At the F1 Track, Dinner at Iron Cactus, and homeward bound on the train! Happy not to be in traffic!

Birthday Celebrations...

I had an awesome birthday celebration! We received free tickets to the Circuit of the America's Australian V-8 Races from a friend at AJ's work-- thanks Jerry! Had a great day checking out the track, watching a few races, getting a good rush of adrenaline right along the start line and turn 1.

Later, we boarded the MetroRail train from Cedar Park to downtown Austin with a group of friends-- thanks for joining us Karina, Michael, Gina, Dave, Linda, Tommie and Richard! It was a short walk to the Iron Cactus for a delightful rooftop patio dinner with tasty margaritas and guacamole!

After dinner, we strolled down 6th street and headed to the Cedar Street Courtyard, an outside/patio venue, enjoying the evening's entertainment, the Graceland Ninjaz ... check out this video for serious entertainment... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPzk6UqcodE

I was lucky enough to be recognized as a serious fan and received his scarf as a gift and kiss from the King of Rock and Roll himself. We danced til we were exhausted, and Tones dragged me out of there in time to catch the 11:30pm train back to Cedar Park, which was awesome, considering the traffic at that point in downtown was nuts from UT graduation! We relaxed on an air conditioned ride home, sharing pictures and stories, laughter and memories of a seriously fun evening!

Nate getting his honors award at school!

Well worth going to school early...

Nate was recognized this morning for outstanding academic achievement for maintaining a 4.0 or higher on a 5.0 GPA scale... along with a large number of other current Juniors and Sophomores. We are so proud of him! And for showing up-- ALL the Juniors received a FREE parking spot for next year at school (normally a $30 fee) as a thank you for their dedication and performance! Even Nate admitted "I guess that was worth going for". Now if only we can actually finish that driver's license...