Conversations with Danny

Danny: Wanna play [Call of Duty-Black Ops] with me?


Jessica: Nah. It’s ok, not right now. I think I’m gonna play tetris.

Danny: What?! I thought that’s what your "vacation" was for?!




Lol. So I've got some updating to do on here... A post on that definitely coming tomorrow!  Nothing too unbearably [is that a word? lol.] bad, but still enough that is update worthy.

Unintentional Date Night :)

Last night we had an unintended date night. Aren't those just the best? lol.

We didn't have dinner plans, which seems to happen often these days. So we figured we'd go to Cheddars and see my brother-in-law in action at his new job. I finally tried the Chicken Pot Pie and thought it was pretty good. I've never had anything but the pre-made frozen ones you get at the grocery store.

After dinner we went for some blizzards at Dairy Queen :-) So yummy!

Then we headed back to the apartment and played some Call of Duty. Yes, that's right -call of duty. hahaha. I'm in "training", and Danny actually says I"m getting better everyday. I die just almost as often as I kill ... for the most part.



I'll leave you all with a funny picture of Smokey. haha.

Austin: Mini-Vacay; Thursday (05/06/10)!

I count this as a mini-vacation only because I missed out on days at work :) Not that I'm upset about that - maybe just in the sense that I didn't get compensated for those days . . . but other than not, nope!

So here's the breakdown:
Destination: Austin, TX
Duration: 2 days :(
Objective: See my BFF, Danny Saldana perform his senior recital at UT
Accomplices: Danny [the hubby] and Audrey [my sister]
Limitations: NONE!

We arrived with good time, approximately 10:50PM - considering we left Edinburg around 5:45PM and stopped for at least 30 min. to eat at the Sonic in George West. Hey we were starved! lol. Ok not really, but we were hungry and I don't think we would've made it to Austin ... maybe San Antonio ...

So the 1st thing we do is call my cousin, who was so generously going to house us for the 2 nights we'd be there. We needed to find her apartment and find a free available parking spot on the street near her apartment. She lives in "West Campus", like that means anything significant to me! lol. Give me street names, buildings anything! Annie then texts us the address to get the exact directions off the map on my iPhone. So we follow. And we find it. The apartment complex. Only it doesn't look like it! We'd been there once before to pick her up a couple of months ago and were so sure it wasn't the building. But we continue to circle the building. Lots of times.

Then I call Annie. I tell her we're circling her building. I tell her what it says on the front of the building. Because we followed the address she gave us. A couple of minutes later she sends us a text saying that she meant to type a 6 instead of a 3 - 26th street instead of 23rd street!  Yep! That would do it! We were 3 blocks down of where we should've been!

Luckily we found a street spot right away! :) Free parking for us!

We didn't stay up too late that night. We had a full day planned out for the next morning so we called it a night around 2am. I think.

Thursday morning we went to Kerbey Lane for breakfast. Upon referral and the hubby's burning desire to eat at as many diners as he could find. He's a big fan of Triple D on the Food Network.

And although Kerbey Lane wasn't on Triple D, it came highly recommended.

The Mr. and I

The waiting turned into awhile, so we started to read the local papers.

So somewhere among the hustle and bustle of the mid-morning rush, our waiter "forgot" to put our order in and forgot to come and check on us to see how we were doing. It didn't seem that long to us, we didn't notice any. But then the manager came out and retook our order and said she'd give us free drinks for the screw up.

Finally! My sisters plate: The Denver Omlette with sourdough toast and fruit.

My plate! The Portobello Omlette with an English muffin and some fruit.

Danny's Plate! The California Omlette and his side:

Lemon Poppyseed Pancakes with a lemon glaze! DELICIOUS!

We were stuffed! It was so good :) We got up to see what the deal was with the bill so we could pay and be on our way. The manager came out again and told us not to worry about it. She didn't put the reorder in either, but it was ok - not to worry about it. FREE BREAKFAST! Heck yeh!

Next we headed to Mount Bonnel! We had to walk off that huge breakfast!

It seemed like a million steps to get to the top!

Danny and I

My sister Audrey and I

Then we headed dowtown to do a couple of errands. I'd just gotten paid [lucky me!] and needed to deposit my check/get cash. So off we went!

Cool guitar statue outside the Wells Fargo on Congress St. in Downtown Austin

Here's Audrey acting like a tourist! lol.

Next we headed to the shops on South Congress!

We had to show Danny the Candy Shoppe!

Here I am picking my chocolate! :)

By that time we knew it, we were hungry again! So we decided to eat lunch at Magnolia Cafe - they were featured on Triple D's. Danny was excited about that, although not too hungry seeing as he munched down his dark chocolate covered raisins pretty soon after we'd bought them!

I munched on a cup of their soup of the day: Lentil Vegetable Soup. It was pretty good.

My entree: Alfredo Pasta Spinach fettuccine with fresh basil, mushrooms and garlic topped, alfredo parmesan sauce with grilled chicken..

Audrey's Plate: Magnolia Stir Fry

Danny's Plate: Portobello Quesadillas!

The food was again, delicious! And extremely plentiful :)

We changed into what we thought was proper church/recital clothes and made our way to the location of Danny's recital!

Danny's Program:

He's so awesome! Playing the bassoon standing up and all! He did amazing! I'm so glad we were able to go and see him perform!

I think this post is long enough, lol. I'll type about Friday in another post! I will probably post it later tomorrow.

Show Us Your Life - How I Met Mr. Hilton!

Here's something new I thought I'd try!

***WARNING!!! - MAJOR PICTURE OVERLOAD, I COULD NOT RESIST! :-)

Well, once upon a time - very long ago . . .

JK!

No but seriously, we've been together on/off going on 7 years this June! 7 years!

We met briefly in middle school. In band. How dorky huh? lol.

He was a grade higher than I was.

He played the trumpet.

I played the flute.

He remembered me when I got to high school.

Then began the shameless teasing. :)

He used to call me "fish" "fishy" "freshman"

I think we just admired eachother from afar that first year.

I joined the mariachi group late that year.

Being in the mariachi group meant late/extra rehearsals.

We grew closer.

Even friendly.

Then we went to Dallas and were the exhibit mariachi for a small clinic they were having for directors in North Texas who were interested in starting their own groups.

Yeh we were pretty awesome.

It was on that trip that we became inseperable.

It might've involved freshly dry cleaned uniforms that needed all  "the galas" that pretty shiny stuff reattatched to the sides of the pants/skirts and one Mr. Hilton skillfully reattactching them sewing one leg shut.

I, being the self-proclaimed "gala master" may have had to re-do the entire leg the morning of our exhibition clinic.

Yeh, I'm pretty awesome like that. lol.

It all happened kinda fast, but I don't regret one second of it.

We are now almost 7 years together and 6 days happily married!

So I suck.

I knew I was going to have the worst time keeping up with this. I'm still trying - give me a break ... please. LOL

Anywho - it's been 2 months ... still missing Bonnie. I think it was because I had her since she was chisquitita (really small). But time heals all wounds right? Right, well. Time. Hmph. I did find a Jim Shore figurine that looks so much like her, or vice-versa. Had to get it. Ironically named Sadie, which is what Danny's sister originally named her before I changed it to Bonnie.

Bella is doing great. She's so heavy! And huge!!! She's a good dog.

So I actually had this past whole week off. FINALLY. A vacation. An unpaid vacation. Nevertheless, a vacation. It was so relaxing to not have to wake up so early and be somewhere. I almost forgot what it was like to sleep in. After so many days of constantly waking up early, your body adjusts and gets used to it. It sucked. lol. But now that's wrapping up. It was good while it lasted. I feel so much more at ease and I haven't been so moody either. That's a good thing. I might not even have my job after a few weeks. My Tio says I may not have enough hours to help him with everything that needs to get done. In September we have corporate deadlines. Then October is full with all those people that decided to file an extension AND payroll reports need to be filed as well. I hope I can at least get a job tutoring at school.

Danny just finished up his 2nd week with Best Buy. They somehow managed to give him 40 hours a week, which is astonishing. We really, really appreciate that. Hopefully it's reflected in his paycheck. Especially since we're hoping to buy a car soon. He still hasn't started up with Coca-Cola yet, but once he does he'll really need a good reliable car to get him from place to place. And well, "Rosa" is just not cutting it. I hope we can find something and work it all out. It won't be anything fancy. Probably a little pick-up. Those are always useful.

Amarillo trip to see Grandma is next weekend. It'll be good to see the family. And see Tina and Jack of course! Audrey is afraid of the take-off's in the plane. What a weirdo.

That's it for now. It's late. Ish. And I gotta get up early! The car hunting begins tomorrow!

Hopefully another update/entry soon!!!



Gas: sucks.