Second Week Finished!

So, it turns out life isn't always going to be exciting as the first week. Who knew?  Therefore, I'll probably be posting less.  Like once a week.  Who knows?

But yeah, I don't really know what to say...Austin is still pretty weird.  I guess I'll throw down some bullet points of stuff that's been going on.

• I played at a trivia night last Saturday with some coworkers.  My knowledge of Monopoly =  a free beer!  (It was luck, actually...)
• I'm learning even more at work!  I'm starting to understand all the jargon even more now!
• I played "Mutha' Effin' Bingo" at a bar on a Tuesday night.  Yes, bingo, in a bar, Tuesday night. It was packed. I even tweeted about it.
• I went to a small town called Lockhart, Texas.  It felt like a ghost town.  But it was really calm, interesting really.  And I had BBQ.  
• In the Men's bathroom (which was really clean btw) there was a sign that informed me of the risks of alcohol consumption with pregnancy.  I now know that I shouldn't get pregnant.  Dang it.
• I went swimming a bunch.
• My friend is in for the week, and I saw her today!!! It was awesome.  I don't see many people from my old dorm anymore...
• I went to church again!
• I stayed for both services, and I just randomly started helping out with stuff, like greeting and ushering.  It was awesome!
• I'm hopefully going to my first small group this week!
• I got to know people more!  Like real sharing! It's like IV! AHH!!  God is definitely doing something cool there.
• I made an official budget.  I'm an ADULT!!!
• I miss people a ton.  I've been on the phone for over 2 hours the past 2 days.
• I made mashed potatoes!  Cooking Central advised a half stick of butter.  It tasted delicious. Go figure.
• I made casserole!!! Look:

It was super tasty.

Yeah...my life is turning into the typical I'm-on-my-own-and-I-miss-all-my-friends-from-home-and-I-miss-my-parents-doing-everything-for-me.  *sigh*  It's funny, I'm working on a new playlist that I listen to at work.  You can see it here if you're interested, but some of my recently added songs...well let's just say they're oddly correlated.  I swear I haven't been putting them there with that in mind.  In fact, as I was writing this, I was looking at the list,  I was just like...stop talking about my life!!!!




Here are some of the titles, no joke:

• Out of Touch
• Come Home
• Breaking Ties
• Lonely Girl
• Land of Confusion
• Miles Away

So in conclusion, I'm a Lonely Girl who's Out of Touch and Breaking Ties with her friends, Miles Away in a Land of Confusion, wanting to Come Home.  Thanks, Madonna.

Seriously though...although my life here in Austin is actually developing really well, I really miss people from home, U of I, IVLI...it's hard.  But God's got a plan.  Look at what's happened so far!  How can you not believe it?  It means a lot to me that you're reading this...I feel like I've got you guys with me!  Will you keep coming with me?

Much love!