Weekend in Austin

It's interesting how you can spend a weekend with your friends, get nothing significant accomplished and still feel good afterwards.

I travelled to Austin this weekend to visit my best friend and her family. The drive from Plano to Austin isn't that long, but the early Friday morning rush hour traffic added an extra twenty minutes to the drive. blech.

Friday was a quiet day, for the most part. My friend, Shell, and her husband have custody of the kids, Gage and McKenzie, that week. Lesson to be learned. Be wary of kids who've had chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Gage decided to play a space game where he used a laundry basket as an impromptu escape pod and had Kenz push him around and then roll the basket over, as if the pod was tumbling out of control. Hilarious to watch, but a little distracting since we were watching a movie at the time.

Saturday was wet, dreary and interesting. Shell took the kids and me to see her new horse, Bullet. He's a young colt who was somewhat malnurished when she got him. Now, he's a fine-looking fella who'll be a great kids horse when he gets old enough to ride.

Sunday was Sunday. A long drive home followed by some household chores. blech. double blech.

Moral of the story: take a longer vacation next time, you slacker.