Meow kitties, Moo cows, and the Movies:

My weekend? Awesome. And I'm going to bullet point right shmere in this blog just why it was so awesome:

• drove to Beaumont on Friday with Chris...after a little over 4 hours of driving and several stops from car trouble (his car actually died in the middle of traffic going down the 610 loop in Houston..bad news bears when you're in the middle lane and your car just kind of stops...going...oooof), we finally made it to his house where I was met with lots of hellos and hugs from his parents and sister. I felt welcomed instantly :)
• ate lots of seafood this weekend...lots of it. Even octopus! *gasp* I definitely went out of my comfort zone too seeing as I'm not a huge seafood fan at ALL, and so of course on  Friday night, the first night meeting his mom, what does she make for dinner? shrimp and crabcakes. Yes, I ate it all, and yes I enjoyed it...but talk about almost making a bad impression if I hadn't of eaten it! It was still all delicious - and Sat. night we went to C's old work and got some sushi and a seafood salad one of the sushi cooks made for us. It wasn't until after I'd taken several bites of the salad that Chris informed me that it was made with *drum roll please*...crab, fish, andddd OCTOPUS! Mmmm...tasty. Aside from being super squishy it really wasn't that bad...and both Chris and I were impressed at me for actually trying it too..I think me more so than him. But I do think that's going to be the last seafood I try for a little bit, at least for a couple weeks...
• Kitties! So many kitties! Chris' family is a cat family, that's for sure - I've grown up with dogs all my life so it was definitely a bit of a change for me to be around 3 cats at once, but I think once Chris brings his cat up to his apartment this summer then I'll get used to them more. 
• Saw Insidious Saturday evening..for a pg-13 movie it really wasn't that bad. It had a bunch of scare parts that made you jump when you least expected it. I definitely recommend it as I haven't seen a good scary movie in a while and that definitely gave me a good scare.
• Cows, cows, and more cows. I just had to throw that in there because we saw so many cows driving from Austin to Beaumont, Beaumont to The Woodlands, and from the Woodlands to Austin - they have the cutest faces. Anyways. That really doesn't have to do with anything other than the fact that I love the way cows' faces look...just sayin.
• I GOT MY CAR BACK TODAY. And Chris got the see some of The Woodlands too, as well as grab lunch at Los Cucos with my parents - and he got to meet my mom too! It was just a big ol' family weekend these past few days, that's for sure. I feel like both our moms are very similar, and it was strange seeing my mom right after being around his just because their mannerisms are very similar. But all in all, everything went smoothly, and our drive back to Austin went easily as well.

All in all, the weekend was a good one. We got to see where Chris' parents were moving to this summer, into a beach house in Port Arthur - we visited on Saturday and took a walk through of the almost finished house, ready for them to move into at the end of May. His mom invited me to come down for the summer anytime we wanted, so I think we might be taking a few beach excursions this summer..I'm excited and can't wait for May 15th already!

Summer's approaching fast, and I've just got to get my head focused for these last few weeks of school. I'm so happy with my life right now though, it's hard not to be positive about anything, even school. I feel motivated and encouraged to finish the semester strong, so hopefully all works out well and this semester turns out a good one!


Cheers to a beautiful week ahead, I hope this past weekend was filled with love and memories for all of you wonderful friends, and that the week only continues to grow with light and love.


xo
Jardin