Whirlwind Week!

I headed to Friendswood about a week and a half ago and directly into all the hurricane mess! We had two baby showers planned and I had to attend a CLE class in Houston the next week. The baby showers went surprisingly well considering the circumstances and the hostesses did such a lovely job with everything- especially considering half the town was still without power! My parents power finally came back on two nights before I had to leave (out a total of 12 days and cable is still out!). Susan's parents, Russell and Eva, who have always been like family to us were kind enough to take me in so I could sleep in air conditioning! It was an interesting visit to say the least! I was thoroughly impressed with the way the community has pulled together to help friends and neighbors through the aftermath however!

So last Friday my Mom drove me to Austin so I could meet up with Kurt for ACL Fest and a baby shower our friends were throwing there. We had an awesome time in Austin eating at our favorite places, seeing some of our favorite people, and just generally being back in our old stomping grounds! Thanks so much to Jess for hosting us for the weekend (and even giving up her bed to the preggo chick!) and to Darri, Lacey and Julie for such a wonderful couples shower! We enjoyed it so much! ACL was pretty fantastic this year since the weather was generally cooler than in past years! We made it out all three days for the late afternoon/evening shows. Foo Fighters definitley rocked the house and was our favorite. Yesterday we flew back into SB (on the hottest plane ride I have ever experienced- probably thanks in part to changing planes in Phoenix!). We had our first celeb sighting on the plane ride. Jeff Bridges (who many of you will recognize from lots of movies including Seabiscuit, The Big Lebowski, Iron Man) was on our plane and we didn't actually realize it until we were waiting for our bag! I looked over at him and told Kurt, "That guy sure looks a lot like Jeff Bridges- couldn't be him right?" Finally we saw the girl who sat next to him on the plane go over and take a picture with him and we figured it had to be true! Kurt was so embarassed that I dragged him over to ask for a picture too, but Jeff was very nice to us and apparently has a house in SB! Anyway- made our night to meet him and sort of cracked us up that movie stars have to ride in on the regular puddle jumper in the sweltering heat just like us (no first class into this town)!