Archive for June, 2010

Settling into life…

Well, life has been rather slow these past two weeks for this new Farnsworth Family.  Two weeks ago I worked my first full 40 hour week:) Finally.  And I enjoyed it.  I was happy to discover that I was excited to go to work in the morning rather than just having a feeling of dread (I only worked SUPER boring minimum wage jobs previously.)  That weekend we visited Red Robin (YUM), forgot cash to tip the waiter, no worries though-we scrounged up enough change to equal about 1.50 and gave her a buy-1-get-1 free movie ticket.  We felt kind of bad about that one.

We also went to an Art exhibit down town.  It was in an old, non air conditioned building, with several different artist’s work displayed.  It was all modern work, which I love because it has the ability to show so much emotion.  The event was a wine and cheese event, but needless to say we did not partake of either, as we don’t drink wine, and we don’t eat cheese that has been sitting in a 85 degree room for longer than 30 seconds.  This was a blast.

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Some of the art at the show

Some of the art at the show

Last week Tony was out town in San Jose area at a Velocity conference that focused the problems that cause the internet to be slow, which of those problems it was most effective to fix, and how to fix them.  He really enjoyed it, and took more notes that I ever did in all my classes in one semester combined.  (I am not a light note taker.)  I was very proud of him.

While Tony was in CA, I stayed here and enjoyed myself.  I did not eat one dinner with meat in it (I grew up eating less meat in a month than we do now in week:)  I had pancakes with peanut butter and syrup, after which I did not feel like an adult.  I exercised, did yoga, read my book, and sat in the sun at the pool.  It was wonderful.

I also had an icecream swap with Alisha-Tony and I had made cake batter ice cream with gummy bears, (using fun-fetti).  YUM:)  The next night we had a girls night out to a Mexican Restaurant.  My week was great, but I was really happy to have Tony back-life at home was pretty boring without someone to share it with.

Free Food, Movies and More

This week was kinda slow, however we did manage to get free sandwiches at chick-fil-a, (for those that you don’t know, chick-fil-a is a fast food restaurant that serves….yup.  chicken.  Its not actually too bad.  As we walked in, we were redirected to a blocked off part of the fast food restaurant complete with paper table cloths, plastic platters, rolled napkins, and helium balloons.  We were shown a seat and served a full meal complete with a giant soda and fries (yum.)  The waiter even checked on us 3 times and cleared our table when we were finished.  We were floored.

Chick-fil-a Royal Treatment

Chick-fil-a Royal Treatment

Free CHICK-FIL-A ... we are living like kings

Free CHICK-FIL-A ... we are living like kings

Friday we went to Prince of Persia-we were a little worried when we got there and saw the line that wrapped around the corner. Twice.  Everyone in that line was a middle aged woman dressed ready for a serious night on the town.  We were standing there with out motorcycle helmets and jackets, and felt slightly out of place.  Good thing that line was for the opening night of Sex and the City, not Prince of Persia.  The movie was good (I even approved of it).  It was a Persia style Pirates of the Caribbean.

The longer I live in Texas, the more I understand that the saying, “Everything is bigger in Texas” is true.  Including the friendly attitudes.  People talk to you at the Post Office, in the Movie Theater, and the Passport Office, all of which are uninvited conversations, and usually are quite amusing.

Somehow we ended up at Bass Pro Shop, not sure how that happened, but we did.  They had live fish and lots of guns.  We made a major investment at this store: we put 25 cents toward the shooting gallery.  Tony was amazing at this game, (I wonder where he got all his practice) and I failed miserably.

- Meghan Farnsworth

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