First full day back in Austin - for some reason I'm lacking the brain power (read: ambition) to write a well thought out blog entry. Nevertheless - here goes something.

Work has been fairly mindless today. There are certainly things I could be doing today - indeed things I should be doing - but we start a week of training tomorrow and I think somehow they knew we would do nothing today. So I'm simply living up to expectations.

It's good to be back. It's not as good as I thought it would be, just as being at home didn't seem as intensely poignant as I thought it would be. They both just kind of seem like life. But when I almost didn't get on my flight yesterday, I was going to be potentially very upset.

Last night we kidnapped Amy and Tim came over and we played Dutch Blitz and Pass the Pigs and watched Independence Day. Today we played Dutch Blitz at work and browsed through funny personal ads on Craigslist. My boss met her very cool boyfriend on CL - does that mean it can occasionally work?

I'm not desperate for a relationship right now, but Ben Button did sort of get me in the mood for love. Brad and Cate are just looking at each other in these scenes throughout the whole movie with such intense and genuine love. Utter trust. I'm not sure I've ever trusted anyone that much. I just hope that someday - whenever it is - I'm sharing that kind of look with somebody. I imagine it must be lovely to trust someone that much - even if it is imperfect. Meanwhile - I'm bored - so a date would be nice. People I like are going on dates with other people.

Tonight I'm going over to Max's with John and Amy to watch the UT game. It should be lots of fun. And today Amy, John, Tim, Rocky, and I talked about living in this house next year: http://austin.craigslist.org/apa/979571649.html . Unreal.

I often feel like there must be a catch to this life hiding somewhere - waiting to trip me up. But I think actually, it's just that great. Perhaps that is why I try so hard to convince people to move here. If it has been this great for me - surely it would be good for others too. This place is like the most well known secret - a place where life is fun and makes sense.

This semester I am looking forward to visits from: Anna (moving?), Meredith (sister), Mom and Don, Anne (?), Meredith L. (?), Lila and who knows? So excited to show you all this wonderful life I've found.

What else? This Sunday I am determined to go back to church.

That's all for now.