Paradise is there
You'll have all that you can eat
of milk and honey over there"
-natalie merchant
Tomorrow I am heading out to leave Texas forever.
Wow.
After an unexpected 7 years, TX hasn't quite seeped into me enough for me to call it home, but I feel sentimental saying goodbye. There are some things a person just cannot forget.
From the past 7 yrs, I shan't forget...
Zebra farms
The I-20 Mud Bog
Lee's daffodil garden
5am corporate exercise
Strongbad Saturdays
The Prayer Tree
Being an intern
Being the boss of over 80 interns over the next 4 yrs
Dating my intern 3 yrs later (weird!)
Riding in Momoko with Melinda
Donut Palace
Dairy Palace
DFW
Going on dates with my best friend's fiancee
Mission trips
Always being sweaty and smelling not-so-fresh
Long bus rides
Killing Sister Suki by driving her hot (i'm sorry)
The Andrew, James and Amanda Club
Barnes and Noble being the classiest place to hang out
Yard Sales-Dunkin-Donuts-5am filter and Lester, Jerry and Bill
April's Sweethead family
TM's Cafeteria
Creepy Pete
The Competition (YWAM)
Movies at Woodcrest
Singing at Rockwells
Doing everything at Rockwells
Michael J Fox appearing in the shower and other awkward places
Shattered Clay
The Flock
FDS - forever
The Red Door
Thursday Night Dinners
Keith and Schatzi
The Awkward Office
Grilling with my Aunt and Uncle
Building a computer
Antonio's
Blazer, Ralphie and Pearl
Wedding Photography
5619/Mosaic
UT --English dept, the PCL, learning to write, the buzz on the drag, seeing Saturn's rings with my own eyes, the chiming tower, faking it on Spanish lab recordings, Wendy's Coffee, awkwardly watching people I knew from TM stand in the West Mall and preach, my folksong class, NEVER attending a football game (what's wrong with me?), riding my bike, graduation
Simone Weil Idol Worship Club
At the Table
Being a part-time admin for the coolest pastoral staff I'll probably ever know
The Bach Forte
Being a Rustic Woman
Greyhound
Telling a boy that I liked him in the romantic backdrop of Lindale's DQ
Lying in a field on Sundays reading Thomas Merton
Driving my van to Van
Playing Sigur Ros at 3am and not being allowed to fall asleep
Swing dancing, the awkward hip move
Never having AC in my car
Red dirt on the ass of every pair of pants
Lying on the roof of Sister Suki looking at 100s of stars
Brooke's crappy Toyota
Cuddle Candice Day
Roadtripping with Meredith (what rum can't inspire)
Campfire on New Years at Lake Mineola
Weird things happening in Mineola
J-La flirting with cops (in Mineola)
Being busted by cops for loitering
D's Royal Coffee Shop
The "No Refund Policy" of the Christ
The Clan
House sitting for Art and Kate
Being destroyed by Art :)
Living in Keith Green's house
Pastor Fluffless Hickey
TJC - the photolab, the planetarium, Mr. Stine
Finding accessible entrances in Austin with Keith
Keith's bad luck with customer service
Capitol Metro
Shopping at HEB
Brook-shurs
Selling plasma
and much, much more.
The I-20 Mud Bog
Lee's daffodil garden
5am corporate exercise
Strongbad Saturdays
The Prayer Tree
Being an intern
Being the boss of over 80 interns over the next 4 yrs
Dating my intern 3 yrs later (weird!)
Riding in Momoko with Melinda
Donut Palace
Dairy Palace
DFW
Going on dates with my best friend's fiancee
Mission trips
Always being sweaty and smelling not-so-fresh
Long bus rides
Killing Sister Suki by driving her hot (i'm sorry)
The Andrew, James and Amanda Club
Barnes and Noble being the classiest place to hang out
Yard Sales-Dunkin-Donuts-5am filter and Lester, Jerry and Bill
April's Sweethead family
TM's Cafeteria
Creepy Pete
The Competition (YWAM)
Movies at Woodcrest
Singing at Rockwells
Doing everything at Rockwells
Michael J Fox appearing in the shower and other awkward places
Shattered Clay
The Flock
FDS - forever
The Red Door
Thursday Night Dinners
Keith and Schatzi
The Awkward Office
Grilling with my Aunt and Uncle
Building a computer
Antonio's
Blazer, Ralphie and Pearl
Wedding Photography
5619/Mosaic
UT --English dept, the PCL, learning to write, the buzz on the drag, seeing Saturn's rings with my own eyes, the chiming tower, faking it on Spanish lab recordings, Wendy's Coffee, awkwardly watching people I knew from TM stand in the West Mall and preach, my folksong class, NEVER attending a football game (what's wrong with me?), riding my bike, graduation
Simone Weil Idol Worship Club
At the Table
Being a part-time admin for the coolest pastoral staff I'll probably ever know
The Bach Forte
Being a Rustic Woman
Greyhound
Telling a boy that I liked him in the romantic backdrop of Lindale's DQ
Lying in a field on Sundays reading Thomas Merton
Driving my van to Van
Playing Sigur Ros at 3am and not being allowed to fall asleep
Swing dancing, the awkward hip move
Never having AC in my car
Red dirt on the ass of every pair of pants
Lying on the roof of Sister Suki looking at 100s of stars
Brooke's crappy Toyota
Cuddle Candice Day
Roadtripping with Meredith (what rum can't inspire)
Campfire on New Years at Lake Mineola
Weird things happening in Mineola
J-La flirting with cops (in Mineola)
Being busted by cops for loitering
D's Royal Coffee Shop
The "No Refund Policy" of the Christ
The Clan
House sitting for Art and Kate
Being destroyed by Art :)
Living in Keith Green's house
Pastor Fluffless Hickey
TJC - the photolab, the planetarium, Mr. Stine
Finding accessible entrances in Austin with Keith
Keith's bad luck with customer service
Capitol Metro
Shopping at HEB
Brook-shurs
Selling plasma
and much, much more.
Goodbye, Lonestar State, and everyone who made it fun.
1 comment:
The PNW is caling you! :) Can't wait to see you! Happy Trails to you.... :)
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