Lonestar: This new place I call home for awhile.....

So Saturday I decided to explore my backyard here in Austin....and I was really surprised at what I found. Hill Country is like 2 miles away from my apartment, and its really cool. There are all these really nice, and I'm sure really expensive houses hanging on the tops of these hills and cliffs. I also went out to Lake Travis, which is the big lake near Austin. Some of the best pictures are below.

Really, Austin is a great city. Going downtown and and out around the city borders makes me realize how boring Cincinnati is. Or maybe I'm just used to Cincy and never do any of the cool stuff.

I really felt like I actually belonged here this weekend, instead of feeling kind of like an outsider. I'm starting to get familiar with the area and make good friends. Saturday night we went bowling. We have a Nintendo Wii at work and we bowl at work during lunch. And I kid you not, Wii bowling has revolutionized my bowling game. I pretty much went in believing I could put spin on the ball because I had been doing it on Nintendo. I used the same form as on the Wii and it worked!!! I still got a 99 though. Hey, I didn't say it improved my game, just revolutionized it!

But Sunday night I went to this church called Austin Stone. It was really cool. Chris Tomlin lead worship there Sunday night (he's from Austin) which was pretty cool, but I didn't even realize it was him for awhile. The message was really good though.....it was all about whether we were following Jesus for our own gain, or simply because we love him. It was cool, I'm gonna try to go back again.

After that, I went to a meeting for Navs on campus with some friends, and then out to this place called Amy's Ice Cream. And I'm sorry Graeters fans, but Graeters has absolutely nothing on this place. I say without any doubt that Amy's Ice Cream is the absolute best ice cream I've ever had in my entire life. It's kind of like Coldstone, where they put the toppings in the ice cream and chop, mash, mix and roll it in right in front of your eyes. But then they do really cool tricks like flip your ice cream up in the air above their head and catch it in a cup. It was sweeeeeeet!!!

Work has been going well, I would have probably stayed till 6 today except someone pointed out that it was 4:40, which meant it was time for me to leave. Oh, and good news for the Buick, I bought a sub for it so now it can be as sweet as the Intrepid ;-)

In other news, I talked to my boss and mentor and they are cool with me taking a week to come home, so I'll probably be back sometime at the beginning of July to visit....so mark your calendars now!!!