Weekend in Austin

David and I went to visit Aunt Hayley this weekend while Matt and his brothers hung out here in Dallas. We had a great time - we went to dinner on Friday night, went out to lake Travis on Saturday (her dad has this awesome boat and he was so nice to take us out), and then we had brunch and a park trip on Sunday before David and I flew back to Dallas. I can't describe in words how much I miss her - she has been and always will be such a good friend, but the last three years - we saw each other a few times a week and she was like a second mom to David. It was so great to see her, but also such a reminder of how much we miss having her around. I guess this just means that we will have lots of trips to Austin in our future. I really love the area that Hayley lives in and Austin is such a cool town.

Also- a weekend get-away was very much needed for me.  I worked pretty much non-stop last week - in fact, last week reminded me all the reasons why I don't like my job and worry about my long term future. I worked a minimum of 12 hour days and a couple of 19-20 hour ones. It is just a lot and there is so much stress associated with deal work. Luckily, the two closing that I had scheduled for Monday got pushed back and I was able to enjoy the weekend.

Here is us having a bite to eat in the airport before heading to Austin:



 Hayley playing with David at Phil's - a restaurant in Austin that is in the same building (and I think owned  by the husband of ) Amy's ice cream (an Austin favorite). They had the absolute best veggie burgers ever! So good that I brought one back for Matt- we almost missed our flight because I wanted to make sure to get one for him to try. And both Matt and David agreed - amazing!

Gary (Hayley's dad) let David "drive" the boat- which he thought was pretty darn cool. He got a little ahead of himself. When Gary tried to pull it into the cove to tie-up with other boats, David was really concerned about him hitting the other boats and starting yelling "turn the boat, turn the boat."

The boat had bedrooms, so David was able to take a nap on the boat.

On Sunday morning, we had a great breakfast - including some flash fried brussels spouts. One of the cool things about Austin (and South Austin in particular) is that there are lots and lots of vegetarian and vegan restaurants...so Hayley and I had some great meals.

David enjoying his breakfast

At the park near Hayley's house