Little Miracles: David's First Day cont. & Other Austin Happenings

David's 1st day continued

David's first day of work was great. He arrived at 7:45 a.m. just to be on the safe side, only to find out that he didn't have to be in till 9:00! Oops. So, he had a little while to get to know the waiting room. But after that, the day went smoothly as can be. They spent most of the day training him in basic EY stuff. The real training will take place next week when they fly him to Dallas for the week. I'm not especially looking forward to that. Then they took the two interns out for lunch at a famous bbq place called Perry's Steakhouse. At Perry's they have amazing pork ribs that usually cost $50, but on Fridays they serve a slightly smaller version for only $10! After lunch he came home early and got to relax with us for a while.

A picture of downtown, with David's building off to the right

David's building. Probably the coolest one in town!

ROT and other Austin fun

David found out at work that this weekend is a special one in Austin. The Republic of Texas Rally (aka ROT) takes place. This is where all hundreds, maybe thousands of motorcyclists come into town from all over the place, and ride around the streets of downtown Austin. Many of the streets are closed to pedestrians and bikers, and there are some fun events for entertainment, such as a parade and midget wrestling! We've had fun walking around downtown and seeing all the cool bikes and interesting people.

We also spent some time on Saturday walking around the off-leash park where Paisley had a blast chasing dogs. She would see a dog she liked, point at it and say "get it!" and then take off running. And then we stopped at the Austin Farmer's Market where they had some really great stuff. I'll post some pictures, although we didn't get to the midget wrestling, sorry.

Paisley after a full morning of sight-seeing

Our last stop of the day was to dinner at Home Slice Pizza. This came recommended by Adam from Man vs. Food. David has made a list of places to eat from first priority to last, based mostly on Adam's recommendations. Should there be a next time, I would try a different flavor, but it was really good pizza! We also stopped by the famous Amy's Ice Cream and it did not disappoint.