Good Morning!
So after going back to my private blog I am getting back in the swing of things over here! Let me bring you back up to speed on what is going on in my crazy life.
I have packed my life into the back of my car and am heading out west to go do my own thing!
Yep!! I am beyond excited about the opportunities that this is going to bring me. I know that I need this time to myself more than anything. Yesterday was Day 1 of my new adventures and I must say. Sitting in a car driving across Texas was by far the most theruputic feeling ever. I LOVE to drive and the best part was when I got out west of San Antonio you are literally in the middle of no where. No phone. No radio. Just my car and my thoughts and man did I need it!
My original plan was to make the stop in El Paso for the night and attend the UH game, afterall - I AM going to miss the last home games, but after talking it over with Joyce and my Dad we decided that it would be better for me just to go up to New Mexico because El Paso is 4 hours out of the way. Plus lets face it - it isn't exactly the safest of cities and I remember the last 2 times that I was there I didn't want to go ANYWHERE without my guys by my side lol.
Yesterday morning I started out on my journey. I stopped in this little area there on the west part of San Antonio and ate lunch at this award winning pizza place. I stopped initially because it was SO cute and quaint and thought it was the perfect place for a first meal. I walked in and was immediately greeted with an entire wall and corner FULL of all of the awards they have won and all of the articles that had been published on them. My first thoughts were "don't overhype it!" haha :) The pizza was fabulous and the service was amazing.
Then when I got to Carlsbad, NM I decided to stop here for the evening. Now I'm not usually Miss get upset about anything but it was one thing after another after another. They have the WORST contruction ever going on, there is only one nice place to stay and I kept getting lost on all of the raods even with my Garmin and I couldn't find a place to sit down and eat a local meal. Plus I was upset for changing my mind to go to El Paso to watch my Coogs play their CUSA opener.
I went ahead and stopped at the hotel and got a room. It was super pricey but WAY worth it. I slept like a baby last night and it super nice. Not to mention, everyone here is SO friendly! I will definitely be back if I ever need a place to stay. I asked the lady up front if she had a recommendation for a bar. I figured the town surely has to have a bar or something that will have tvs for me to catch my Cougars. Yeah, no. They first of all don't even have a bar but their "sports bar" that they had. Hahaha let me tell you about it - it was super great food, and in absolutely the most sketchy of places (which automatically means super awesome local food in my book) and they did have TVs for each table - which was SUPER awesome, but they had ONE sports channel, and it was ESPN. Totally doesn't count because that comes with every basic cable package. Yeah, so I missed watching my Cougar Football game but I had text updates thank goodness.
The one thing that yesterday showed me - I feel like I am truely one of the luckiest girls out there. I have an amazing dad and family members who absolutely love me and are super supportive and my friends are the best group of friends a girl could ever ask for. I couldn't dream of a better, more adventurous way to start my journey.
