Hi Atus! Who’s Atus?

I’m back!  It’s been a long time – two months in fact, since I last blogged, but I think it’s been a good two months full of learning, growing, and getting a little bit closer to the ideal me.

So much has changed in the past two months that I don’t even know where to begin… usually, when I feel that way, I make lists.  I see no reason not to make a list here:

1. I got a bad-ass new job.  Hellooooo Multimedia!
2. I started working out with a trainer (although I have been bad for the last few weeks).
3. I played on a kickball team and I WAS REALLY GOOD AT IT. I am petitioning to join the team full-time.
4. I lost three whole pounds.
5. I found this post and felt like someone read my thoughts and put them into a coherent blog post with stick figures.
6. I have started studying for the GRE.
7. I have contemplated becoming vegan for a few weeks. But you should know I contemplate a lot of things.
8. I have decided I could never give up cheese and thus #7 probably was not worth posting.
9. I have been slowly amassing everything J Crew sells.
10. I have purged my closet twice in the past two months.
11. I hiked seven miles through the Greenbelt and it was kind of awesome.
12. I spent a weekend in Lake Buchanan (kind-of) and decided it was beautiful and I need to go back.
13. In case there was ever any doubt, my Archers are the most amazing people I have ever known. Talk about having my back – and my stomach. Thanks for all the cookies Also, Allison is back in Austin and I am loving every second of her being here and I might be secretly plotting how to keep her here indefinitely.  (I think this list just changed from a list of things that’s changed in the last two months of my life to a list of things I now want to share in list-form.)
14. Susheela came to visit and it was awesome. She also loved TacoDeli and it kind of reaffirmed our no-re-affirmation-needed friendship.
15. I love the summertime.

I’m in Dallas this weekend, helping my parents pick out a new house and celebrating my sister’s high school graduation. Looks like everyone in the Patel family is going through some pretty big changes! I’m looking forward to the next few weeks – there will be some boozing during the 4th of July, a fun weekend in Houston seeing my all-time favorite musical, and I’m sure tons more happy hours with good friends.

To kick off happy weekends, a clip of my favorite song from my favorite musical: