Well today began the first day of the Rooster Teeth
Conference, and the first day Pete and I would be on our own…or so I thought…
We all got up and had a quick breakfast, and then I sent
Andy, Steve and Emily on their way to enjoy the conference. I hung around here for a bit with Pete, and
then we decided to take a walk over to the Congress Street bridge. I wanted to go down to the lower walkway and
see if we could see sleeping bats. Alas,
we could not as the bridge is constructed in such a way that bats sleep in
protected areas that are very cave-like.
No wonder they like that bridge so much!
Meanwhile, I began getting texts from my husband who was NOT
enjoying his experience at the convention.
It turns out that their opening address was in a room that could not fit
all the attendees. Steve and Emily could
not get into the room at all, and he was quite disgusted about that. To his point, they knew how many people had
registered, and the convention center had the room…they just didn’t book a
bigger room. Meanwhile, Andy stood in
line for over two hours so that he could play Halo 4, which comes out in the
fall. * sigh * Boys…
By the time Pete and
I got back to the room (we took a break in the lobby of the Radisson on our way
back as it was quite hot out, and the Radisson had a fish tank), Steve and
Emily were there! He had come back to
watch the panel on his laptop, and they were playing some video games. Guess he didn’t really need to come to Austin
after all.
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| Note the random baby in the tiny chair |
While we were all
back at the condo, Chris showed up to stay with us overnight! Pete was ELATED. He has missed his Aunt Chris ever since she
moved to Dallas, and now he was going to get her for 24 whole hours here (and
another 24 in Dallas when we go to see her in a few days!) We all decided it was lunch time, so we walked
past the convention center to a barbeque place called Iron Works. I got the sampler platter, which was quite
big, but I couldn’t decide between sausage, brisket or ribs! I swear I’m gaining pounds with each passing
day…
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| Now note random child in the big chair. Hilarious! |
Anyway, after lunch,
Steve headed back to the convention center, and Chris, Emily, Pete and I went
to check out the Children’s Museum in Austin.
It’s a cute place…not very large, but perfect for Pete! We ended up spending the better part of two
hours there. I was just grateful to be
in air conditioning!
After that, we
stopped by a frozen yogurt place where you serve yourself to the yogurt and
toppings, then you pay by weight. I got
the chocolate/peanutbutter swirl and added reeces pieces and lucky charm
marshmallows on top. Em got cake batter
with graham crackers on top, and Pete’s concoction was frightening…Chocolate
and mint chocolate yogurt, gummy bears, marshmallows and sprinkles. Mmmm.
Chris treated us, and our tummies were very happy (did I mention weight
gain?)
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| SNACK! |
After that, we
headed back to the condo, where Steve was back at his laptop watching
panels. It’s just so comfortable here
and you get a front row seat on the computer every time!
We all seemed wiped,
and I think all of us dozed on and off for about an hour (except Pete who was
very busy working on his next book).
When I awoke, I couldn’t believe it was 7:30! What a lazy afternoon/evening. We checked the web for a tex-mex place and
found a wonderful one called Manuel’s.
We all headed over for some flautas, enchiladas, salsa, guacamole and
flan. Yum!
By the time we were
done, it was about 9:30, so we took a walk down 6th street and
showed Chris the Driskill Hotel. There were
a few parties going on, and the place was hopping! Back on the street, all the places were
hopping! (it was a Saturday night)
However, I noticed that they had not closed off 6th street
like they had previous nights. I found
that odd as I would think Saturday would be the night to do it. Oh well, perhaps it wasn’t late enough yet.
But it was late enough for us. We headed back to the condo to get ready for bed. Steve and the kids have to be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow if they want to participate in the filming of some web short the Rooster Teeth guys are doing. Hopefully everyone will be able to get up! (Hopefully Andy will get home with enough time to sleep before he has to be up again…he’s been getting in sometime between 1 and 3am every day…ugh!)
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| Pete and his buddy |
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