The sun still shines

It seems in austin the sun will shine year round. Its actually kinda nice. The worst part is that the air feels about ten inches thick. Its pretty dang gross. oh i am excited to feel the nice crisp air of washington state! seattle here i come... well just before thanksgiving anyhow!
Still loving it here. I am in a pretty big need of a washer and dryer IN my apartment, dand waiting list is to long! But if thats the worst part of being here i would say all is pretty dang good!
Work is work. I am getting great feedback from the parents about how the kids are doing and advancing. Not only that I am seeing it myself! From the ability to recognize numbers to repeating numbers and letters as well as following directions these kids are showing me new skills daily! Having a harder time with the boss but all should work out in time.
Rugby is still super amazing! The Bside is still undefeated and we have had a good number of games. We still have one game and two tourni's left so we will see how it goes!
With all the fun i am having here i do still miss seattle and seattle folk! esp my little punkers.. aubrie and liah i miss you babies! love you lots!

here is another pic from one of my games for folks back home...


and for anyone here in austin here is a pic of my favorite little punkers! its a little old but i love this pic!

Chillin in austin

Well things seem to be setting into routine here! The love for Austin has yet to wear off. Every week i think to myself how there is a whole city at my finger tips that I have yet to explore, come on self get out there! I have no idea where to start or what to see. Slowly but surely it will all come to me I am sure. This will be my first weekend without a rugby match, but in true rugby form it will not be a weekend without ruggers! Working at Marathon kids tomorrow for a REALLY long time. Then chillin with some ruggers in the PM. Followed by a day where i can sleep in... thank the good Lord for that. and then church and chill with more ruggers in the PM. Yay!

Last weekend was spent in Colorado playing rugby. A side had a pretty big match against glendale which we dont really need to talk about. The next day a side had another match against Boulder. I actually got to sub in on this game which was exciting. The end result is one that has left some folks pretty upset. After a rough game with non stop whistles the last try was not awarded to us... we lost by ONE. Not cool and really not fair. We followed that up with a Bside game which the Valks dominated. I started in this game sub'd out and the came back in. Standing on the side lines was rough. I hate watching my team play when I cant be in. I did enough of that with a busted knee. Plus they seemed to be having so much fun. all the subs stood on the side hoping to get back in.
the best part of the weekend was that we went with 29 girls. Seriously nearly two sides. thats amazing!

Here are some pics from my recent adventures
Here is my team in boulder... note the flatiron mtns in the background


and here i am with some ruggers at the airport