nature calls

jeremy, eric, and i went shopping on Saturday for a few things. we went to fry's to get some paper that was on sale and look for a few other things. we headed to best buy afterwards to look for the lotr soundtrack for jerms. it was 16 dollars so we decided it wasn't worth it. it took us awhile to find the bed, bath, and beyond after that but we finally made it. jeremy and i had to get some of those clothes storage vacuum bags. since our extra storage space in john's closet is caputz, we needed to find a good way to store clothes. we also gave a bunch of it away to goodwill. now we actually have an inch of breathing room into he closet.

we were going to go canoeing out at barton springs but after spending the money on shopping, we decided against it. since eric had never been to mt. bonnell, we took him up there for a brief walk and a view.

eric came over afterwards and helped us take down all the boxes in storage and consolidate everything. our room is a little bit better. we also sold jeremy's old speakers to eric. it was like a regular yard sale..but it was a room sale. :)

we then went back to eric's place (which is 30 minutes up in N. Austin), ordered chinese take out, and played the pit! wohoo. we left rather early since we decided to go hiking the next day.

Sunday, eric, his brother- sean, and his friend- mike showed up and we went to subway and got lunch to go. we drove up to the hills to do some hiking. we had a picnic outdoors and then headed off. i think we hiked 6 miles total. at one point, there was a creek crossing. two of the guys tried to skip over the creek on the rocks but jeremy, eric and i decided to take off our shoes and socks and brave the water. it was freezing, ice cold water!

at one point, we stopped to skip stones. i had never been able to skip stones before but eric showed me how and i got three skips in! it was pretty cool. we were going to try to pass across more water by building a rock bridge across but we stopped three rocks short. we ended up going further and then turning back when we reached a second entrance to the trails.

needless to say, i was pretty darn exhausted when we finished the whole ordeal. it was nice to get out and exercise though. i was also hungry as mad that night. i could have eaten ten steaks. instead, i ate a salad from wendy's and then snacked on pantry munchies all night long.