I slept in yesterday morning, and stayed in my pj’s until nearly noon. Brewed some coffee, wrote an update on the blog, and took photos of Oliver.

It was a good morning.

I went out to lunch at Terra Burger (el yummo) and met up with some moms from the Gentle Christian Mothers online community. I’m not a mom (yet), but I’ve been a part of the forum for over five years, and in addition to being a great resource, it is also a wonderful community of women that I love dearly.

So, yes, I am one of those people who goes to strange cities to hang out with people I’ve only known online. And you know what? It was great – we talked for over two hours.

After lunch, I did a little more shopping. Found three awesome shirts at the Goodwill Retail Store, and tried in vain to find some cute flats. It’s been too warm to want to wear sneakers and my flip flops just aren’t cutting it. Kayla and I might go to Plato’s Closet today, so hopefully I can find something there.

I got myself stuck in rush hour heading down to South Austin to meet Kayla at work. Back home, “rush hour” means a bit of stop-and-go traffic down Main Street; here it’s bumper-to-bumper for miles. Thank God for good radio stations.

From work, Kayla and I headed to Buda, a really cute little city just outside of South Austin. We walked around downtown Buda for “Ladies’ Night”, a sort of open house where all the local shops set out food and drinks, and have silent auctions to raise money for charity.

We ate dinner at a little cafe called Casa Alda. I had a “breakfast taco” with bacon, eggs and avocado. I’m learning that a lot of the things-you-must-do in Austin mostly involve food.

Not that I’m complaining, mind you.

So another excellent day in Austin, and I’ll have more updates and photos tomorrow. Missing home, but…loving it here.