everything's bigger in texas
the trip was great!!!!! and also marginal. ha! i suppose i should have expected this since it's such a huge state... and because i was on vacation at the hottest place in the union... with two very particular women (ok, just one of them is very particular)... that are 20 and 25 years my senior... but it was getting down-right depressing how little we were accomplishing!! i won't drag you down the wagon trail to my prison-like vacation, just know there were times when i had little faith i was going to come out alive. all that aside, when i was having fun, i was REALLY having fun. i absolutely love what i did see of texas. what's funny is that i always knew i would. my parents met in texas, after all! anyway... i have to do it:
bluebonnets to my "first" flight. cowpatties to the two-hour drive to the airport. cowpatties to the uncomfortable position of my seat. bluebonnets to dfw airport. bluebonnets to air conditioning! bluebonnets to hugs at the airport. bluebonnets to shopping. bluebonnets to mojitos and champagne grapes. bluebonnets to adorable feline roomies. cowpatties to shutting pepper ann in the closet. cowpatties for being too hot to sleep. bluebonnets to being able to sleep in. bluebonnets to being able to wear my hair straight!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluebonnets to all 103 degrees. bluebonnets to penzeys spices! holly jolly bluebonnets to the year-round christmas store. bluebonnets to being able to text dan. cowpatties for missing dan so much. bluebonnets for shopping til we dropped. bluebonnets for christina's excellent service and delicious authentic tex/mex food! cowpatties for not being able to sleep again. cowpatties for remembering my haunting dream when i woke up. cowpatties for my aunt treating me like i was 14 all day. cowpatties for the three hour drive to austin. cowpatties for being told to "speak up" if i wanted to do/try something, and then being ignored when i did. cowpatties for not buying the peanut butter "mazapan." cowpatties to disgusting bathrooms. big fat bluebonnets to the beautiful ranches with beautiful longhorns. cowpatties to never seeing an armadillo. bluebonnets for finally arriving in austin. cowpatties to taking so long to get our bearings. bluebonnets to more good mexican food. cowpatties to the visitor center. bluebonnets to the duck tour. bluebonnets to ut. bluebonnets to the capital building. mounds of oderous cowpatties to NOT visiting the history and art museums. cowpatties to the loser that set the governor's mansion on fire. bluebonnets to driskill hotel. raucous bluebonnets to 6th street and the warehouse district. cowpatties for my aunts being too old and close-minded to enjoy them. swimming in cowpatties to spending three hours at the hotel to cool off and take showers. 20 barrels of bluebonnets for having a real honest impromptu naked conversation with my aunts. 2,000 boatloads of bluebonnets for finally starting to understand my aunt kim. bluebonnets to the belmont. bluebonnets for southern hospitality. bluebonnets to my glorious hotel bed. cowpatties for driving back to dallas. cowpatties to the poor dead calf along the highway. bluebonnets and cowpatties to dealey plaza. bluebonnets to experiencing something so huge. cowpatties to not being able to cry because my aunt was there. dying by cowpatties overdose to doing jack for the rest of the day. more cowpatties for doing nothing for the rest of the day. bluebonnets for finally heading home. cowpatties for wasting more of my life doing nothing at the airport. cowpatties for not getting a texas longhorns shirt. bluebonnets for getting to pittsburgh early. cowpatties to my aunt forcing me to go see my grandparents without question. bluebonnets to seeing my grandparents. bluebonnets to being dropped off in cortland. cowpatties to no one being there to greet me. quietly swaying bluebonnets to having alone-time with my deaf, blind, nearly-dumb dog before someone came home.
bluebonnets to my "first" flight. cowpatties to the two-hour drive to the airport. cowpatties to the uncomfortable position of my seat. bluebonnets to dfw airport. bluebonnets to air conditioning! bluebonnets to hugs at the airport. bluebonnets to shopping. bluebonnets to mojitos and champagne grapes. bluebonnets to adorable feline roomies. cowpatties to shutting pepper ann in the closet. cowpatties for being too hot to sleep. bluebonnets to being able to sleep in. bluebonnets to being able to wear my hair straight!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluebonnets to all 103 degrees. bluebonnets to penzeys spices! holly jolly bluebonnets to the year-round christmas store. bluebonnets to being able to text dan. cowpatties for missing dan so much. bluebonnets for shopping til we dropped. bluebonnets for christina's excellent service and delicious authentic tex/mex food! cowpatties for not being able to sleep again. cowpatties for remembering my haunting dream when i woke up. cowpatties for my aunt treating me like i was 14 all day. cowpatties for the three hour drive to austin. cowpatties for being told to "speak up" if i wanted to do/try something, and then being ignored when i did. cowpatties for not buying the peanut butter "mazapan." cowpatties to disgusting bathrooms. big fat bluebonnets to the beautiful ranches with beautiful longhorns. cowpatties to never seeing an armadillo. bluebonnets for finally arriving in austin. cowpatties to taking so long to get our bearings. bluebonnets to more good mexican food. cowpatties to the visitor center. bluebonnets to the duck tour. bluebonnets to ut. bluebonnets to the capital building. mounds of oderous cowpatties to NOT visiting the history and art museums. cowpatties to the loser that set the governor's mansion on fire. bluebonnets to driskill hotel. raucous bluebonnets to 6th street and the warehouse district. cowpatties for my aunts being too old and close-minded to enjoy them. swimming in cowpatties to spending three hours at the hotel to cool off and take showers. 20 barrels of bluebonnets for having a real honest impromptu naked conversation with my aunts. 2,000 boatloads of bluebonnets for finally starting to understand my aunt kim. bluebonnets to the belmont. bluebonnets for southern hospitality. bluebonnets to my glorious hotel bed. cowpatties for driving back to dallas. cowpatties to the poor dead calf along the highway. bluebonnets and cowpatties to dealey plaza. bluebonnets to experiencing something so huge. cowpatties to not being able to cry because my aunt was there. dying by cowpatties overdose to doing jack for the rest of the day. more cowpatties for doing nothing for the rest of the day. bluebonnets for finally heading home. cowpatties for wasting more of my life doing nothing at the airport. cowpatties for not getting a texas longhorns shirt. bluebonnets for getting to pittsburgh early. cowpatties to my aunt forcing me to go see my grandparents without question. bluebonnets to seeing my grandparents. bluebonnets to being dropped off in cortland. cowpatties to no one being there to greet me. quietly swaying bluebonnets to having alone-time with my deaf, blind, nearly-dumb dog before someone came home.