The One With The Terrifying, New Plan.

Has anyone ever seen the show That Girl. It started in 1966. My mom recently bought season 1, and we've been watching it. Basically it's about a girl named Ann (Marlo Thomas - who plays Rachel's mom in Friends), who decides to move to New York to start a new life on her own away from her parents. Back then, that was pretty weird to do, because girls just didn't do that. They met a man and married and became a housewife. My mom had made the comment that when she watched this show when she was young, she wanted to be Ann. And let me tell you, even though it's 2011, I want to be just like her. So this show is what has started this imagination of mine. I'm really not the type to just get up and move to a city I've never lived in and find a job or go to school all alone. I realize I'm not as independent as I'd like to be, but I've definitely gotten better. I've just been thinking lately that I think I will regret never doing anything more with my life. I have grown up in Austin and I've never left, except for that year and a half in Abilene, which I realize is still SOMETHING but definitely not what I'm talking about. So, I started thinking, what would I do if I did have the personality that could just get up and go. I would love to be strong enough to move to like Seattle, New York, or Colorado and find a job and just live. Find some cool new friends. JUST BE. But let me tell you, while the idea sounds AMAZING, it freaks me out like no other.

Truthfully, one of the reasons this sounds so appealing is because I have so many memories here in Austin that I want to forget. I have MANY more memories that I don't want to forget, but I'm kind of ready to wipe the slate clean and move on with my life somewhere new. I want to get away from some things. I don't really feel like I'm able to move on with my life living here. This leads me to my next point. All of my friends are doing something with their life. I've got one friend who's going to China to teach english for a year. I've got another who is getting a double major and when he graduates has decided he's going to move to LA to basically do what I want to do (only problem is he has a ton of contacts there to help him figure stuff out). I've got married friends. One of my friends is married with a kid already. One friend plans on getting engaged/married in the upcoming year. I just feel like I'm kind of settling. Like I'm kind of doing the most comfortable thing possible and not really doing what I want to do because I'm too afraid. And I just know that I will regret that when I'm older and can't do this. And you know, I'm single, I have no responsibility to anyone, except Noah, who will be coming with me of course, so it just seems like the best time to do it before I have a life that will make it even more difficult. The only thing really holding me back is my fear. My parents are on board. They even encourage it, especially my mom, who, as I said earlier, wished she had done something like it.

So I have a lot of thinking to do in the next few months. I'm about to start my last semester of college. I graduate in December and I need to come up with a plan. So if anyone out there has any advice, I'm all ears, because I truthfully don't even know where to start. I'm so terrified that I'm probably going to try and convince myself to not really take the steps. So I need encouragement. I don't think I could say it enough. I. Am. Terrified. One thing everyone can do however? Pray for me. Pray I figure out exactly where God wants me, because that's the most important thing. That I end up where He wants me to.

"C'mon Daddy, listen to me! It's like, all of my life, everyone has always told me, 'You're a shoe! You're a shoe, you're shoe, you're a shoe!' And today I just stopped and I said, 'What if I don't wanna be a shoe? What if I wanna be a purse, y'know? Or a hat!' No, I'm not saying I want you to buy me a hat, I'm saying I am a ha- It's a metaphor, Daddy!"

The One With The Peach Cobbler.

So I was called out on the fact that it's been quite a while since my last blog post (Thanks, Autumn). This blogging thing is hard work! Either that or I'm just lazy...I won't be taking a vote as to which one my readers believe it is. So when one of the few readers I have complains, you know it's bad. I'm going to share a peach cobbler recipe that my grandmother on my mom's side actually created. It's absolutely delicious, and my mom swears it's the best peach cobbler recipe out there. It's pretty damn good. But before I share that with you, I can update you on my life.

A couple weekends ago I went to a Ranger's game with a few of my friends. We stayed at my cousin's house and it was a lot of fun.

This was us in the pub bathroom. Steph had planned way ahead of time to drink one or two or three beers here before heading to the expensive beer at the game. We all had a great time at the game. The boys were drinking their beers and eating their hot dogs, while us girls really had no idea what was going on (not because we didn't understand baseball, but because we were slightly inebriated and just didn't want to pay attention), and decided to walk around. Because we are some hot pieces of...you know...some guys decided to start talking to us. And Steph decided we needed to try their hot dog they had just bought. (Way to go, Steph). She also got a free water...me on the other hand...after voicing many times to them that I needed cotton candy, ended up buying it myself. SO I was not impressed with them very quickly. We went out after the game and had some fun (even though Austin is a lot MORE fun in this scene). We came home and ate a bunch of the cookies Jessica had made (which I want the recipe to) and, all in all, it was a great weekend. 

This past weekend Steph and I made a trip to Abilene. We stayed at Ross' house. It was an AWESOME weekend. We met some new people, some we liked and some not so much. Here are some awesome quotes from the weekend: 

• While at whataburger ordering food, Rachael, in the backseat of the car says, "Hey you know what else we need? We need a small order of the beer sh*ts." 
• After Rachael spilled her drink on my lap, I ask Ross and Zack, "You know I didn't actually pee my pants right?" Rachael then chimes in, "Alex, don't lie. You know you peed your pants. But that's ok, because I will pee my pants so you won't be the only one, too." 

Ok, so apparently the quotes really only consist of funny things Rachael said. She's Steph and my new friend, who needs to move to Austin immediately. 

Here we all are in the backseat. That was a fun car ride. 

OK, so present time. I FINALLY made myself cool enough to be asked to go on a poker run with my sister, Angela, and her hubby, Chris, and their friends. So I'm headed to Destin in a week from today for 4 days. :) I plan on singing Knee Deep by the Zac Brown Band all weekend. There will also be a blog post, which should include some awesome stories...At least there better be. 

Ok, peach cobbler recipe...

Ingredients:
2 Large cans sliced peaches
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground clove
1/4 teaspoon ginger
2 pie crusts
1 stick margarine (I used butter)

Mix all ingredients.

Criss-cross one crust on bottom of rectangular dish. 

Criss-cross one crust on top of the filling and dot with one stick of butter. 

Bake 450 degrees for about 45 minutes or until golden brown. 

And Voila! Yumminess. 

"Well that's like summer in a bowl."