Here We Come, Austin!

Can we chat for a minute?  Like girl-talk chat?  Cause guess what?  I’m going to Austin tomorrow?!  Remember that little stint I had with Suze Orman?  Well, the trip she approved me for is happening tomorrow!  I’ll save you the link over and get you caught up.  Kaitlin and I run FridayNightLightsFan.com, a fan site for the NBC show Friday Night Lights.  Two of the stars, Kyle Chandler and Brad Leland put on a charity golf event every spring and Kaitlin and I decided to take the leap and go this year.  They are in the midst of filming the final season in Austin.  We’re hoping not only to fit in the events they have planned at the hotel but also get around and see Austin and hopefully some filming included! 

I’m beyond ready to take a vacation right now.   Part of me is feeling HUGE mommy guilt for taking a weekend away from my girls for something so silly in the grand scheme of things. I assuage my guilt by assuring myself that they will have some great Daddy time and family time with my in-laws Saturday night. Not only that, I will have some much-needed rest and relaxation and lifetime memories.  And not to mention my donation for the event could have lifelong positive impacts to the recipients.   So, see?  I’m talked back into it!  Never you mind there are storms expected all week and there have been bomb scares and floods and tornadoes and earthquakes and all sorts of stuff to make you worry.  But it will be a great weekend.  Right?  Right???

Right.

So I just spent a few minutes lying out all my clothes for my suitcase.  Scott, the girls and I picked out a few new things for me at Target the other night.  Like this dress, this skirt and this shirt. If nothing else, of course I am excited to wear my new clothes.  I loved that Scott was into helping me pick everything out.  He even insisted I needed a new purse and picked out a silver one for me.  Lexi wanted so badly to pick something out for me, but her and I?  Well, we just do not have the same taste.  One was this bright pink, really big floral print summer dress and the other was a navy and teal floral print.  She could pull it off but not I.

This weekend is one of those moments I feel like a grown-up because I’m flying solo and we’re renting a car and we’ll have to find the way around ourselves.  Yikes!  I’m not old enough for all that am I?

So yeah, if you can’t tell, there is a bit of apprehension but lots of excitement.  I really hope to get some great pictures and my goal is to have a smile on my face as much as possible!