Keeping Austin Weird

We went to Austin this past weekend for a little R&R from our everyday stresses that have plagued us lately. We stayed with a friend so we didn't have to pay for a hotel which was AWESOME!

I've been bugging Hector for the past year to move down there. I told him we need to sell the house and get a move on it so that I can network for a good job after I graduate law school. Hector says that once I become governor then we can move down there. After listening to Governor Perry two weeks ago about succession, I actually may be President rather than Governor.

There are some odd people in Austin however. Seriously, these people have no shame. Maybe it's because we are so uptight here in DFW that these people seem like they are from another planet. But really bugged me are the freaks that broke into our Tahoe!

Hector went out to the car Saturday morning to get something for me and then came back and told me that someone had broken the window. I thought he was kidding, but sure enough the window had been completely shattered and there were marks on the ceiling where the thiefs had tried to pull out the DVD player. Too bad it was factory installed so it's impossible to pull out. I guessed this pissed off these people so they grabbed my day planner which was in the back pocket of the driver's seat.

Oh no you didn't! I KNEW I shouldn't have left that in there! Fortunately I had taken out my license and bankcards to put them in this little mini card holder that day. I had put the planner in that pocket to lighten the load in my tote/diaper bag. When we got back to our friend's house, I looked at it just left it in there because I assumed that no one would want it. Well at least these jerks have knowledge of all of Emily's doctor and ECI appointments.

The police sent a forensics person out to dust the car for prints. I asked him why we didn't hear anything and he said it's because the criminals know that the alarm doesn't sound unless you actually open the door, so they use a screwdriver to pop the window which only makes the sound of bacon frying. Damn, we had smart thugs hit us up. How come we never get our car broken into by the people you see on "World's Dumbest Criminals"?

So we had to spend $160 for a new window which put a dent into our spending money on anything else. That should be a phrase on a a bumper sticker: I went to Austin and all I got was this lousy window!"