I had written a very nice LONG post about all the exciting things that happened to us over the past week. Alas, this version I fear shall be shorter because it's getting late, I still want to get some knitting in tonight and I'm still pissed. Ugh.
Last week was pretty busy. The weekend started on Thursday with the first "Thursday Law School Happy Hour". Apparently there's one every Thursday at 10 pm. That's late for a school night! (Am I showing my age? :-)) It was also the first night of college football, so Greg and I headed to 6th street to catch some football at a sports bar before heading over to Little Woodrow's. Once at the bar, we waited to get in -- apparently there were enough law students there to put the place over capacity -- then we picked up our ticket for a free drink and squished our way inside. We stayed for a bit, talked to a few folks, laughed at the partner's from the sponsoring firm who all looked like they just stepped off a sailboat (collared shirt with the cuffs rolled, khaki shorts and flip flops), then headed up the street to MoMo's. I was psyched to see the name Matt Powell up on the billboard, but once inside we learned that he cancelled last minute. Bum news. We got our $$ back and headed home... he'll be there again later this month.
Saturday was game day. The first UT home game. I was in a good mood because earlier that morning I met up with a group of knitters at a coffee shop and got help on a project that's been stashed away for a year or so. We headed to campus for a late lunch at our weekend ritual, Kerbey Lane. Yum. I do love that place.... then we wandered campus eventually ending up at the Alumni Center. Being a Texas Ex has advantages - the biggest you ask? Air conditioned buildings right next to the stadium! And the mini pep rally by the UT cheerleaders was kinda cool too. And... they gave us handy dandy fans on a stick to use at the game. Bonus! Of course as kickoff grew closer, we wandered our way over to the student section of the stadium (the section in the sun). We sidestepped a million and one crickets (yuck) and found ourselves with pretty good seats. If you look at the map, we're in section 26! Other than the melting sun - it was good fun. I will admit however that I look forward to being able to sit on the alumni side of the stadium -- where all the old people actually sit on their stadium seat on the bench as opposed to the student side where they all stand on the bleachers. We did skip the law school "kegger" that was to take place on the rooftop of the parking garage in our complex. I doubt we missed much.
Sunday, we debated where to go for our anniversary. Wink has gotten great reviews everywhere, but I wasn't sure my palatte was sophisticated enough for the place. We ended up at Melting Pot, where we knew we would enjoy every bite. Fondue is so good. There's a brand new location downtown where we had our own little booth that closed off via a sliding opaque glass door. Very cool. We were also able to have a bottle of wine that we'd had before but couldn't remember the name of. It's called Jewel - and it's a fabu everyday summer wine.
Hard to believe that the wedding was a year ago. Here's to many more! I have to say, for a first year of marriage, I think it went very smoothly. :-) It was an adventure, but our lives have always been an adventure. We are very lucky. Since the wedding we traveled to St. Kitts and Nevis, Deshler, OH, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico and Vegas! I'm not sure if this coming year will have as much travel, but you never know -- we're not known for sitting still for long. We've already got a weekend in Los Angeles coming up for Tony's wedding, and the chance for another mystery trip this December. (It may be postponed - but we don't know yet).
Life is good.
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