Kids play

The boyfriend and I went to dinner last night at a neighborhood Italian place he likes. I'd never been, but it was definitely tasty. Of course, my opinion could be a little biased as I unintentionally skipped lunch yesterday, so I was starv-ing. The place had a few arcade games and after we ate he wanted to play Golden Tee.

As I waited for him to get change, I became intrigued by the Toy Chest game. What kid didn't love that game growing up? I mean you could win an actual toy! I think as a kid I won maybe 2. Well, now I have 3! After about 5, maybe 6 tries I walked away with this:

Southpark came out when I was in high school. At the time, Lufkin didn't get Comedy Central. One of my friend's Aunt would tape a bunch of the shows and then mail them to him and we would all get together and watch. We all adopted characters and had their stickers on our cars, because that's the sort of cool thing we did. It just so happens that mine was Stan, so my new toy is especially appropriate. Plus, the boyfriend liked this option much more than the Longhorn I originally sought.

Hopefully this means I'll have plenty of good luck this week! I could use it, that's for sure.

The Great Apartment Flood of 2011.

Texas experienced some really cold temperatures last week. I believe there were 4 days in a row where Austin didn't get above freezing. Because of this, my apartment complex warned everyone to drip their faucets and keep their apartments at 65 degrees and above. Of course, my stupid upstairs neighbors who I didn't like in the first place, did not do this.

I pull up to my apartment on Thursday evening after work and notice some vans outside of my building. I think oh goodness, someone's pipes have burst. I grab my phone as I go to get out of my car and realize that I've missed a phone call because I had my phone on silent. The phone call was from my apartment complex. This can't be good. I listen to the voicemail and I'm informed that my apartment has taken on some water damage. I call back to talk to the manager but no one answered. I decide to go see for myself.

I walk into my apartment and most of my living room furniture is shoved into my laundry room and my entry way. There are two guys with a machine that is extracting water from my floor. I walk into my kitchen to see three giant holes in my ceiling. Oh, boy.

The fans have been going to dry out my carpet since Thursday night. They are hoping that the carpet will be dry today and that the pipes in the ceiling will also be dry. From there they will have to repair the dry wall and then repaint. It will be most likely Wednesday, at the earliest, before I can get back in my apartment.

Thankfully, my apartment requires renters' insurance. There are three pieces of furniture (all my Ganny's antiques) that took on a LOT of water. Fortunately, they're antiques, so they may survive. I have to wait for them to dry before those assessments can be made. I'm hoping my television was damaged because it's really old, I'd like a new one.

The boyfriend has been nice enough to let me and the CAts crash at his place. He also cooked dinner for me the night of the flood AND got me a present (both of these were planned before the flood). Too bad the present makes me think we should break up. Just kidding...

My "holey" kitchen 

Dining room/living room water damage



Side wall damage

 My yummy post-flood dinner!

And my present: a Snuggie. Obvs the boyfriend didn't realize I was serious with my anti-snuggie rants. After all, it's just a backwards robe! And to top it off, it's not even that soft. Present fail.

Resolutions, Month 2

January's resolution was to run at least once a week. I'm happy to report that this goal was met! Sometimes I even ran more than once a week. I plan to keep this one up. It's a Session must.

February's resolution: no fast food.

This is a two-parter:
1) No fast food will lead to (hopefully) healthier eating choices.
2) No fast food will lead to spending less money on meals.

I'm super jealous of everyone who has gotten snow days this week. We've had the bitter cold, but absolutely zero precipitation. I'm tempted to get a few buckets of water and ice the roads myself.

That's how I roll...

Did you know that my nephew is a baby genius? Of course you did, because he's related to me, right? Check out his new trick:

Yep, my 1 month old nephew rolled over last night. Not once, but twice. So that means it's for real. And that he's super smart. And don't you love his rockstar hair? It's all natural, with no product. Ryan Cabrera is super jealous.