I am working at a veterinary hospital as a client service coordinator in South East Austin. Mike is working at an independent shipping store in West Austin. We are moving to a new apartment just south of the city in 4 days and are very excited. It is much closer to where we both work (my commute right now is about 25 minutes without traffic) and in a very convenient location for shopping, downtown, and nearly anything else we would want to do.
In other news, I have adopted a kitten. His name is Garrity and he and his brother had a brief stay with us three weeks ago while waiting to go to their new home with a doctor from my work that we see about once a month. The kittens were in a kennel for 3 days waiting to be picked up and I felt bad for them, so I took them home just to let them play and get some attention. Big mistake, of course. One day turned into five, but I took them with me every day to work. When they weren't picked up, they would come home with me. Finally Dr. A stopped in and took the kittens home, and I nearly fell apart because I became so attached. I told him that if the smaller of the two kittens (the one that Mike and I particularly liked) didn't work out then we would be happy to take him. Two weeks later Dr. A stopped by the hospital and asked if I was still interested in him because he wasn't making a good barn cat. His brother is loving life on the farm and is doing great, but Garrity didn't seem to be fitting in- too much sleeping, not enough mousing I guess. So I took him home and that's that. He is very quiet but incredibly sweet and affectionate. I am not sure why, but he never purrs- even when he is incredibly happy.
The day that Dr. A picked up the kittens Mike and I went to the Austin City Limits music festival. Highlights included the Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, and Phish. By the time Phish came on I could barely stand up since I had gotten up at 5am to do the opening shift at work, came straight home, and went directly to the festival. But it was a fun experience and the music was great.
The holiday season (my definite favorite time of year) is fast-approaching. I will be going home for one week at Thanksgiving and I can't wait. The entire family is going to cram into my grandma's house for the day (Mom, Dad, Jeff, Brittany, Laura, Me, Megan, Mamaw, Papaw, Uncle Evan, and my cousin Dru- plus one bathroom). I will have my camera ready. For Christmas Mike and I will be at my house in Toledo, then take the train to Buffalo to be with his family a couple of days later. It's going to be a whirlwind but so worth it to go home and see family and friends that I miss so much.