so i arrived in colorado yesterday after a brutal 10 hour flight direct from frankfurt. it's great to be home, and i'm looking forward to running around today up here in silverthorne and giving myself some reverse culture shock! i head to austin in a week, and then dc for two nights on the tail end of my trip... my mom's been giving me a hard time about updating my blog, which i told her would be updated when she made a donation to sean's bike ride. she has promised to do it as soon as i update, and i'll be holding her to that promise.
so here's a list of everything (well, everything i can remember at 6 in the morning) i'm looking forward to this trip back - all the things that i've missed since i was last here 342 days ago.
1. spending time with my mom and dad! i haven't seen them in a year. that's way too long. stupid ulcer.
2. food. sunshine cafe here in CO for blueberry mountain cakes, chuy's, hula hut, galaxy, zocolo, schlotsky's, magnolia cafe... the list goes on. obviously i need to make working out a priority while i'm here so sean will recognize me at the airport when i return.
3. spending time with friends, especially the one's who read this blog. you know who you are. ; )
4. in addition to spending time with my old friends, i get to meet a friend i haven't met yet. yeah, you read that right... and hope fervently that we're friends four days later! exciting!
5. shopping. target, borders, candles from pier one, anthro, rei, banana, jcrew... heading to the mall next monday to stimulate the economy... target today!
6. skiing. walking around town lake, the ut campus, and downtown austin. going to the rec center with my dad.
7. margaritas. mexican martinis. ice tea.
8. esther's follies in austin.
9. getting my teeth cleaned by an american dentist. whoo-hoo!
10. going to a movie theatre. movie theatre popcorn. sigh.
i'm really happy to be here for a while...
