry and go curly. As soon as I stepped outside this morning, I had this weird moment where I was completely dumbfounded by what was going on. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I got 2 hours of sleep last night and things just weren't processing right or maybe it was because I couldn't remember what this kind of weather felt like. All I know is that semi-wet hair and the lower temperatures had me shivering as I was driving.

Speaking of the wet hair. After I got out of the shower this morning, I was getting ready for the day and walking in and out of my bathroom. In the house I live in, we have marble floors throughout the entire house. So as I was doing my hair, some of the water/product got onto this marble floor and as I was coming back into the bathroom, my foot found the puddle and I slipped. Ouch. Luckily I caught myself before an ER trip was necessary but there was a split second in there when I didn't think I was going to make it.

I'm refusing to use the title "randoms" again for a while so I'm getting creative in the meantime. Really the only thing I confessed is that I wore my shirt backwards for a couple of hours without realizing it. Clever, I know.

In other news, tomorrow is Track for Taylor's pilot training class. Phase 2 is over! We find out whether he gets T-1's or T-38's in the morning and then it's on to Phase 3 until next March/April! Almost there!

The Atticus Post

I can't believe it's already been a week since we were in College Station. I meant to write this post like a hundred million times but somehow this past week flew by before I knew what happened.

I have been dying to get back to see Vic and Sarah since the last time I saw them in May and then once Taylor got to visit them on his cross country, I had to make it happen. I am so glad I gave Taylor no choice and that we were able to make this trip happen.

So far, Vic and Sarah are the closest of all our favorite people to see. My parents live 6.5 hours away, Taylor's live 5.5 hours from here and everyone else lives in different states. We thought our drive would be easy peasy lemon squeezy BUT what we did not account for was the Friday afternoon 5:00 traffic in San Antonio through New Braunfels. We kept looking for a construction zone or an accident that would have caused SO MUCH traffic but all we ran into were some cars parked on the shoulder waiting out the nightmare. Taylor and I have always agreed that we will never live in a big city. All the Target stores in the world could not convince me to sit in that much traffic.

Also another minor snag in our drive was a teensy prank from our friend, Craig. Let's just say there were some wires crossed and SOMEBODY decided to play along and make Taylor think he had to stay for a late afternoon meeting. No worries because just 10 minutes later, we got it all straightened out. Taylor did however make Craig feel bad when he told him we had already driven 30 miles down the road and came all the way back once we got his message. We were actually only in the driveway so that was super funny.

Once we got to Vic and Sarah's, the baby loving began. I pretty much hogged poor Atticus the entire weekend and I'm not sorry at all. He is so cuddly and even when he toots, he is my favorite baby around.

P.S. I made that onesie for Atticus and Taylor totally tried to take credit for it because it had a plane. Um I don't think so Mister!

On Saturday, Whitney, Sarah and I ventured out to find Atticus some cute A&M clothes to get ready for football season while Vic and Taylor took Atticus on a Man-Trip to Lowes and Home Depot. We asked for pictures of somebody pushing a stroller or Taylor with the baby sling but nobody came through for us. I heard they took turns pushing the stroller though. 

Before the guys left, Taylor tried out some of Atticus's slings. I think he outgrew this one...

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Taylor's tasks from Vic for the weekend was to install a new fan and solve his squirrel/armadillo problem. He got the fan put up but the rodents were too sneaky to be caught this time around. 

Even though Vic and Whitney cooked us up some excellent meals, we had to make a stop at Wing's N More. It was delicious as always. I miss you College Station!

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Also during the weekend, Atticus rolled over by himself for the first time. We got it all on video and both Vic and Sarah were able to be home at the same time to see it! So exciting! I gave him extra some kisses because I was so proud. 

We were so sad to leave on Sunday. Luckily, the trip isn't too long so we were able to have lunch and hang out a bit before we headed out. Atticus loves tv so Taylor and I let him hang out with us on the couch while his mom and dad got ready for the day. What a big boy!

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We had such a great time visiting with the Seidels, Whitney, and Katrina. Kirsten and Katie even came into town! It was the perfect weekend to visit. Minus the fact that the weekend was only two days long. I would have preferred like 5 days. 

Ok, here's some more pictures...because I never post pictures and now I have a million.