Well, Nat and I are back from our weekend getaway. 
 It was a nice time for Nat and I to spend time together alone while my parents watched Sean for us. I must say, it was very nice just to have the two us to go and do whatever we wanted and not worrying about Sean and his schedule. On the other hand, Nat and I both missed Sean at various points of our getaway.
On Friday, we flew out before Sean woke up, and we landed in Austin around lunch. We headed over to Trudy’s for lunch with my friend Mehvash. After lunch, Nat and I headed to the mall so that I could look for some shoes. I was unsuccessful, but it was nice to walk inside because it had be sprinkling since we arrived. We headed over to the church I used to go to in college. They had changed buildings the last year I was there, so we visited the “new” site. There was an event going on and the doors to the buildings were locked, so I couldn’t take Nat inside. 
 Afterwards, we headed to Mozart’s coffee shop by Lake Austin and sat on the patio to relax a little bit. We headed back to the hotel to rest before we met up with Wei, John, and Michelle for dinner. Before dinner, I took Nat to the Capital and we walked around before heading to Hoovers for dinner. Nat and I were still full from lunch, but John raved about the great Southern cooking at Hoovers, so we managed to stuff ourselves full with queso, ribs, country fried steak, and some good sides. We washed down the meal with some sweet tea and lemonade. Needless to say, we couldn’t have any dessert, though next time we will definitely be trying the cobblers.  John and Michelle went home after dinner, and we went over to Wei’s house to hangout. It was a good time of catching up with each other and praying for one another. I forget how much I miss Wei!
We got home late on Friday, so we thought that we would sleep in on Saturday. Much to both of our surprise, we were up and ready to go at 7AM. After we worked out and showered, we headed to Juan in a Million. It was packed with so many people. It is a favorite among locals and students and seeing how it was Saturday closed to 11AM, it was no suprise that there was a wait. Fortunately, they are pretty quick at getting food out on the table, so we waited no longer than 15 minutes. Nat got the famous Juan in a Million breakfast taco (most people need 2-3 tortillas to finish all the filling), and I got 2 other breakfast tacos. Again, we were completely stuffed.
We headed toward campus to walk off some of the calories. I showed around, pointing out certain buildings and memories I had of campus. It was strange for me to be on campus because I didn’t remember any of the street names, but as soon as I was there, I knew where to go. Campus has changed a lot long since I last went in 2004. They have added quite a few buildings and are continuing to tear down and build new buildings. I guess this is typical for college campuses that are in cities and have no more land to expand. We went to the bookstore to get some UT gear for our parents and our sons. It was pretty fun to see all that burnt orange again.Â
After campus, we went to the spa to get our treatments.  Nat had some time in the sauna, a massage, and a scalp massage. I got a light exfoliation, massage, and pedicure. We were both VERY relaxed after our treatments. I wish I could get massages more often! The spa was close to a favorite bakery of mine, Upper Crust, so we drove over to have an afternoon snack. We headed back to the hotel to rest before going out to a nice restaurant for dinner.
We left around 6PM for dinner at Uchi. We had heard it was very popular and very good, but they didn’t take reservations. We were shocked to find out that there was almost a 2 hour wait for dinner at 6:30PM. We changed our plans and headed to Kenichi (thanks John for the suggestion) in downtown for dinner. I had forgotten how much of a pain it is to park in downtown Austin, so we had to drive around for awhile before we found a spot. Fortunately, it was close to the restaurant. We dined on some lovely fresh fish. We were stuffed after dinner (do you sense a theme here?). We didn’t want to get a big dessert, so I took Nat to Amy’s Ice Cream. We were so tired after getting ice cream that we took the ice cream back to the hotel to eat. We relaxed, packed, and headed to bed.
This morning, we woke up early again (without the alarm). We packed and got ready to leave for the airport. I felt hungry in the morning, so I asked Nat if he thought we had enough time to grab some more breakfast tacos from Juan in a Million. It was close, but in the end I ordered it to be picked up and we were able to make it to our gate with 20 minutes to spare! (I love how the rental cars in Austin are right across the terminal). Our flight to Chicago was good except that we had to circle for 30 minutes due to some thunderstorms in Chicago. When we landed, we saw that many flights were delayed and some even cancelled. Our flight seemed to be on time, but Nat felt that we were going to feel the effects of the storm with our flight. Boy, was Nat right! Our flight got cancelled, and we were booked on the 6:30PM flight. I wanted to go home to see Sean and my mom, so we decided to rent a car and drive home. Unforunately, our airline does not reimburse us for the car since the cancellation was due to weather.
We arrived home shortly before 5PM. It was so great to see Sean. He smiled at us as if to say, “Is this really mom and dad?” After a few minutes, he wanted us to follow us around as he pulled our luggage around. It was a great reunion! We are so glad to be back!