Things Have Been A Little Cray Lately

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted so this entry will be a catch up of sorts…zany stuff that happened while I wasn’t blogging.

Things were pretty hectic the last couple of weeks particularly because of ACL (Austin City Limits Music Festival). I included the full festival name because when I mentioned to my sister that I was working the event she was like, “Huh, que es eso?” And I was like, “What do you mean? You don’t know what ACL is?!” And she was all like, “No, why would I axe you if I knew. And anyways, it’s not like you knew about it before you moved there.” So I said, “Everyone knows what ACL is. It’s only one of the biggest music festivals in the country.” So she said, “I don’t believe that.” So we left it at that. Anywho, I had both the pleasure and displeasure of working a booth for work at ACL. While it was cool to see lots of musicians I wouldn’t otherwise see, it was also pretty crap-ito too. I’m just not built for music festivals or any other events where large groups of people gather to drink and think it’s their prerogative to be an all around asshole. "Sure 6' guy...stand right in front of the only person not above 5' and gyrate your junk up against your girlfriends ass while I try and guess which way you'll gyrate so I can go the opposite way to watch Eminem explain to me why he's the real slim shady." I did find joy at the beginning of the day when the hard core people showed up and bum rushed the gates to find the best spots next to the big stages. One of them even waived at me. Check it out yo!

Yea, so don’t invite me to stuff like that because I’m just going to say I’d rather fight off an invasion of crickets. Yea, so apparently that’s a thing here in Austin. Every so often there is this horrific cricket explosion. They were literally everywhere! Jumping and cricketing about every corner, stinking up the joint. That’s another thing, crickets smell like dirty gym socks, a dirty diaper with Indian food in it, and a decomposing body…definitely a mixture of all those for sure. They even made the freaking news! Check it out here. 

Luckily the crickets have died down and we are inching closer to Halloween! My most fave holiday other than Christmas! It’s also pumpkin season! Hooray! At a recent trip to my most favorite place on earth…Trader Joe’s…I walked into pumpkinpalooza! And it was glorious! Pumpkin flavored everything! I ended up purchasing the pumpkin Joe-Joe’s cookies. 

Pumpkin Joe-Joe's...you my only friend.

They are pretty freaking amazing. But beware; they are 150 calories for 2 cookies. But check it…if you just un-sandwich them it’s like you get to eat 4 cookies! Success! Trader Joe’s also had these awesome monster cutouts out front so the husband and I knocked some kids over to capture some Kodak moments. 

I picked the tall one so I could live vicariously through it.

Husband picked this one because he's a ginger.

Stay tuned for an upcoming post about my favorite TJ’s products. It’s gonna be pretty epic. Until then, may your days be filled with pumpkin spice and everything not related to lice.