ACL wrap-up.

Wow. Wow. Wow. I’m sure you have caught on by now…but wow. This was our first year to got to ACL and it did not disappoint. Food stands, free stuff, and music. I was so happy. It was hard to pick a favorite moment of the day but here are my tops:

• Coldplay singing “Yellow” (the song that I walked down the aisle to, as performed by the Vitamin String Quartet) and their entire set made for such an amazing show. (And just finding out that Christian Bale was backstage. Swoon.)
• Cold War Kids. Always good live.
• The rain at the Theophilus London show. Austin hasn’t had rain in such a long time, much like the rest of Texas, but with the fires going on it was so refreshing to have some solid sprinkles. I love rain at concerts. Case and point:

(Brother-in-law and I at the Dave Matthews Band show. Jacob, Jordan, and I equaled drenched.)

• Ray LaMontagne. That smooth sounding Amish looking man was a delight to see live.
• Reptar. The piano player wore a jazzercise outfit…winner in my book.
• Sara Bareilles. We love her in this family.
• Foster the People. I really only know one song, which is ironically the song they were playing when we got to their show. The first 12 times I heard them on the radio I thought there was a girl in the band. I was wrong, but they were fun to watch.
• Pretty Lights. Super techno light show goodness. If you are not a fan of strobe lights and lasers, then you might want to steer clear.
• Nas and Damian Marley. Jordan looked like a little kid on Christmas day at this show. This was defiantly one of my top performances for the day, which ended with Damian singing “Could you be loved” by Bob Marely (his dad) and it was just about the greatest moment ever.  Side note: The guy with the flag in the video was at the show and I was super impressed with his ability to wave that flag the ENTIRE time. My arms would have just fallen off.
• Kanye West. Even though he was the size of a hot tamale, he was incredibly entertaining. He brought out the Ballet dancers in a few songs which was incredible. This was more like music theatre than a concert, which was great. He even made a 30 minute long public apology/motivational speech. That Kanye, what a guy.

ACL was by far one of the best festivals that I have ever been to. Here is my word to the wise, from the unwise: If you forget your sunglasses in the car, do not go buy a new pair once you get to the festivities. Why? Because you are likely to be leaving with about 3 or 4 pairs from places who will just give them to you for free. Go figure.

This is also my last week in Austin before the move to Lubbock. Incredibly bittersweet. I hope that you have had an amazing day so far and that you continue to do so.

New stuff…in bullets

• Last weekend Jordan and I went to Lubbock and found A PLACE TO LIVE! Yay! This is very exciting because I will be moving there so soon. My last official day at work is on Sept 23rd and I can’t even belive that it is all coming to a close so quickly. Pictures of our rockin new place will be posted soon enough. My hope is that I can make some renovations to this place…specifically the 70s inspired wall paper. Other than that, I am pumped about moving in.
• It is Jordan’s birthday week (which he hates that I have devoted this entires week to his birthday {insert evil laugh}) and we are both waiting and waiting for Friday when we get to go to ACL! AH! Hello Cold Play and many other delightful bits of sweet musical goodness.
• So I am thinking of a number between 1-3…winner gets to help me finish packing up the apartment. (I was thinking of 2. If that is you, get your cute self to Austin.) In return for your help I can give you lots of pats on the back or applause. Whatever you prefer.
• I miss Lemon. The overwhelming amount of packed boxes of doom were causing her anxiety. So she is staying with Jordan’s family in Lubbock until I can get there. At first I thought I would be relieved that she would be out-of-the-way for a bit, but life is a little gloomy without that Lemon around. When we got back from Lubbock I immediately went and crashed in bed…I waited to hear her to sprint full speed, making a giant leap towards the bed and land dangerously close to my head…But no puppy ran towards me   Call me dramatic. I am well aware.
• I have discovered a new love. Frisbee Golf. I have played 1 1/4 times and have had a total score of 115. Yes, that is very bad. But, I am up for more practice rounds and with it being free to play (rare in Austin) I am fully willing to improve my game.

With all that is going on amidst the insanity surrounding moving/job transition/and everyday life I have found peace and encouragement in the people and things around me. Lunch today with my friend Alyssa, the amazing people who I work with, my great friends, my top-notch husband, and these words:

I hope that your week has been amazing and that you have a great rest of the day.

Thankfuls+favorites+news.

It has been way too long since I have written anything and my hope is to get a lot covered in one post. So apologies if it is really long.

First I have news...For those of you who may not know, Jordan and I will be moving back to Lubbock. He got an amazing internship with the Bridge of Lubbock and will be finishing up his last semester of grad school and then working there for a semester, followed by graduation in May! So proud of that husband of mine who will be graduating with 2 masters in May The other news is that I just recently got a job in Lubbock! I will be moving and start in October…so prayers for a smooth transition from the job I currently have to my new one and for the move.

Thankfuls:

1. See all of the above. I can’t believe how things are working out for us. Prayers answered in so many ways.

2. The people that I work with in Austin. I have learned so much from them professionally and have been so fortunate to call them my friends too.

3. The Lake. I went last weekend for my friends birthday and for the first time in a really long time I did not mind the 1007624987 degree weather. Bring on the heat Texas!

4. Sleep.

5. Prayer. Answered and unanswered. My mom took this a photo of us praying around Tanis before her wedding and it is one of my most favorite pictures from the wedding:

Current Favorites:

(Looking forward to getting to see them (and all of our favorite Lubbock people) more once we move to town. Except for Lauren, because she is going over seas for a year! My little globe trotter.)

(As I have mentioned before, in a previous post, I have some serious problems with painting my own nails. But this is a magical bottle. I was successful and did not have to remove it immediately after finishing. The color is called mocachino. Target. Go. Now.)

(A picture of my parents on their wedding day.)

(Lemon’s new favorite place to sleep. We looked all over for her one day and there she was curled up between the couch and wall. It makes me laugh every time I see her walk over there. This dog puts up with a lot living with us, (between dresses I force her to wear, Jordan always wrapping her head up in a sheet to look like a nun, and our inability to call her by her real name) so I think this is her place to escape. Recently, in honor of the 5th season of Dexter, we tried to change her name to Lumen. We figured it was an easy enough switch but she didn’t seem to like the idea. However, if she had been okay with a  name change then the blog name would have to be changed as well, and Daily Lumens just sounds ridiculous. )

I hope your Thursday has been wonderful and may you think of your 5 thankfuls too.