On the drive from the Austin airport, Jonathan remarked, "so, this is like Portland, just warmer." Yup. He was lucky to arrive when he did, at the tail end of a record breaking heat wave. The last two days have been more mild only in the low 90's and the humidity has been pretty bearable.
Last night, Jonathan took me to see Transformers. He knows that the love of my life is OptimusPrime, so around 9:00 we drove the 1 1/2 miles to the theater. When we got out of the car, I could feel Jonathan's skin relax in the warm air and the tropical breeze. We both gave a collective sigh of contentment as we strolled to the box office. Jonathan ordered 2 tickets. When the lady told him it would be "$10, please," he corrected her and said he wanted TWO tickets. She nodded and smiled and said, "right, $10, please." Jonathan stared at her in amazement. I quickly explained that he was from a different state where movie tickets were quite a bit more expensive. He was so surprised that as we stood at the concession stand to grab a cup of coffee, he just had to call his friends and gloat. $10 for the evening, full digital showing for 2 adults. I think he's realizing that dating can be cheap.
The only draw back to living here is that the mall is rather small. At least it has a Macy's and Hot Topic. I took him there today so that he could find shorts for work and some swimming trunks. Yes, we do a lot of swimming here. Then we toddled on over to Best Buy to buy a couple of electronic necessities and then home. So far, everything seems to be settling into place. His first night at Target went well, and we've introduced him to our favorite walks, our favorite fast food and our favorite stores. He's fair on the way of falling in love with Texas.
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