I am happy to be back for another week in the greatest city in the world- AUSTIN. 
Going to the valley really reminds you why you were clawing to get out so baddly that summer before high school. In a weird way it also stopped time. When I left home back in ‘06 I had bought 2 big tubs of shampoo and conditioner at sams a month before I was going to go to Austin, and everytime I go home I still use that old shampoo and conditioner (after just now typing that i wonder if shampoo goes bad?!?!!? the thought never corssed my mind till just now…when i realized its been there for like 2 years…ANYWAYS) and all the old smells of that last summer rush in my head. When I close my eyes while washing my hair back home I can still remember being scared and excited about austin, counting down the days til the second pirates of the carribean movie was going to come out, and wishing that friends and i wouldnt loose touch once in college….hmm the valley will always be a little time capsule of life before college!
-k
