Friday evening I had the best time with Reagan, Kathleen, and Allison. We went out to dinner at a restaurant called Swift's Attic to celebrate Reagan's birthday. I didn't realize when I booked the reservations that is was a tapas restaurant, but I was able to try several things that I normally wouldn't have tried. We all agreed that we need to do this more often and that it has been entirely too long since we have had a girls night.
Birthday Girl
Such a fun night!
On Saturday, I slept until around 10. Mayyyyyy have had a little too much wine at girls night. Whoops! Luckily my amazing husband got up early with the dogs and let me sleep. We heard that there was a storm coming on Saturday afternoon, and we wanted to head out to the new lot and get one of our big oak trees fertilized before it hit. Man, did we time that one perfectly. We also wanted to check on the progress of the house since we hadn't been out there in about a week. Not much has changed since it has been continuously raining. They are waiting on the ground to dry out so they can pour the foundation. And right now, it looks like there is rain in the forecast for the next week.
Not much progress has been made
The sky as we were leaving the lot
And, we got caught in it
Casey and I decided that we would just lay low on Saturday night after the storm started. We don't have cable at the apartment, so I was following it online. We knew that Wimberley and San Marcos were getting hit the hardest and had heard that the Blanco River had gotten out of its banks. We didn't know the devastation until the next morning when we woke up and saw the articles online. Lots of flooding damage and the river was overflowing so bad, it shut down part of I35. They said this has never happened before.
Saturday night fun haha
I35 in San Marcos
For some reason, I did not get any pictures from Sunday. Case and I had a great day though. We went to brunch at Gloria's and then decided to walk down to Lamar and check out some little shops. We got a new candle and I got some new funky earrings. After that, we went to J. Blacks on 6th Street and had a few drinks and people watched. We went to dinner that night with Lance, Katie, and Fraus at Z Tejas. We were able to sit outside and enjoy the deck since it wasn't raining at the time.
On Monday, Casey and I went to brunch at 24 Diner. I have heard rave reviews about this place, but we had never been because it seems to always have a long wait. And now I understand why. The food was delicious. I had this honey chicken biscuit, and sorry Whataburger, this place has you beat. HOLY MOLY it was yummy. The waiter also told us they are known for their waffles so Casey and I ordered one to split. STUPID. We were so full after we had eaten our breakfast, but we still dove in and it was sooooo good. They make their waffles with yeast, so it definitely has a distinct taste, but amazing none the less.
After brunch on Monday, Lance called us to see if we would be interested in riding out on the other side of Llano to check out the new ranch that his dad bought. I told Casey that I would probably hang around the apartment but he could go if he wanted. Secretly, I just wanted to lay around and read a book I had started. I have been reading "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins and it is so good! Well low and behold, as soon as he left, it started storming again. I got online to check the radar and we were in another tornado warning. It rained really hard for about 2 hours and there was a ton more flooding in our area. Downtown Austin flooded and a dam broke in Bastrop. I was watching as the storm cell was moving and realized it was heading straight to my parents. I called mom and she said the electricity was already out there so I was filling her in on what the news was saying. A tornado ended up hitting about 7 miles away from where they live, but they are safe and sound. As of now (18 hours later), they are still without power, but at least they are safe.
Flooding outside our apartment
Radar of storm heading to my parents house
Casey made it home safely last night and that is pretty much how our Memorial Day weekend wrapped up. I also forgot to mention last week that Ruby is home!!! After 4 months of being at bird dog school, we finally got her back. She is so much better behaved, however, still very much a puppy!
Car ride home
Fun at the dog park (she plopped down in that puddle about 3 seconds later)
Snuggling with her brother (Murphy was not thrilled with this at all)
