An escape after the bar exam

My mom and I decided against the African safari for this year considering that I am going to be exhausted, physically and mentally, after taking the bar exam. So we decided on a more relaxing vacation. We are going on a 12-day Mediterranean cruise on Princess Cruise Lines.



If any of you have been to any of these stops and have any suggestions on where to go, or where not to go, please let me know. This is only my second time to Europe, and my first time, I stayed in Spain, so needless to say, I know nothing about France, Italy, Greece or Turkey.

Vegas, baby!

This is just one of the many fun pictures I took while in fabulous Las Vegas with Marisa, Gary and Shakira (my bff of the snake world).



The first night we went out, we went down to the strip and for some reason, one of Marisa's friends started calling me Marti and yelling stuff like "Martay likes to partay!"...long story short, that kind of became my Vegas alias.

One night, we went to Tabu in the MGM Grand, we had to wait like half an hour to get in and then pay 20 bucks, so basically we started a little game called "Drink interception"...let your imagination try to figure out that one.

A looooong day at the river

Yesterday, Meme and I left bright an early around 8:30 to head out to go float the river. We met up with Jamie, Justin, Derrick, Scott, Jesse, Josh and John who were all camping at Camp Huevo (pronounced Waco). We weren't able to get on the river till close to noon since there were about 30,000 other people getting the river, not an exaggeration. The first half of the trip was a blast, but after our unsinkable ship sank, it kind of went downhill from there.

The first half of the trip was full of beer bongs, jello shots, and some priceless laughs. Even when I lost my flip flops and tore my feet up, everything was still going smoothly. But shortly after the unsinkable ship (our 6 person raft) sunk, we ran out of beer and the sun went behind the trees, yet we were only about half way down the river.

After spending the last hour of the trip paddling with our arms (my shoulders are SO sore), we finally made it back to shore at about 9pm. At that point, we were suppose to just hop in Derrick's truck which was parked at the end of the River, and drive back to the campground...except Derrick left his car keys at the campground, so we had to wait for a bus. About half an hour later, we got on a bus, not all of us of course. However, there was a huge wreck on River Road so we were literally stopped on the road for about an hour. Jesse and Justin were having, from what I observed, somewhat of a lover's quarrel, at which point the bus driver interrupted, telling them to shut up because it was the stupidest argument he had ever heard. Still having fun though. Got back to the campground around 11 and sent Jesse and Jamie to go get Derrick and Meme.

After midnight, Jamie and Meme show up, without Jesse. Jesse got pulled over for a broken tail light and gave the cop a fake name because he was worried he had warrants out for him. The cop got his real social security number, found out there were no warrants, but arrested him for falsely identifying himself to an officer. At this time, the cop asked Jamie and Meme if either of them had any concealed weapons. Jamie looked over at Meme and responded "she's packing", which resulted in both of them getting taken out of the car and forced to lay face down on the ground. Where's a photographer when you need one? Anyways, Jesse spent the night in jail and Meme and I made it back to Austin shortly before 2am. I immediately got in the shower to wash the river water (aka beer/urine/jello) out of my hair.

Meme and I spent $48 on beer and snacks, $34 on tubes, and $30 on parking. I lost my sunglasses, my hat, and my flip flops. Meme lost her license and I broke my digital camera and Razr phone...so our fun yesterday cost a grand total of about $350...and I was expecting to spend about $20, what was I thinking?

...the unsinkable ship..."Do you have diabetes? (Meme: No) Well, you're gonna"..."we'll let you on the property if you're willing to take a beer bong"...Girls Gone Wild New Braunfels..."ask me where Jesse is"...Shelby is close to experiencing hundreds of years of oppression...Derrick almost died..."she's packing"...I need some bold flavored carbohydrates...Scott's thong..."25% of the females on the river today are menstruating, it's statistics"...black spandex turtleneck...my hatred of motorcyclists..."Shelby's coming back on Monday and she's bringing sluts"...


Me, Jamie and Meme...they look ghostlike in this picture, I like it.


Jamie and Justin on the bus.


Meme and the cooler.

Long story short - I love tubing, but I will make an effort from now on NOT to go to the river on a holiday.

This is where I be!

Lake Austin Spa Resort

Got here Monday, checking out Friday...enjoying every minute, especially if that minute is one spent being massaged.


A pic from outside my room


The yoga deck overlooking the beautiful Lake Austin.

Alright, back to relaxation...

Had to document this...

My friend in Austin blogged about our Friday night so well that it would be pathetic for me to attempt the same...so I did the whole cut and paste thing. Thanks Meme!


"what the hell have I been up to, you ask?

Friday: Emailed SM to ask if I would ever see her again, and moments later she called me from her car as she was driving thru OK on her way down to Austin. What a nice cinco de mayo suprise! and yay! she was gonna stay with me for the weekend. I was very excited, but also very tired. It is customary for me to stay in and sleep on Friday nights, but when a friend comes to town, I make time for them. Of course, we had to go out.

SM has been in Tulsa for so long now, its like Austin isnt really her home anymore, so it was like I was showing her around a new place - even tho she grew up here. We had little interest in sixth street, so we hit up 4th and 5th. After parking and walking down the street, things start getting a little hazy.

I can tell you this much tho.....Girls in cages does not justify waiting in a long greasy line.....Six has lots of potential, but not when the roof is closed for a private independence day party..... If you're not feeling gay-y, Saba remains a good fail-safe.....SM can hold her liquor, more specifically, but she holds Dewars on the rocks. Doubles ......Men like it when short girls have blonde curly hair.....Cute bartenders have cute friends....unless you're buying my drinks, why are you trying to share my stool? Besides, can't you see I'm trying to catch up with my friend? Thats why I was facing, listening, paying attention and responding to her and not squeezing my boobs together while I scan the room in a submissive but hopeful sort of way...... I don't care about your real estate deals.....

Guys: girls in pairs arent likely leave their pal and go home with you - unless they suck as people. Take your pick from any random group of three or more..... Red Fez is still one of my favorite bars. Its definately my favorite end-up. Its mine, and it always will be. I will forever drag (not that I have to) my friends there, we will always disregard the line, its okay if a girlfriend doesnt want to dance sometimes. I'm fine dancing on her while she rests her feet on the couches ..... oooh, ooh, smiling will get you almost anything you want in life .....the sidewalk outside is the closest thing I've found in Austin to the club just closed parking lot socials you'll find in Houston ..... I love that Austin is in fact a small-ish town, and I love running in to old friends. Especially when you didn't know they have lived here - for 6 years ...

...even if you dont smoke, its usually a good idea to keep some papers around - think of them like lightbulbs. Besides, you may be an expert at ghetto-rigging replacement, but I could probably be back from the gas station, JITB and make 3 phone calls before its ready, and we need to get on to our special place..... sweatshirt rain = bag lady .....Star Seeds is a very special place.....chips, queso, salsa, blueberry pancakes, breakfast burritos make great late-night snacks. But that doesnt make it okay for you to forget my fries.....you can lead a horse to water, but if that horse was just a hor it would be a lot easier to get it to have sex with your friend that she thinks is hot.....sleeping is greeeeeeaaaaat....."

Palm Springs and a Beauty Pageant

I am very excited about a trip I am taking this August. Chad, Kelly, Jacque, Jess and I are all going to Palm Springs to watch Raevan compete as Miss Teen Texas in the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Raevan is pictured below...isn't she beautiful?



I really could care less where we go, because I always have the best time with Chad et al...but Palm Springs is going to be awesome. I think I may stick around after the pageant to hop over to San Diego to visit Emily (best friend since 2nd grade).

Spring Break 2006

My original plan for Spring Break was to go to Port Aransas with Chad et al and then spend a couple of days in Austin. However, I found this awesome apartment and decided to save myself the stress of juggling classes, work and moving in and just take Spring Break to move in. So here's how my break ended up.

Thursday: Took my stupid Con Law Midterm then headed down to Dallas, Texas to visit Hallie, Angie, Cody and Rolo. Got in about 8pm and met up with Cody, Hallie and Rolo in Downtown Dallas.

Friday: I drove out to Frisco, Texas and went to the infamous Sam Moon, spent about $150 on girlie stuff and then headed over to Ikea to buy some things for my new apartment. Drove back into Dallas and met up with Hallie and Rolo for Happy Hour. Later we got to meet up with Angie and Cody.


Angie and Me


Angie and her broken cigarette


Cody and Angie (trying to set up a cool myspace profile pic)

Saturday: Rolo and I had big plans to go to the St. Pattie's Day Parade on Greenville, but slept in and missed it, but got decked out in green anyways and headed into Dallas from Carrollton and got trashed on some green beer. We got a 100 oz. beer tower and then headed over to the movie theater to watch "Failure to Launch" (what else do you do? - I'd give the movie a B). After the movie, we headed back to Carrollton for more drinking in front of the TV.


Rolo and some tasty green beer


Me and the beer tower.

Sunday: Woke up and decided I was way too hungover to drive back to Tulsa so I decided to stay one more day. Rolo and I went to this excellent little vietnamese restaurant, had way too much sake (which I still think tastes like old feet), and went back to continue drinking in front of the tv (my favorite thing to do).

Monday: Headed back to Tulsa at 7am and as I'm driving through Okmulgee, I get a call from work telling me I have to testify in court at 2:00. I tell them I have to pick my mom up from the airport at 2:00, they don't care...they told me to get her a cab (so ready to quit at this point). Got my mom a cab to the courthouse, testified, got cross-examined for the first time (re: an ex-client of ours), then finally got to start moving some things over to my new place. Later that evening, my mom took me, Josh and Megan out to dinner at Bourbon Street and shortly after, we crashed after our long day.

Tuesday through Friday: Mom and I moved all day and shopped all night; I'm finally moved in and so relieved that my mom was here to help me.

Where have I been?

Well, last week was Spring Break and although I only left town for 4 days, I was moving into a new apartment the remainder of my break. I will have lots more to add later but here's the one and only picture that I have managed to get on my computer so far.



At Humperdinks in Dallas with Rolo - that is a 100 ounce beer tower that we finished relatively fast (we beat the table of 5 next to us - they didn't know we were racing though)