I'm home

Got home from Texas lastnight, it was a fun and refreshing trip. I don't know that I had any idea what to expect of Texas but it definitely shocked me. It was so green!

I arrived Thursday afternoon, Jessica picked me up from the airport and we went to her apartment in Plano. I met her boyfriend and then we went to eat at his work called The Blue Goose, great food and friendly staff. We headed to Fort Worth to her parents house. The drive was beautiful and the huge man made lake was amazing. Her parents live a street up from the lake in a large home, some of the houses around there were amazing. It was weird seeing everything made out of brick and stone cause there's not many buildings around here made of those materials. We made a quick trip to Sonic for some ice cream that night. My very first trip to Sonic.

Friday we left bright and early for San Antonio, we arrived 5 hours later. I'm not used to the mugginess much less the heat so that was quite an adjustment for me. After getting settled at the hotel we went and walked the riverwalk and went to see The Alamo. I really love visiting historical locations like that, there's something eerie and real about them. Seeing actual weapons and uniforms, reading the first hand accounts, being able to look at diagrams reinacting the event, it wasn't hard to imagine it as if it was happening now. We headed back to the hotel with a stop at the mall we had to walk thru, I was able to take a nap and then we headed back down to the Riverwalk for dinner. After a long dinner we headed back to the hotel, watched Confessions of a Shopoholic and went to bed.

Saturday we awoke early again and headed to Sea World. We decided to watch the Shamu show first and right after that ended it started pouring rain. I've never experienced rain like this before, it was hot, pouring and windy. After getting completely soaked we put on our poncho's and made a run for the closest cafe. We ate lunch and waiting out the rain for awhile. It finally started to calm down after about 2 hours so we headed out to the park again. We watched the Beluga whale and dolphin show, it also had like a cirque de sole theme to it so there were lots of performers with great tricks. We watched a few more shows and visited some other animals and headed back to the hotel. After some hot showers we went to the hotel for dinner and hot chocolate.

We left Sunday morning and stopped at the outlet mall on the way home. They had a Carter's and Osh Kosh outlet so of course I got some outfits for the baby. We spent most of the day driving and once we got home we just watched movies and passed out.

Monday I had to say goodbye to Jessica's family which was really sad for me, growing up I would literally live at their house for days at a time. Jessica's dad coached all the league softball teams I was on and her mom was truly like a second mom to me. I knew arriving that things would fall back into place and I would be like one of their kids again and I was, they had no problem bossing me around when they didn't think I was eating or drinking enough, but leaving was a lot harder then I expected. Back in Plano we went to Hobby Lobby which is unlike anything we have around here, I found my dad a great sign that says "Grandpa's Worskshop, broken toys fixed here" I can't wait to give it to him for his birthday. We went to Studio Movie Grill which is again unlike anything we have here. We got home around 10:30, watched Bride Wars which was adorable and went to bed.

Tuesday we went to Sonic for breakfast, I got an oceanwater which was fantastic. Getting dropped off at the airport was heartbreaking. Jessica and I have been thru a lot over the last 13 years, no matter what's happened we both know when we need each other we are there. I'll post pictures later and probably write more.

Motivation

I'm lacking motivation right now. I have no desire to clean the house, do the laundry, or even the dishes for that matter. I need to go grocery shopping and don't even want to leave the house. We've been home from Vegas for 3 days now and I haven't even unpacked yet. I leave again next week to go to Texas for 6 days and really need to get in gear.

Vegas was fun, the wedding was beautiful and totally "them". While talking to some of their family members at the reception I found out they live in Camarillo which is where my uncle and his family live, wouldn't you know they attend church together and are family friends. What a small world!
We did gamble and expected to leave with enough cash to put gas in the car on the ride home. Monday morning we decided to play some slots and then black jack and we ended up leaving with $500.00!! We have about half that left after the ride home and picking up Zoey, she was boarded, got groomed some shots so that was a pretty penny.