Dear Friends and Family,
We flew down to Austin, Texas for the weekend to attend a friend's graduation. He's off for the summer and then off to college. Wow. The years go quickly. Unfortunately, we didn't get to spend as much time with him and the family as we usually do since we stayed at a hotel this time. We didn't want to be in their hair with family over and everything.
Saturday morning, we drove down to Lockhart to visit one corner of the famed barbecue triangle. We tried Smitty's Market, Black's Barbecue, and Kreuz Market. Had some combination of beef brisket, beef shoulder, prime rib, pork ribs and pit ham at each of the places. Smitty's has, by far, the best atmosphere. And, the best brisket and pork ribs (not that anyone in Texas cares about pork ribs, let's be honest). I liked the shoulder and prime rib at Kreuz, so we went back to Smitty's to pick some of their's up before heading back to the hotel (it wasn't ready when we were there the first time).
We changed and headed out to graduation. First was a mass followed by the ceremony. The graduating class was tiny so all of the graduates had a chance to get up and speak. And then, the parents had a chance to get up and speak. I couldn't help but shed a couple of tears listening to them talk. Raising kids is definitely something that combines big highs and big lows.
We had cake and a chance to catch up for a couple of minutes with the family before rushing off to dinner with one of my friends from old work and his wife and their precious daughter. She's so cute. And, after dinner, we bolted downtown to go see the bats and then walked South Congress and then went to Book People before finally heading to Amy's Ice Cream. It's what Mr. mouse calls fun. And, I call Death March.
Sunday, we were going to head to brunch, but then, when checking the spam box of our email, Mr. mouse saw a reply from a friend to another brunch. And, just like that, we were overbooked. So, we dashed over to our neighbors' house to spend a little quality time with them before dashing back to the hotel to pack and then dashing over to meet our other friends for lunch.
We got to talking about a trip we took to Panama together in 2001 and think we may go on the road again this year. All four of us are dying to do the polar bear expedition. Oh my god, it would be so cool.
Flew back. Unpacked. Cleaned. And, it was time for bed.
Cheers!
mouse
We flew down to Austin, Texas for the weekend to attend a friend's graduation. He's off for the summer and then off to college. Wow. The years go quickly. Unfortunately, we didn't get to spend as much time with him and the family as we usually do since we stayed at a hotel this time. We didn't want to be in their hair with family over and everything.
Saturday morning, we drove down to Lockhart to visit one corner of the famed barbecue triangle. We tried Smitty's Market, Black's Barbecue, and Kreuz Market. Had some combination of beef brisket, beef shoulder, prime rib, pork ribs and pit ham at each of the places. Smitty's has, by far, the best atmosphere. And, the best brisket and pork ribs (not that anyone in Texas cares about pork ribs, let's be honest). I liked the shoulder and prime rib at Kreuz, so we went back to Smitty's to pick some of their's up before heading back to the hotel (it wasn't ready when we were there the first time).
We changed and headed out to graduation. First was a mass followed by the ceremony. The graduating class was tiny so all of the graduates had a chance to get up and speak. And then, the parents had a chance to get up and speak. I couldn't help but shed a couple of tears listening to them talk. Raising kids is definitely something that combines big highs and big lows.
We had cake and a chance to catch up for a couple of minutes with the family before rushing off to dinner with one of my friends from old work and his wife and their precious daughter. She's so cute. And, after dinner, we bolted downtown to go see the bats and then walked South Congress and then went to Book People before finally heading to Amy's Ice Cream. It's what Mr. mouse calls fun. And, I call Death March.
Sunday, we were going to head to brunch, but then, when checking the spam box of our email, Mr. mouse saw a reply from a friend to another brunch. And, just like that, we were overbooked. So, we dashed over to our neighbors' house to spend a little quality time with them before dashing back to the hotel to pack and then dashing over to meet our other friends for lunch.
We got to talking about a trip we took to Panama together in 2001 and think we may go on the road again this year. All four of us are dying to do the polar bear expedition. Oh my god, it would be so cool.
Flew back. Unpacked. Cleaned. And, it was time for bed.
Cheers!
mouse
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