Escape from North Carolina concluded today and so began Austin Two which celebrates its 10th year. I may have been several thousand bucks in the hole to return ($1300 to break the lease, $400 on new tires) but my quality of life was more important. Eventually I would climb out of the muck, it just took three years due to roommate problems, a medical debt and the joys snotty letters from the IRS; sadly, the latter hasn’t changed because they’re six weeks late on our Economic Hail Mary.
While my car was getting a new set of tires, I took in the scenery known as Georgetown. Turned out to be the same I-35 exit Somara’s family lives off of, yet another incident of us crossing paths in the future! In my three previous years of living in Austin, I never made it up there often yet it’s the closet thing to encountering real King of the Hill types of people.
Anyway, Austin Two with its numerous sub-projects could begin: pay off the trip; meet some women; get a permanent job; see more live shows; and finally the one my friend Kris put me up to, buy a house.
On to the next 10 years!