Banana Pudding

Written at 10:00 pm on 8/20 to be posted at some future point when I have internet access J

Three full days in San Antonio. I have yet to put up pictures, but don’t you worry, they will be arriving soon. I kinda want to wait until my roommates are here and the place is more together :D Since arriving here Sunday morning I have discovered that my landlords are amazing, when it rains it pours and the roads become rivers, you cannot get tired of good Mexican food (no matter how fattening it is…), Fuddruckers touts the “best burgers in San Antonio,” and I’m ready to get this show on the road. I’m glad I’m here early, but after my dad left this morning *tear* all I want is to be consumed in the life I came down here to live. All this waiting around is not healthy for the heartstrings pulling me back to Georgia. Robert, one of my roommates, should be here tomorrow, so I’ll have someone to pick up where my dad and I left off. Exploring the city, getting my bearings, learning the bus routes, and finding a (2nd) job (Oh joy, oh rapture). I felt ridiculously alive when my dad and I were in the City Year office yesterday getting a tour and summary from Tramelle of what the program will look like. I’m so incredibly excited and I feel so incredibly blessed to be having this experience. I know I’m where I’m supposed to be, everything worked out with housing and roommates and it feels right. San Antonio fits.

So here is a little summary of how my dad and I spent my first days here:

My landlords immediately took us out to breakfast. It was delicious and the conversation was enlivening. After that we napped of course. The obligatory Wal-Mart *cringe* trip was made. We tried to go to the slightly better Target, but that failed miserably. After trying a few different methods, we got my tapestries up. We ate the first meal in my apartment, good ‘ol PB & Js. Monday… We had lunch with my dad’s old work friend, Ray. That was when we witnessed the roads transform into rivers. We found internet, the City Year office, the Farmer’s Market. We explored the River Center Mall and River Walk, then ate a light dinner at Chili’s. Somewhere in there we walked the dogs. Tuesday… we road the bus to the City Year office, talked with Tramelle and ate lunch with the Executive Director of City Year, Paul Garro. That was really cool. Went to check out the Alamo (also really cool and free, well donations welcome) and ended up walking all the way back to my apartment from there because we went about the bus thing all wrong (it was hot). We made the trek up to PetsMart and back over to Wal-Mart for some groceries (third trip there… I don’t want to see that place for the next 10 months). Ate dinner at The Republic of Texas where this guy was butchering country music (yes it’s possible). This morning I took my dad to the airport. Walked the dogs around the neighborhood and gave them baths… I talked to my mom a lot today. Talked to friends on the phone a lot. Went to use the internet at Borders… looked for jobs online, chatted, checked out the furniture on CraigsList; those kinds of things. Boring stuff, I can’t wait for my roommates to get here and for everything to get rolling.