A much needed pre-departure update!

I have been getting called out lately on how I have not been keeping up with my blog. I am sorry for this. A lot has been happening lately, and frankly, I have not been in the writing mood. Here is a quick update for those of you I do not keep up with on a regular basis of what has been happening in my world.

On May 14th I finished working for the two families that had employed me as a personal assistant/nanny for the past year. It was a bittersweet moment for me as I really got to know these families well, but was excited about starting this new chapter in my life. At some point I’ll have to write more about them, with their permission of course.

I officially moved out of my apartment on May 31st and back into my parent’s house where I am currently sitting typing this post. Got to love being home; good food, heaps of wine, and fun company! Yes, I love hanging out with my parents.

On June 4th 2010, my handsome nephew, Thad was born. I would like to take a moment to take credit for his birth on this day. I had (I say “had” because I gave it to Anna when Thad was born-you’ll see why) a birthday fortune telling book that Jordan Martin gave me for a birthday one year. I was looking through the possible dates that I knew my nephew could be born on when Anna called. She was bored and I started reading her the fortune for the day Thad was scheduled to be induced/born on. It was a crap day (sorry June 7th friends!). Then I read her the fortune for that day (June 4th) and it was 100 times better, so I told her to have him that day. A couple hours later Anna called to say she was in labor, and a couple hours after that Thad Rossmann Ziegler entered this world. So sorry Jordan, but I felt like I had to give Anna the book after that because she deserved it! We got to hang out in San Antonio with Anna and the two Thads for a couple of days, which was awesome. I still cannot comprehend that my sister is a mom now, but I am so happy for she and Thad. What great parents that little boy has!

After I left San Antonio I went back to Austin for two days to say some last goodbyes. It was a very productive trip. I got to see both families I worked for and most of my friends. My friends were very sweet, and put together a surprise dinner and drinks for me at Trudy’s. Here is one thing I know I am going to miss; Trudy’s Mexican martinis. I really appreciated everyone coming to hang out and drink with me one last time. For some awful reason someone urged me to get up and make a speech, I think I got to “thank you everyone for coming out….” before I started crying and sat down. Nice. I’m going to miss Austin and everyone in it so much. I don’t even want to say anything more, because I might start crying.

My brother flew in this past weekend to see me off. We had a good time of hanging out and whatnot. I totally kicked his behind (have to keep it PG for the kids) in dominos, which I’m sure he really appreciated. I bet he’ll say he let me win, but we all know the truth, that I was on fire that night! Anyway, I’m going to miss him, and I hope he gets the urge to come out and visit me in Australia!

I didn’t do a very good job of keeping this a quick update, but I promise I tried. Everything seems relevant to what has been going on before I leave. I will also promise to keep updating this thing on a regular basis. Maybe since I leave in a few days I will be more inspired to write about pre-departure topics.