Flying home

I leave for the airport soon. I as always am freaking out. So if I do die I want to post once more. This last week in Texas has been even more amazing and crazy than the rest of the summer. I have stories and pics to share, but with my time before I leave I don't have time to post about it. I promise if I make it home I will complete that asap! For now I just want to say goodbyes in-case. First I will miss Texas so much. I have grown to really love the people here and have had such an amazing experience. I love all my friends back home as well. I am a changed person from this experience and am so grateful for the time I had hear. Please wish or pray or think happy thoughts for safe travels.

I love and miss everyone at home and hope to see y'all soon!

What a country ass two days!

I finally floated the river and shot a gun! What an experience...

First on Sunday i went with some coworkers to the Brazos river to float the river. I camp on a river back home so I thought I knew what to expect of this adventure. As always I was way off base.

We go to get in the water and it is the biggest shock to me. the water is brown and warm. DISGUSTING! I'm so used to an ice cold crystal clear river. Even our lakes in WA look cleaner than this! However when you have a choice of being in that nasty water or out in 100+* weather you will choose the water, trust me.  Also the river had absolutely no current. We would have to swim or walk to get the floats to move down the river so it took a full 3 hours if not more to get to our destination. I learned the water is released from a lake on Saturdays, or else this river would be bone dry like the rest of Texas. The float was a lot of fun, especially for the rest of the group because they got to tell me about river snakes, snapping turtles, and then would humm the Deliverance song all to try and scare me (they succeeded). I felt like I was on the Animal Planet channel. We also saw some of the trashiest people I have ever seen pull their floats to the side of the river to tie a rope to a tree and try to swing off it. The water was waist deep at highest, so I was ready for someone to get injured. Luckily the rope broke off the tree on the first try and the idiot just fell straight down for minimal damage. Their country accents were stronger than ever. The floats kept on slowly creeping away and then you would hear one of them yell out 'go get my beer its floating away!' Altogether this was a great day, I got to cool off and get a very nice tan :) couldn't be happier!
Sadly my pictures of this trip aren't postable yet because they are on a water proof disposable camera that I need to get developed/on a CD first.

This morning I went to shoot guns! I cant believe I am about to say this, but it was SO MUCH FUN! I have always been scared of guns and kind of anti gun, but this was actually a great experience. I freaked out for the few hours before we went thinking about how scary it was going to be. Michelle comforted me by telling me 'Texans like shooting targets not people' haha.Then we got to the shooting range (a big field) and heard some big ass guns going off. I got even more nervous. Then we walked into the gun store place to pay, get our ear plugs, and our targets. Ben (the guy that took Michelle and me to shoot guns) greeted the store owners by name so I know he has been there a ton. I wish I had a picture of the owners, a older classic Texas couple in my opinion. The man was older, wore dirty jeans, a plaid button down shirt, and a truckers hat. He couldn't look or sound any more country and then he handed us our ear plugs and said "now don't you throw these away. If you throw them away I am going to think you're a democrat". I couldn't stop laughing! Luckily this man knew nothing about me or where I am from.

We went out to the range to shoot the guns and I did pretty well actually! We shot a '22 long rifle' and a '223 Remington'. Both look like big guns, but I am pretty sure they are as small  (in power) as they get. I have tons of pictures of Michelle, Ben, and I so enjoy :)

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 I think this also might be the first time y'all get to see pics of my coworkers! Michelle is the one I spend most of my time with and Ben is the only male RC. Neither are direct supervisors. Both are a ton of fun to hang out with!

 

 LOOK HOW GOOD I DID! A BULLS EYE MY FIRST TIME OUT!

 What can I say I'm just a bad ass natural :) haha

Looking forward to August

So first off sorry still no art updates, I haven't done anything worth sharing. If that changes I will let y'all know! Also I haven't done anything new (no guns yet) but this weekend is looking promising so more updates on TX stuff coming soon... in the mean time I thought id let y'all know my exciting plans for after TX!

I am so happy and sad to leave TX in only 17 days! I never felt like I would miss CA and I never have, but I am 100% sure I will miss TX. As sad as it is to think of leaving I am so excited for what will be happening in August!

First when I get back I have my mom's birthday! We are going to go camping for a week to celebrate :) It is something we have done every year for the past 10 years or so, but I haven't gotten to attend the last few because of Reslife training so I am ecstatic to be able to go this year! We go camping near Roslyn WA and it is by far my favorite place in the world to be!

Once we get back I will have one day home and then off to Denver Co!  I have for a very very long time wanted to go to Denver Colorado. I have tried to convince family and friends to go at different times, but it has never worked out. So with a little less than a month off with no responsibilities I thought it would be the perfect time to finally visit Denver and see if I love it as much as have always thought I would. I also have always wanted to go on a road trip so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity.

So this trip starts with me flying into Denver Co and staying a few nights (where unknown, looking into couch surfing). While in Denver I hope to visit some local hip restaurants, parks, and go hiking at least one day. Then I will rent a car and drive to Salt Lake City Utah to visit my soul sista for a night! Next I will head for Pullman to visit friends and pack my car with all the stuff I left in storage in May. I hope I can stay 2 nights in Pullman, but we will see. Then back home to unpack.

August is going to be full of fun adventures and then I will kick off the new job on September 1st! :)

Dublin Dr Pepper

First of all I am sorry for not posting in 2 weeks then posting 2 times in one day... But hopefully you enjoy the posts :)

I don't know if anyone knows this, I certainly didn't before I got here, but Dr pepper is a big deal here. It was created in Waco Texas and then is produced in Dublin Texas. Dublin is the only place in the entire country that still creates Dr pepper with Imperial Sugar. They are only allowed to sell it within a 40 mile radius (which includes Stephenville!).  The town is tiny and completely based in the pride of Dr pepper! each year the town gets renamed DR PEPPER TEXAS for their anniversary, then goes back to being Dublin Texas. So I went there this weekend to see what all the hype was about. I got to tour the museum and bottling area. I also got to drink Dublin Dr Pepper (with imperial sugar!) out of a old school glass bottle.
 Check out this link for info on how Dr pepper is suing Dublin! Also get a little better idea of the town by watching the video on that site!
http://www.nbcdfw.com/the-scene/food-drink/Dr-Pepper-Sues-Dr-Pepper-124675289.html

Here are some photos from the adventure:

 Yes I got cowgirl boots incase you were wondering... :)

 So inside there is a map of the USA where you can put  a pin where you are from! Pretty much everyone was from Texas as you can see, but I am the first to put a pin in Pullman WA! 9 other people from WA have been to Dublin though so that was pretty cool :)

So yeah it was a pretty awesome side trip and something to cross off my Texas bucket list! I have also been to whataburger which is good for breakfast. This week I am shooting a gun! I will make sure to take pics if I don't pass out from fear first haha

Sorry it took so long to post this! 4th of July adventures!

4th of July weekend was great! I went down to Austin with a coworker and her 2 year old son. Funniest thing is Michelle, the coworker, has dark skin with dark hair while I am bleach blonde and have light skin. Her son is also blonde and has light skin. So when we would go out to eat a lot of the time people would ask what my son wanted to drink! felt so awkward! He is the cutest kid though so I have attached a photo :)

I got to see Coree! yay! She gave my friend and I a tour of Jester hall, which is MASSIVE! It used to be the largest residence in the country. It includes a food court, classrooms, and basically an art exhibit. I was very impressed. The pics below are of the parking garage for the residence hall and then the actual residence hall. Also we all went to lunch at a great restaurant that served only vegetarian and vegan food :) totally my people!

I went to the outlet malls in Round Rock Texas after seeing a bit of Austin! Bought some more business clothes for my current and future job. Then down to see some folks she knows near Austin.

This  place was crazy awesome. The woman is a certified hoarder, her family even tried to get her on the show. I didnt take pics because that would be insanely rude, but trust me when I say this place was covered inside and out with piles and piles and more piles of crap. They had set up a TV in the back yard and barbequed for all the friends that came over because we cant fit in the house with all the crap.

THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER HAPPENED HERE! The woman also works for the humane society and takes in many animals to get them back to health or just give them a temporary home. Everything from dogs to donkeys were on the property. Even BABY DEER! so freaking cute, and I got to feed them out of a bottle! it was the coolest experience I have had since being here. Funny since most people around here kill deer, but hey I helped nurse them back to health :) sorta. Once again no photos :( sorry!

We then headed to the hotel to crash. Next morning was the 4th of July! yay! We went and visited Michelle's parents for a bit then a friend of hers. We waited till around 6pm to go to Fort Worth because it was so miserably hot out! None of us wanted to walk around in that heat. Once there it was pretty cool. A small fair was set up, a lot of military equipment was out to look at, and a few short shows.

They listed all the states and then would shoot a cannon after each one. You better believe I cheered when they said Washington! However cheers for Texas were much much louder haha. My favorite show they did was a demonstration of the military dogs in action. I tried to get a pic but its hard to see anything...

The dog jumped through the window of the van and attacked the pretend bad guy. It was so cool to watch! I would love to train military dogs!

A pretty impressive firework show went off later that night and then we drove the 3 hours back to Stephenville. All together a fun weekend :) I think if I would ever move to Texas it would be to the Austin area.

Dried up and parkless

So a weird Texas thing I have recently discovered is 'stickers'. I heard a lot of people saying things like 'ughh its sticker season' or 'I hate stickers!', but I wasn't quite sure what they were talking about. I had two ideas; one being Winnie the pooh stickers that I had as a child and the other of the giant salmon berry bushes sometimes referred to as sticker bushes when I lived in Redmond, WA. I was wrong on both thoughts. I was told they were these tiny little sticky poky things that are from some plant that stick to your shoes/feet/legs/anything when you walk by them. Sense then I have had many of them stick to my shoes on my jogs and I now understand the annoyance! Most times they get on your shoe just close enough to your leg to poke you every time you step or move your foot. I took a picture so you guys could see them:

I have googled it and I think the plant name is sandspur plant, but not 100% sure. Thought it was interesting...

Also I have been going on many walks/jogs lately so I looked into seeing if they had anything interesting worth walking towards. I found out they have a trail that runs along a river! exciting right?!?! Well I thought so too because so far their idea of a park has been a 10'x10' plot of grass and maybe a bench or two if your lucky and its been miserably hot with no sign of water besides the sprinklers that come on at night. So needless to say I was excited at the idea of this oasis! I walked about 1 1/2 miles to get to there and what a sad disappointment it was. First of all the river is gone. Dried up by the Texas sun I assume (pics below). To top it off the trail was only about a mile long and had nothing exciting happening at all. Just a paved path in the middle of a field near where a river should be. Sad day. There were some trees! and a short bridge in the beginning! And the trail ends with a street sign that says 'end' which is kind of funny...Otherwise not so exciting. I'll just keep walking through neighborhoods enjoying the cute houses and dogs for now.

Good news! Heading to Austin this weekend and then to Fort Hood for the big 4th of July this weekend! :) Hopefully will be hanging with Corree for a bit too! Should be a great weekend and full of great stories and photos to share will you all!

Loving Texas right now

So this week has been great! Could not be happier... well snowboarding would make me happier, but still I am pretty excited about this week. Here is why:

1. I got a free piercing! Sounds sketchy I'm sure, but I promise it was a legit shop! I got my cartilage done and the cutest guy did the piercing. I might have to get my tattoo there just to see him again... haha

2. I think I know what my tattoo will be... not telling ya yet, but I promise to post photos when/if I get it done

3. The weather finally cooled down! Its been as low as 75* at one point this week. AMAZING!

4. I have been working out with a woman here for the past few weeks so I'm feeling great. I have finally figured out how to stay motivated btw! here is my advice:

• work out with an engaged woman. She will be more motivated to look good in a dress than you could possibly imagine
• work out with someone with a child because if she is paying for a baby sitter during the work out then she is gonna make it worth her time
• work out to build muscle for a sport or activity you like. For instance I started researching how to train for snowboarding and I feel way more exited about my work outs now than when it was about looking thinner.

5. Last but not least work has been great! I had a full house this week with 4 camps in my building. I loved it because I was busy, got to meet a lot of interesting people, and I got a lot of compliments on my customer service ;) This week at work has also included me giving tours of the residence hall and show room to orientation students. This has been really bizarre because everyone asks what my favorite thing about the school is or my best advice about the school, so I always end up explaining where I'm from. Its great though because in  the process I've met one vegetarian and two people from WA! (from WA as in lived there 5-10 years ago, but still!). Best part about work though is that I am working with a RC to set up and affiliate RHA for their campus! How legit is that!?! What an amazing resume bullet point. Where there was once no RHA there now will be one because of me :) boo-freaking-yah! 

I am happy to report that it has been great here in Texas! Today was the first time I fully realized with sadness I was going to have to leave this place (something I never felt when living in Cali, so you know I'm more a Texan girl at heart). That said I still miss everyone a ton and will be excited to see your smiling faces when I return! 

I have a few more photography jogging classes to show ya too! 

So these sky / cloud pictures where during the beginning of a storm. They started white and gray then became vibrant pink in the sunset! It was pretty amazing looking the pictures don't do justice. 

These last four photos I took while on my jog. Its the older less developed side of town and I just thought it was so interesting how run down everything was. A lot of places are closed or for sale. Pretty sad since this side of town is WAY cuter than the other side which is walmart and mcdonalds. 

Heat

I was warned again and again about how hot it would be when I got here. Then once I was here everyone and their mom warned me again. I think I prepared myself mentally for the heat during the day. This week it has been over 100* everyday and I think I have handled it quite well, however I did not prepare for the heat in the night...

Every night I look outside and its dark and  I think Ill just go outside for a walk or open a window to cool off. NO. bad idea. Its always hotter outside! For instance right now it is 12:30am and 87* outside. No one can warn you or prepare you for the unsettling discomfort of opening a door or window at night to get a breeze of hot air. It is the worst. It makes me sad. At least there is air conditioning inside though. I do miss a cool breeze, but I am sure the second I get back to WA I will miss the warm sunshine of Texas haha. Just cant win no matter where you go.

I checked in a 4H Roping team to my building today and boy are they a reminder of where I am! Never seen so many cowboy hats and belt buckles in my life.Plus they all smelt like a barn in my opinion. Also earlier this week I learned that everything in Texas really is bigger including bugs. Bees and Moths are the size of small birds! kinda scary...

Only New terminology in a while:
Cray-Cray = crazy

Anyways I hope to be checking things off my bucket list this week so I will keep you updated! Hopefully some more photos will be added in my next post too.

Bucket List

So guess what I did today?! I sent my boss my Texas Bucket List! :) He did ask me to so it isn't super awkward that I did this I promise. He, and many other people, keep asking me what I want to do while I am here, but not many of them have happened so far and I'm already 1/3 done with my time here so he asked me to write it all down and send it to him so he can make sure I get it all done. Great idea in my opinion! So here is what I sent him (I added some descriptions for you guys)

Texas Bucket list

• Visit Dublin (where Dr Pepper is made! Its a big deal here, everyone drinks Dublin Dr pepper!)
• Go to a rodeo
• Go line dancing (I think that is what it is called...)
• Float the river
• Eat BBQ (I have agreed to eat meat on one day if they take me to a super legit BBQ place)
• Shoot a gun
• Rangers game
• Sixth floor museum
• Visit Baylor
• Visit UT/Austin
• Eat breakfast at Whataburger (this is the coolest looking fast food place because it is ORANGE AND BLUE! :) but I cant eat anything there since its all burgers so I must go for breakfast one day)
• Try any important local foods or beers (they have a few unique brands such as Blue Bell Ice Cream that are really good. I haven't tried a lot of the ones that people talk about so I wrote it on the bucket list.)
• Go horseback riding (not as important sense I have done this in WA before, but it’d still be fun)

So yeah that is my list! I will let you know when I start crossing things off! 

Artistic Challenge numero uno

So my first week of art is over. The assignment was photography, which I thought would be a good place to start since its the one I appreciate most and it would be super easy. Just take photos right? wrong. I suck at this.

• First of all I have little to no creativity so I literally walked around one day for hours trying to become inspired. Really all it did was get me a little tanner.
• Second of all any time I did have an idea I had no idea of how to take the photo to capture what I wanted. I have no concept of lighting, space, angles, etc.
• And last off I have a really crappy camera. I actually used my phones camera for most photos because my real camera dies and needs new batteries every 5 minutes, not to mention it just isn't a great camera.

However not all is lost! In the process of trying to take good photos I found a new joy. One night I wanted to go on a walk so I took my phone just in case I saw something interesting. About 2 minutes in the walk turned into a run! Yay for me working out! haha. Well anyways, have any of you seen Yes Man where the girl teaches a jogging photography class? That is basically what I ended up doing. It made photography and running much more fun in my opinion! I had also ended up running along the railroad tracks so I saw a whole bunch of new stuff in the area I hadn't seen before (by new stuff I mean trailer parks and old barns). I would stop and snap a quick photo whenever something interesting came up. It ended up being a lot of fun, and if it wasn't for a lock out call I would have gone a lot further into town. Maybe I'll do it again this week ..

Here are the photos from the run. I am posting these more to show you Stephenville, not to show you how great my art is. so please don't be too critical :)

Old country looking mill. I don't know what they are used for, but you see them everywhere. Wheat probably...

Another old barn or mill. Just thought it looked cool.

Old railroad tracks. There are new ones about 10 feet from them.

Random abandoned and wrecked bathroom area. This like the others was taken near the rail road tracks so I think this used to be a stop for the train, but now it isn't... not sure though.

These are probably the most artistic/cool looking photos I took all week. I was just messing around at the rail road tracks trying to get a good photo.

Anyways my next challenge is even harder so I better get working on it. Oh and I am looking forward to this photo scavenger hunt Soul Sista! :)

I will never nap again

So today... actually this week has sucked, but not really for me more for everyone else. Today however the suckiness was my fault, at least for one girl. Here is how my Saturday has gone so far:

I woke up this morning at 9am to work out then did a little TV watching. It was a good morning, then around 12 I got a text from my supervisor asking if I was ready for check out today. Checkout? what checkout...? I was 99% sure I did not have a check out from my building for another week and so we argued back and forth about who was right until out of fear that she was I jumped into the shower, threw on some business casual clothes, and got my stuff together for checkout. Then about 30 minutes later she texts me 'oh we are jumping the gun that checkout isn't until next week!' I was beyond frustrated, but it has been a crazy week for Res Life here including a flooded res hall, a resident death, and a employee having a psychotic break and being taken away to a mental institution (not exaggerating). So I really just felt bad for my supervisor having so much on her mind and decided to just let it go and not be frustrated.

A few minutes later I receive a text from one of my peer Conference Directors asking if I wouldn't mind helping with her check out this afternoon. Sure why not! I mean check outs are very very easy, but yes I can be there to hold your hand again (I know I sound like a huge bitch right now, but you have no idea how many people it takes to do such an easy job here, it gets old). Basically the plan was to head over to her hall at 4pm. So I did some more tv watching and web surfing before I decided that since I worked out and woke up early today I deserve a nap! I was bored and tired so it seemed like the perfect solution! It is about 2:30, maybe 3:00pm at this point.

Well for those of you who don't know me I will let you know I am very good at sleeping, not very good at waking up. Apparently during my nap the peer CD that I agreed to help had texted me and asked me to bring over the check out forms she had left in our office. I didn't wake up until 3:55pm so I texted her back then saying 'yes! where are they? BTW running a little late be there in 10!'. she texted back 'nvm'. I thought she was annoyed at me, as she should be since I am always running about 5-10 minutes late, but I really didn't feel too bad since it would be a 2 second drive or 2 minute walk to get the forms herself, plus me being at this checkout as I said was not that necessary so I didn't feel like my tardiness would be to big of a hindrance on her. So I walk up to Traditions at about 4:08 and see there is a decent size line for check out. I jump in and help put keys away while she checks names off. In 10 minutes we are completely done! yay! success!

Well here is when I get an earful. Since I didn't text her back for 20 minutes about the forms she being overly stressed decided to run and get them herself. The camp was already outside waiting for checkout so she felt extra pressure to hurry and decided to take her car to be quicker. She was in such a hurry that she hit another car on her way out! Apparently her headlight and bumper on this car that she just finished paying off are totally fucked. and since she had to give her insurance info to the other driver, she was also late to the checkout by a few minutes. So she was extremely pissed, she did keep her composure during check out, but the second they left she went off about it. I apologized a bunch and feel awful even though she didn't directly blame me and it isn't exactly my fault, I still feel I could have not taken a nap and this never would have happened! I even offered to buy her dinner, but she said she already had plans.

So that is my day. I feel so bad. I have a check in I am helping with tomorrow and you best believe I will be napless! I will be 30 minutes early! Anyways I just wanted to share with all you guys since I don't want to be telling people here what I did, next thing you know napping will become a WA stereotype! So I am going to hide out in my room now and hope that I don't cause any more problems. :(

made it!

Guess what y'all?!?!
I've officially made it an entire month in Texas!! I have even come to appreciate the school, the people, and the state. I have learned to ignore the judgmental annoying ass people I work with and spend more time with the nice happy people instead! I also have found differences in our systems that I actually think are better here... didn't think that would happen. Don't worry though WSU reslife still beats em about 90% of the time :)

So far my only excursions out of Stephenville have been to fort worth, Gransbury, and a lake 25 miles out of town...oh plus a trip to the liquor store on the county line about 15 miles out of town lol. I so far have eaten many meals, watched many movies, traveled, and even played drinking games with the locals. I could just about walk around naked and look like I'm wearing a white dress since my arms, back, and legs have gotten much darker in the past month. I have finished 3 books and I'm in the middle of my fourth! I have also had two camps in my building already and finished a few projects for RL&L. oh and I have started saying y'all... it just seems more natural than 'you all' now.

I can't think of much more that I've accomplished in the last month... but this next month should be full of exciting adventures! I have plans for 4th of July and I have plans to visit Corree in Austin! :)

Miss you guys!

its friday friday friday!

So its Friday and I'm bored as can be so why not blog a bit?! Lol g a
So I am sitting at a table out side in the 90* weather waiting for cheer camps to check out of their rooms. Check out is from 11am-1pm and its almost 12pm and no ones checked out yet.... which means either its gonna get crzy busy here in a few or I'm gonna be sitting out here an extra half hour because they are so late at checking out!! Stupid cheer leaders...

But really its been a great week thus far. I have officially started camps, projects, one on ones, etc. The work pace is very different here.. a lot slower... but its also summer so that could explain it too. I have decided to take a road trip at the end of the summer so I've spent a lot of my free time day dreaming and researching about that.

Well not much happening outside that.... I guess I should get back to work.

Also more texan terminology...
I'm fixin to ____ = I'm trying to ____ (this word fixin is used a lot and I don't always understand what word its replacing)
That's just hateful/he is hateful = that's just mean/he is mean
I feel like I'm lookin at jesus = its sunny outside..? (This ones weird)

And no one says dude here but me :(

unartistic

So this is a random post that has nothing to do with Texas, but I wanted to share anyways. I have set many goals for myself for this summer and upcoming year, one of which is to read more. I have a ton of books that I brought with me and thus far I have been successful at reading almost everyday! Much of this is because the internet is slow and I don't have a TV. No matter what finally got me to do it I am enjoying it more than ever and don't plan to stop!

So in the process of reading more I have reattempted to get through all of soul pancake, an awesome book/journal about faith/life/creativity/etc. While reading it, filling in the questions, and doing the prompts I have gotten stuck on the same chapter as I did in January. ART. also known as FML. Now anyone who knows me well knows I lack understanding or appreciation for almost all art. I hope no one is offended by this, I'm not trying to belittle your interests, it is just the way I am. I actually sort of dislike this part of myself and wish I could understand and appreciate art more.

After an initial avoidance of the book, then a lot of thinking I have decided maybe I don't appreciate or care for art because I myself lack any artistic talent. So maybe if I attempted to create different types of art throughout the summer I could find something I am good at, or at least somewhat enjoy doing. Even if I hate doing all of it, maybe I will appreciate what artists create...

Worst off I am in the same place I started right?

So each week of the summer, starting Monday, I will be trying to create a different type of art...
Week 1 Photography
Week 2 Drawing
Week 3 Sculpture
Week 4 Poetry (is poetry art? well I under appreciate it so I am going to say yes for this purpose...)
Week 5 Collage
Week 6 Painting
Week 7 ... cant think of another form of art.. someone suggest something please :)

If I think any are good or really bad to the point of laughter I will share them on the blog. I will also try and post how I feel about art at the end of this experiment..

Welcome to Texas y'all

So things have gotten a lot better in the past few days and I hope they continue that way :) I have gotten to know the people I am working with a little better and now don't dislike any of them! Yay! I still will get annoyed from time to time, but hey I can't be perfect! I am just grateful that I am enjoying spending time with everyone more now and I think I am growing a thicker skin so jokes don't overly offend me as often. ANYWAYS...

I went to Fort Worth and Granbury this weekend and wanted to share my new impression of Texas as well as some photos!

I went to a thai restaurant (not anything like thai food in WA), a gelato place, a comedy show (called 4 day weekend and is HILARIOUS!), a breakfast diner, the stockyards, and Granbury. The description below is from what I found while shopping at the stock yards and in Granbury. Enjoy!

Welcome to Texas where...

Cowboy boots are worn with business suits

antler pieces are something people will pay for

animal heads on your purse is okay and maybe even cool

you can be so out of shape that shopping takes too much energy

glass jewelry cases are filled with belt buckles and guns (no guns in this pic, but I promise there were cases of them in many stores)

boots cost as much as my first car (the orange and blue ones below cost $1225!)

camo is a part of your sex life

and 911 is optional...

Yeehaw Everybody! :)