long weekend in austin

i went to austin this weekend to visit my friend jenny and had such a great time!  we ate very good food, hung out with her friends (who i really enjoy), hiked enchanted rock, visited the cute little town of fredericksburg, watched downton abbey, and spent a lot of time watching her dog (piper) and ruby get to know each other.  (also, it was 70 degrees the whole weekend.  we kept telling each other: this is why we moved to texas!)

the first time ruby and piper met (this fall) ended with ruby trying frantically to climb a wall of my bedroom…which is to say, it didn't end well.  i figured if it was that bad this time around, ruby would spend the whole weekend in jenny's guest room, which is better than in a cage at the boarding place in houston.  the weekend started with them staring at each other from across the apartment for long periods of time (pictured above), and evolved into piper trying to play with ruby and ruby holding her ground by hissing and batting at piper…but being curious enough by sunday night to prowl around the apartment and interact with piper instead of staying under the bed (where she spent much of saturday).  it was pretty adorable. they did not end up cuddling together on the couch like i wanted, but i think they enjoyed each other.

hooray for a fun weekend with jenny!  back to work in the morning...