My Weekend

So, over the weekend the Hubby, Mother in Law and my Brother in Law's went on a trip to San Antonio and Austin.  My Brother in Law, Matt passed his Bar Exam to become a Lawyer, just what the world needs more of!!  His swearing in was in Austin on Monday, but we wanted to make his day special by a weekend road trip to San Antonio on Saturday and Austin on Sunday.  It was a lot of fun!  We talked about all kind of crazy stuff!!  One thing I love about my Mother in Law is she is REAL!!!  You can talk about anything with her and she totally gets it!!  We actually have a lot of fun together and I like talking to her.  She did have a hard time wrapping her head around the fact that her son was FINALLY getting married at 40!  She was used to not really "sharing" him with anyone for SO very long!!  I thought it was a little odd that the week before we got married and the day after my Bachelorette Party, she text me some really odd stuff, but I told her I understood as Jason was her only connection to her Husband that died when Jason was only six months old!  It makes me sad and I know it had to be a complete shock to her.  I still don't think to this day she is totally over the loss of her Husband.  I hate that Jason never got the chance to have his Father in his life and wish that he could have had that.  Jason and I are in the same boat on that one!! 

Anyways, we stopped at the outlet in San Marcos and I was in HEAVEN!!!!  I LOVED it and could still be there if we didn't have other things to do.  That place is HUGE and had most of my favorite stores!!!  I did some retail therapy for sure!!!  We went onto San Antonio from there and went to dinner.  Our stay in San Antonio was not much at all.  After dinner we just went to the Riverwalk for a drink then straight to bed.  We woke up early to drive to Austin, but stopped for brunch at a place called, Feast.  It was AWESOME!!  Right up my alley.  That place would do great here in Dallas for sure!! 

We drove through Jason's college campus so he could reminiscence his college days at Texas State which was known in his days as Southwest.  We went to some of his favorite places to eat and his place he lived while there.  I think he loved it!!

When we got to Austin, we all just kind of rested before dinner.  We went to Kenichi and had all kinds of sushi.  It was heaven!!!  Some CRAZY things went on at that place with a private party.  It was at this time I finally got the phrase, KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD!!!  But, for me, I realized it should be KEEP AUSTIN, F'ED UP!!!!  OMG!!!  That place is CRAZY!!!!!  It is also kind od dirty and it made me love Dallas even more!!!!  After dinner, we went to Chuggin' Monkey which is a bar by former two time Bachelor, Brad Womack.  He got engaged to my girl crush, Emily Maynard and I was SO hoping I would see him, but I didn't of course.  But, it was fun at his bar!! 

On Monday morning it was time for Matt's swearing in, but it seemed to be more about the Judge's on stage that were there than it was about all the Lawyer's that just passed one of the hardest test EVER!!!  I guess that is politicians for you right there!!  Once that was over, it was time to get back to Dallas and I was super happy to be home and in the land of the normal!!! 

On the Baby front, we are moving along and I am hopeful for a successful outcome but no longer am I excited as I once was.  I know that is just horrible to say and I feel bad saying it, but I just think it is best to not get my hopes up.  I was on such a high the last go around and was SO let down when it failed.  My heart still hurts for the loss as I am surrounded by people I know that just seem to get pregnant in no time and I still hope for my chance to be a Mommy!!  The Christmas season is getting hard for me because I think of all the wonderful traditions I want to do with my own kids one day and just pray for the chance to make it a reality.