no looking back

I can't believe it's already week three in Austin! I am freaking loving this place; it's definitely my speed. Caters to both my hobbies: going out and running (which totally do not mix with each other well, but I continue to try).

I have a couple of leads on some jobs but I'm still not employed full-time. I'm making a few decisions and I hope I will soon be getting a paycheck!

I took Maggie on a run this afternoon. It was barely 3/4s of a mile but this was the aftermath:

I cannot stress how ready I am to be able to take her on a run everyday! We're going to start doing a short run around the neighborhood once or twice a week until she's old enough. I want to keep her hips healthy but I would also love a way to instantly tire her out.

Speaking of running, my training is going really well. There are so many great places to run here and the weather is much more cooperative. The only downside is that it isn't as flat as Oklahoma but it's nothing I can't deal with it. The marathon is about 3 months away and I feel like I'm on a good track.

Missing everyone! I've moved up my visit day to March 1st, only a month from now! :)

nothing about my back so I don't have to have a clever title

Here's a quick one before watching my first Thunder game here. (I'm pretty excited about that!)

Today makes day 5 in Austin! In honor, I ran 5 more miles at Lady Bird Lake. I love my trail/lake runs and I can tell you this place doesn't disappoint.

This is Lou Neff Point which I stopped to enjoy on my first run in town. No idea who that guy is but he's got a damn good view.

Not much luck on the job hunt yet but I have found a lot of interesting companies that I would love to work for. I really hope to be able to get the experience and bring some of their innovative approaches back to the 405 one day. Here's hopin' and we'll see what happens there.

Maggie has been to two dog parks so far and loved them both. At the first one, she tried to escape into the freaking weird, jungle, residential wilderness and almost made it. Thanks to a good citizen and dog owner, I got her safely back into my car. I'm pretty positive she was aware how furious I was with her. I almost swore off dog parks altogether. Buuut she suckered me into it with that dang precious puppy face and we went to a new one this afternoon where she proceeded to let a pit bull bite the crap out of her until we had to leave.

And I just walked in on this. As you can see, she has a really rough life.

Oh, and I totally put together this shelf all by myself (minus the instructions and the call to my dad, of course). Obviously I'm becoming self-sufficient. I mean, slowly but surely anyway. :)

Hopefully I'll have some more exciting things to talk about in the upcoming week! Miss you all and can't wait to visit.

-B
(Yeah, I've been watching a lot of Gossip Girl during this job search. I hate myself but I'm totally signing my blogs like this now. Seriously, someone give me a job!)

moving forward

Maggie Mae and I have officially (well, sort of) settled in Austin. I'm all moved in to the new house - just have a few more boxes to unpack. I've spent the last two days unpacking and getting used to the city. Austin is way different than Norman and I'm already missing everyone like crazy but I'm glad to finally start this new chapter in my life.

The weather is going to start warming up for the rest of the week and I think tomorrow is the time to take Maggie to her first Austin dog park. She's going to freak out and love it, for sure. I can barely believe she's 6 months!

In other news, I will definitely be running the OKC Memorial Marathon; the full one this time! I'm a little nervous because I've been slacking so much lately but we'll see how it goes. Unfortunately, it will probably be my only full marathon just because of the stress on my back. I just keep reminding myself that I'll still be able to do shorter runs and that most normal people don't want to run 26.2 miles even once in their lives. :)

Okay, back to the job search! Have a great evening, all.