The last 11 days have been a whirlwind – literally looking back and wondering how they slipped through my fingers so quickly. It’s been 11 days I’ve officially called Austin, home. So I’ll call this, my “Hello, Austin – nice to meet you, again” entry.
On March 30th, I packed up the last of my things and finished loading up my car– yes, there was room for Misa, but barely. Bright and early on the 31st, Misa and I hit the road – with the exception of a knarly wind / sand / rock storm between Phoenix and Tucson, the trip was fairly uneventful. We stopped in Las Cruces for the night…my final night at the fancy little La Quinta in Las Cruces. We were halfway there. Much earlier, and much less brighter we left New Mexico and headed to Austin. After 9 and a half long hours in the car that day, we made it to Terry and Liana’s place. After loading up their car and truck with everything that I brought down earlier – we finally made it to Riata, my new home.
On March 30th, I packed up the last of my things and finished loading up my car– yes, there was room for Misa, but barely. Bright and early on the 31st, Misa and I hit the road – with the exception of a knarly wind / sand / rock storm between Phoenix and Tucson, the trip was fairly uneventful. We stopped in Las Cruces for the night…my final night at the fancy little La Quinta in Las Cruces. We were halfway there. Much earlier, and much less brighter we left New Mexico and headed to Austin. After 9 and a half long hours in the car that day, we made it to Terry and Liana’s place. After loading up their car and truck with everything that I brought down earlier – we finally made it to Riata, my new home.
See, I told you it was windy!!!
A beautiful sunset somewhere in Arizona or New Mexico
Misa in Ft. Stockton - Home of the Road Runners??
Surrounded by boxes and more boxes, I remember sitting there, peacefully and happily, smiling. I did it. I just started a new chapter. A chapter I know nothing about, I only know that I will be hopeful and optimistic that great things will happen. Since that moment, my life has taken on its classic Anna form, and been a whirlwind. Since that moment, I’ve unpacked, settled, re-adopted my cat, celebrated my birthday with my Austin friends, kayaked for my first time on Town Lake, celebrated Easter with the amazing families of my amazing friends, met new friends, sent out a bagillion resumes, went to see some live Country music, got my pictures taken in the blue bonnets, gone on a gluten-free diet, helped my friends move, sipped coffee at Jo’s, ran at Town Lake, bought a blender and made at least one vegetable and fruit smoothie everyday, sipped on a Cheetos and Chronic – I mean, a Tito’s and Tonic, ran a 10k, ate at Free B!rds, Sonic and Chuy’s and generally just explored this rad little City that is home to me now.
It feels like I’ve transitioned to this new chapter so effortlessly. I like that. I’m not sure what the future holds, but I know that every day I’m here I love Austin a little bit more.
We were happy and excited to see you again.
ReplyDeleteWe are very proud of you Anna!
Keep up the great work.
Thank you for sharing your life with us.
May you continue to be a blessing to everyone you meet. ;-)