We had a long, fun, productive weekend out of town. Early Thursday morning we left for Lake Charles, LA to scope out our new city, look at my graduate school program, and house hunt. Then we went on to Houma, LA where we visited with friends, ate too many donuts, and attended a really fun show:
This super-cool poster is by Kirby Doss of Porch Swing Media and The Devil, You, and Me (he also does freelance work!)
Then on Sunday we went to New Orleans and had lunch with my sister Erika. For a homebodies like like myself, this weekend felt was a little overwhelming—but I had fun! Lake Charles seems like a really fun city, and it was nice catching up with so many people I hadn’t seen in a while.
A sort-of side note: I feel like I experience an eerie amount of coincidences. For example, Selena of Faye Dodges Zombies (it was almost an unintentional Porch Swing Media vacation this weekend) and I were drooling over the Liberty of London at Target in Houma. There was a comforter set I came very close to buying, but I stopped myself because I really shouldn’t be spending that kind of money. Then, after I unpacked the car late last night I went next door for a bit to visit with Nick and Chelsey and see their sweet new kitten Buster. While there, Chelsey presented me with a souvenir she picked up on her beach trip last week:
Image courtesy of Target.com
A beautiful peacock Liberty of London coffee mug (along with a sweet little elephant to add to my collection)! I’m currently sipping my second or third cup of coffee from this beautiful mug and trying to decide what I should spend my only day off this week doing. Being back at work isn’t nearly as stressful as I’d imagined it would be, but it’s way, way more exhausting than I remembered.