Monday morning...already

I'm back in Dallas after a lovely weekend in Austin. I'm at work, it's early and I'm staring out my window at a woman in an office across the courtyard. She works at the record copmany and it's totally weird that she's here this early. They NEVER work. I mean, at least in their offices. It's only 6am and she's in her office. Weird. She's cute too...very blonde hair in a tight pony tail, black fitted designer jeans, grey sleeveless blouse. And she's got a nice lamp on her desk so she doesn't bother with the overhead lights at this time of the morning. I need a lamp so I don't have to bake all morning in the bright florescents. I wonder if she noticed me over here staring at her. I wonder what her name is.

My weekend out of town was really good. I got to spend a lot of time with Autumn which was desperately needed. There's something about being with Autumn that makes my world so right. She gives me perspective and makes life seem worthwhile. I needed it because last week was depressing. It wasn't that the week was all that depressing but that I was just depressed all week. I'm feeling much better now. I was able to bounce all sorts of things off her - how I feel about John and our contact, how I feel about Jason and where that relationship is going, how I feel about work and my career, how I feel about the changes in my life since June. Autumn and I talk a lot about feelings...it's important. I know I talked a lot this weekend but I hope I listened equally as much. Autumn is the only person I never feel unequal with. We give and take about the same. We're the perfect couple...

Quick run down of the weekend's events. Friday night Jason, Kris, and I didn't get into Austin until 9pm. I dropped Jason off at Mike's house and socialized for a moment before driving across town to drop Kris off at Taylor's house and socializing for another moment before rushing off to Autumn's apartment. It was 10pm before I got there and I was pretty wiped out. Getting up at 4am makes it VERY hard to stay up late without the influence of additional substances. Cindy was over so we all laid in Autumn's bed talking. It was SO nice to hang out with girls. I needed it. We ended up avoiding the bars that night and got to sleep early. Basically we didn't go out because I was tired and really wanted to lay in bed to talk. Autumn was wonderful to humor me. The next morning, I woke up early and snuck outside to smoke a cigarette. When I came back inside, I realized that I accidentally woke Autumn up but which gave us a chance to lay in bed and talk. Then we had bagels and coffee just like I had hoped. We ran errands and did some shopping for the rest of the day. I got my hair cut and my eyebrows waxed (which is a first for me). That evening, we had dinner with Jason, Mike, and Cindy at Autumn's favorite restaurant, Shady Grove. It was nice but a little weird as social outings with strangers can be. That night we went to Mike's house for Aaron's birthday party. It was an interesting group of people to say the least. Sunday Autumn and I had bagels again for breakfast this time seeing the cute guy at the bagel shop. I think he recognized us which is nice since I haven't been in Austin in at least a month. Then we bummed around the rest of the day until I had to pick up Jason and Kris to drive back to Dallas. We left later than planned so as soon as I got back home I played with Tiger and tumbled into bed. Overall it was an exceptional weekend.

Things that are notable.
- Sean (yet another Lubbock-ite) was wearing a holster when he answered the door at Mike's house. Knowing Jason's friends, I asked Jason if he was carrying a gun. Ends up it was just an e-holster. God, I love dorks.
- Kevin, who also lives with Mike, came in asking about the new parrot in the house. Apparently it wasn't a permanent addition to the house which already has enough animals (4 guys) living in it.
- Cindy, who has gorgeous, curly, red hair, brushed it out Friday night and has the biggest head of hair I've EVER seen. I'm of the opinion that she should always wear it big...but then she might not fit through doorways.
- People in Austin are the nicest I've ever seen them (especially to two cute girls out on a sunny, Saturday afternoon).
- It's good to live on a street with a street sign to help people find your house (unlike Mike, Aaron, Kevin, Sam, and Sean).
- Eyebrow waxing is definitely excessive, but it is strangely satisfying...something to do with having someone pluck out all the tiny little hairs you'd never notice yourself.
- I am going to quit telling people that I used to be a teacher...it just sets me up to have a conversation that I don't want. When you say you quit teaching, people ask all sorts of questions about why and if you liked it or not. On the other hand, when you tell someone you quit a computer job, they congradulate you on moving on to something better. Annoying.
- If I were a drug dealer, I would be on call specifically between 10pm and 4am. For this is ALWAYS the time people want drugs but can not get them.
- Cameras in bathrooms at a party is just NOT cool.
- Making out in a dark bedroom at a party IS cool.
- Bagels in the morning make my life complete.
- Jason drove home part of the way on Sunday so I was able to sleep in the backseat. This is significant because I didn't freak out about someone else driving my car!
- Toy Joy is a really fun store but grossly overpriced.
- Autumn finally got door knobs in her apartment (after asking for 6 months)!
- I realized that I didn't really fit in at the party Saturday night when Jason told me there was a group of guys arguing about Linux. At least I'm cute.

It was a good weekend and I'm glad I went. It's going to be a long Monday though...too much work crap. Hey, at least I make money which allows me to do the things I did this weekend.