Virgo Season, A Retrospect

Friday was the last day of Virgo.  What a holy time it is... Lol.  I sent a Snapchat to my best friends sister (also a Virgo) complaining about being the best sign, yet having the worst Snapchat filter, like wtf is that?  To prove my point I said I mean, we have Beyonce, case closed.  All in fun, of course.

I think I've always been into astrology, not like daily horoscopes, but at least the characteristics of my sign.  Although when I talk to male friends about this, they are like "all the signs have the same characteristics, and they just jumble them up, it's just garbage" and I'm like of course a Gemini would say that...

Anyways, it's been a good September, even if Miles and I spent a large amount of time together.  I cannot wait until we separate, but I also know it will be hard.  Like, I sometimes think it will be so easy, but I know deep down, it will be rough.  And that's okay, it's what I need, what we both need.

At the beginning of the month I had vacation and we went to New Orleans, which was amazing!!  It is so beautiful and interesting.  It felt like the French Quarter was fake, or made up, like a movie set or something, but that's just how it is.  It's really like a whole other world that you walk into.  We ate delicious food, and some not as delicious.  I had the most delicious beer, Founders Green Zebra Gose style Watermelon and Sea Salt, OMG!  It was slightly sour, but not in that bitter beer way, and so good!

I wanted to buy a piece of art from Dr Bob, but the one I really like was out of my price range.  It is bright colored folk art, all originals.  I gave myself a budget of $200, which wasn't realistic for the piece I wanted.  However, pieces in the same size range were around $150-$250, so the pricing seemed a bit odd.  I ended up with a mermaid piece from another place, it's called La Sirena.  It's a nice piece, but I'm having a hard time framing it.  Maybe because I'm not as stoked about it as I would have been about a Dr Bob piece, but I would have been so annoyed with myself if I had spent the $1200 they wanted for the piece I liked.  That is too much for the novice art collector that I am.

The following week I started school again, it's a bit overwhelming, I'm not used to due dates and such, and it's a lot of work, but will be worth it.  Education is pretty much always worth it.  Plus, my work is footing the bill right now, so I'm happy about that.

Birthday was good, my best friend got me an Instant Pot a month back.  She loves her and kept wanting me to get one, then just got me one as an early bday present.  I like it, I make yogurt every couple weeks, I've made a whole chicken in about 40 minutes that tasted like it was slow roasted, and a whole chicken that was still partially frozen!  I have made broth a couple times in there too.  They are quite versatile.  I want to try oatmeal when it gets colder out.

I purchased myself a pair of Sorel house slippers.  They are so cozy and have rubber bottoms.  They feel like wearing socks.  I love them.  I also ordered some yoga pants from Fabletics.  I'm interested to see how they compare to my normal Old Navy ones.  I have compression and yoga leggings from a few different places and Old Navy is hard to beat.  And mind have lasted a long time, even if the compression is gone, those are the house pants.  I treated myself to some new leave in hair conditioner, which I needed.  I'm trying the new Bumble and Bumble line, but if you have any recommendations, I need it to detangle and condition my hair.

Miles treated me to Cheesecake Factory, I kept it partially healthy with their tuna tataki salad, which I love, and then got a slice of salted caramel cheesecake.  It was quite rich, too much so, but absolutely delicious.

I FaceTimed with my brother earlier on my bday and told him we were going to have dinner and he says "awkward" and I replied "we fucking live together, that's awkward. We have dinner together every night" like, it's just not awkward anymore.  I don't know.  It's annoying sometimes, but it's rarely awkward.  I mean, with the exception of that time he was in my room with the door closed without saying anything to me, so I opened the door to see him standing in the middle of my room, completely naked, weighing himself after a run.  THAT'S AWKWARD.

This month I also found a few great things from TJ Maxx.  I mean, it's hard not to.  Velvet Cream Pumpkin candle by Yankee.  You guys have to find it, it is everything!!  Smells so good!  Also trying to determine if I should join a nearby gym (Planet Fitness, boo), or just buy a few items to do home workouts.  I would rather swim, but any gym with a pool is upwards of $59/month, and I would have just kept Lifetime if I wanted to pay around that cost.  Fuck that.

My brother also gave me a tour of his new house.  They get the keys this coming up week.  New construction.  It's really nice, big.  Much bigger than their first home, which sold in 4 days.  Crazy.  My brother wants me to move back to Utah.  That is something I am thinking about.  They have 3 or maybe 4 rooms in the basement and it's plumbed for a kitchenette.  I told him oh I can live in your basement like the troll cat lady I am?  Perfect.  His argument is that I don't have anyone in San Antonio, if I decide to stay here.  Plus, my niece and nephew miss me a lot, and I could help out with them, since no one else in the family does.

Honestly, it would be nice to be closer and be able to see them grow up, and also help out with them.  Teach them things, like how to cook or even gardening.  They have a decent sized backyard that with maybe little convincing, we could build some raised garden beds.  I know my sister in law wanted to do that at the old house but they didn't have time.

I left Utah for a reason, and I told my brother "I don't know, I guess it kind of feels like a failure in some way to move back" and he was like "I don't think that, you are not the same person as when you left, and things have chang--- HEY I MOVED BACK HERE" Hahaha.  After living in Texas, I need to move somewhere with snow in the winter.  Real seasons.  Boots with the fur.

When I think about moving to Utah, I don't feel like it's a risk.  I don't mean that in the "exciting way" that people think of taking risks in life.  I mean, I don't feel 'iffy' or 'off' about it.  Moving to Texas for the reasons I did, that was a fucking risk.  I would much rather live in the Pacific Northwest or Colorado, but Utah is an affordable medium.

Anyway, that's a few months ahead, and I have homework due now.  :/