Things here are swimming along. We have been doing a lot of work on the house and hemorraghing money. But it already looks SO much better. It is strange having this much space and no longer tripping over each other. There are still many boxes to unpack but at least we can find our clothes.I met a couple of mamas off the austinmamas list. It's like dating except instead of the promise of the possibility of sex there is the possibility of someone to hang out with when you have your kid. Needless to say, I do not put makeup on before these encounters. That's the nice thing about moms and toddlers. As long as you have clothes on and don't smell TOO bad, you're in. I am almost done with week three of being with Ben 24/7 and it's getting old. Can't wait for Monday and daycare to begin. Of course Josh is going out of town next week. Ugh! He gets to go back to California for work. He's going to beat me back there—drat. Overall, I am enjoying Austin but I do miss my friends a lot. I miss how easy it is with them. Everything is a bit harder here but also a little more exciting because even going to the grocery store feels a bit like an adventure. I know. My life is so sad. Our neighborhood is total suburbia. I can't get the theme song from Weeds out of my head every time I drive down the street. This morning I was turning into the drive thru Starbucks (how psyched am I that there is one right down the street). I couldn't get Ben to spit out the piece of apple he was hoarding in his mouth. I knew that if I got a frappucino he would get rid of it so that he could drink some of that cold yummy goodness. And it worked like a charm. Think that has anything to do with why he wouldn't take a nap today? Anyway, I was turning into lazy coffee drinkers mecca and there were four SUVs in front of me pulling in as well. All us suburban moms getting our caffeine fix so we can survive our meaningless suburban existences. I am getting so macabre. Need to up that prozac.