Life in Bryan according to Lil' Kelly

For those of you who may be wondering, I have not fallen off the face of the earth! I've officially been here in Texas for two weeks and I must say.....I'm home!! I'm amongst my people and I love it. Everyone here is so nice. Exhibit A: I was standing in Home Depot staring at the screw & wall mount display completely exasperated because I had no idea what I needed. The nice man standing next to me (not employed by Home Depot) asked if he could help me and he did! And that sort of thing happens everywhere...people talk to you just because you're there...it's great!! I love it! And I do not have the thickest accent here by far...YEA ME!!

So in the past two weeks I've spent a large part of my time SLEEPING!! I had no idea I was so tiered. I swear, if I sat still for more than 10 minutes I was out. The dark circles under my eyes are greatly improved. I've been letting myself sleep because I figure I needed it....good bye stress...hello bright eyes!!

I've also been searching for a job...I'll let you know when that turns into anything. I've been practicing my Nanny gig which will start officially next Friday I think. I watch my friend's 4 month old. Easily the coolest baby I've ever met. She so easy going it's insane. She makes really funny faces at me when I do something wrong (Taking baby clothes off is hard ya'll) but that's it. She hardly ever cries...so easy. I tell her all the time "thank you for being so easy" I think it will be fun to hang out with her a couple of mornings a week. Her older sister is AWESOME!!! Nowhere near as easy, but she is very smart and dramatic....I think she's an artist in the making. She sings a lot too so of course I immediatly loved her!

So when I'm not sleeping,nanning, or job hunting, I've been getting back in touch with the artist in me! I've discovered a couple of things I want to share with you all... (you know how I love to get people addicted to the same stuff I'm addicted to!) In random order:

New Favorite Band: Breaking Benjamin....love their sound!!! I'm back in a rock phase and I stumbled upon them on You Tube of all things. Their song "Dance with the Devil" is great!!

New Obsession: The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer...and I do mean obsessed. I bought the first book in the series for my drive here....It was AWESOME!!! She's kinda like J.K. Rowling in that the story is in the fantasy world and it's about younger people. But just like Harry Potter, it's so well done that adults can really enjoy the books too and she has been very successful in the crossover. All I can say is I have NEVER (and this is someone who is at B&N at midnight on Harry Potter release night) been so enraptured by two charecters in my life. I went through the entire series is a little over a week....and that is 4 very long novels. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if you enjoy fiction at all, try out Twilight. Granted, it's an easy read, it won't inspire you to greatness but it is soooooooo good!!

Interesting Movies I've found: I think Michael & Tamara will really enjoy these, so let that be a warning to those of you who know them. 1st place- Smart People. It has Sara Jessica Parker and the girl from Juno in it. It's great. I loved it.

2nd- Gosford Park (spelling?) It is also great. It has a huge cast including Clive Owen...swoon.

3rd/4th tie- Everything is Illuminated and Little Miss Sunshine. These I actually found while living with Matt & Tamara...Thank you for the introduction guys!

Good gracious this is turning into a novel itself. I'll bring you more of my discoveries soon!

Just Checking In

Hey Guys!!!!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I got here...I'm in Texas!!! The drive was pretty uneventful, minus the rain that started in Santa Rosa & didn't stop until I was almost in Waco!! Oh, and I left so eary Saturday morning that Starbucks wasn't opened & I didn't come across another one until 1:00pm...that's right, I didn't get my get my coffee until 1:00!!!

I really love my apartment. I'll post pics later, I'm still trying to get it all put together. But it has rained here almost four days straight. I've seen more rain here in 4 days than I did in 4 years in Albuquerque. So I'm a little stir crazy....however, I discovered a series of audio books so I'm keeping myself busy with them.

Well I must go for now...more boxes to unpack!