So in case you were wondering

Life has really turned upside down since I got back from Europe a few weeks ago. Not only have I been carefully hiding out in Austin, slow to get back into the rut of running around aimlessly, trying to get into as many pictures as possible. My comforting habits and ways of living I adopted while I was away have helped prepare me for what home I had to look forward to once I stepped back in Texas.

Now I hear Bob Dylan in the background, and the quiet murmurs of the house I have been sleeping in for the past 3 weeks. If you're my friend, I'll smile and tell you I have been staying with a wonderful man from Michigan, and my newfound boyfriend, Jake. If you're my family, I'll stick with the story that I am sleeping on floors of friends around town, but really, which is better, and which really makes my mother feel more uncomfortable?

Life has been altered even more since I graduated from college, just 3 months ago. Even though I am jobless and still succumb to small situation panic attacks here and there, I have recently become aware that I may have existed throughout my whole college career between never-ending anxiety attacks, most of which left me feeling less like a person and more like the insides of a bad pinball machine.

So upon my arrival back to "real life" here in Austin, I was hesitant not to jump back into the frivolity of running around with no aim or purpose, and have since been trying to spend my time and energy on the people and projects that truly matter to me. Picking up work on The New Movement Theater was no question, and until I find a place that mails me paychecks, I am trying to see all of the parts of Texas and the United States before I get tied down and laced up.

When I really step back and look at my current situation, I am the happiest (and sanest) I have ever been. I live in a cute little house with a creative and wonderful man, I eat well, I exercise and have time to be creative. This Monday, Jake and I are heading to Chicagoland to see that beast and hopefully find reason to move up North.

My bags are light, my feet ready and my heart in the right hands.