Austin Adventures

So I mentioned that I found a few meet up events to try. Well on Thursday I went to a Trailer food meet-up and it was ok but out of the "trailer park" only one trailer was open and they had a special menu b/c they ran out of all their normal food. So while it was good it wasn't true to the trailer so I'll probably have to go back anyway. :)

So Austin has this bike rally every year and it just so happened to be this weekend. On Friday they had a bike parade down town where like several thousand bikes drive up and down Congress and park as the come back then walk to 6th Street to party for the rest of the weekend. Since I went down alone I just watched the parade and walked around a little but did not venture into any bars. Then when I got home my co-worker Joyce called me to see if I wanted to join her and a friend at Gloria's at the mall closest to us. So I got dressed again and met them... at 10:30-ish and Gloria's closed at 11. So then after our 1 drink we headed home. I'm glad I did not get all dressed up like she did. I just put on a clean top. :)

Saturday rolls around and another meet up was scheduled... for a Rollerderby. I've never been to one so it sounded fun. It was back down town so I went down a little early and got lunch and shopped a little then drove forever to find parking and walked even more trying to find the convention center (more appropriate, the right entrance of the convention center). Eventually i find it and find the meet up group. Most of them were really nice. The rollerderby was very entertaining. After we went to 6th street so they could see all the bikes parked there and get food. I didnt eat much b/c I didnt plan on staying but one of the girls had a son and it was her one night out so she really wanted to stay longer. So myself and another meet up friend stayed with her.... where she continued to get drunk. waisted. smashed.... and all of the above. She just kept buying drinks for both of us and I'd drink about half before exchanging our drinks and then stepped it up to just holding my full drink and exchanging for her empty. She never noticed. Not that I wanted to get her drunk but I didnt want to be drunk too and one of us had to maintain consciousness. Around 1am the other girl headed home and since the bars closed at 2 I stuck it out...

Unfortunately after the bars closed she was bound and determined to find an "after party" she stopped several groups of people to ask what they were doing now.
1. military men (she said she'd trust them) just walked away from her
2. indian/black guys - told us to go to a club called amnesia and they exchanged numbers
3. group of guys who she thought gave her dirty looks at a bar, stopped to confront them ended up being invited back to there house for some good old recreational fun. I told them no. We left.
4. a deaf guy who just kept using his phone to talk. I don't really think it was deaf but he had her convinced.
5. a black guy dressed up nice
6. a old man with a camera
7. a cute NY transplant who she decided I needed to go home with

We finally found my car and I took her drunk ass home. I got home myself at 4 am.

Recap - Rollerderby from 6-9 or so. Dinner from 9:30 - 10:30. 6th street from 11-3am.

Happy June

It's officially hot freaking texas summer season... and that means I'm going to be even less social than normal! JK. I've already found 3 meet ups to do this up coming week. I logged on b/c I wanted to find something to do tonight but no luck. However, there is a movie in the park on Tuesday, a trailer food outing on Thursday and a Jazz brunch on Sunday. I don't know if I'm actually going to any of them or not but I'm going to try. Socialize, Amber... socialize. It's my new mantra... Like it? There is generally so much to do but it seems like my schedule doesn't match up well. Like things start at 5:60 or 6 on a week day and I get off at 5... or later depending.

My socialness today was goodwill/mall shopping alone and now interneting at starbucks. I might go to a church tomorrow. We'll see.

Hope my lovely's are doing well!