my trip

Here's my brief recap of my trip, since a few people have asked me how it went.

Kristi, Aidan, and I took off at 3 am on last Wednesday. The day of driving went okay, but it was a little much for Aidan, and Kristi was about to tear her legs off by the time we got to Gonzales. We arrived at my mom's house at 1 am or so, central time, and passed out.

Aidan was up at like 6 am, of course, so I was too. We hung out with my mom, and then with my grandma, who had come over for a hairdo. After getting dressed and hanging out for a while, we heard Kristi get up (she slept till 11, lucky dog). After she got introduced to everyone properly and got dressed, she and I headed to Tanger. We walked around and bought a few things after stopping at Starbucks, and then headed back to Mama's. If I remember correctly, that night we just hung around Mama's house… it seems like we had to have done something else, but I can't remember.

Friday morning we got up and went with Mama and Candace and Shannon and Tiffany to get stuff for Jordan's graduation party. We hit a party store, ate at Cain's, and then Kristi and I headed out on our own. She and I went to Borders and got stuck there for a while during a downpour, then we went back to Gonzales. We changed our clothes and left early for Jordan's graduation. On the way there, Aidan fell asleep in Daddy's car, so we went into the Lamar Dixon rodeo place to sit in the stifling heat and hope that Aidan wouldn't wake up cranky. HA. After sweating our yayas off for an hour, he woke up when a large woman nearly knocked Mama clean off the bleacher she was sitting on. He was miserable (as was I, in the heat), and he didn't want anyone but me, so I took him and we went to sit in the car in the AC. Daddy followed with a drink for Aidan, and we sat in there for a while and chatted about the new house while Aidan watched Tom and Jerry on the car DVD player. We went back in after a while, but we didn't make it up to the bleachers. Daddy took off with Aidan and I lurked waiting for them, but they didn't come back, and then Jesse came up with Aidan. After talking to them and realizing that the bleachers were jam packed, I texted Kristi to head down, and we left. I didn't get to see Jordan walk across the stage, which I mainly wanted to see out of the entire thing, but it was blazing hot, it was getting dark and the bugs were starting to carry me away, and Aidan was ready to go. So we headed to Mama's and waited until it was time for Jordan's party, then we went there and hung out for a while.

Saturday morning, after we got dressed and stopped for coffee, Kristi and I went to the home of Micah, hairstylist extraordinaire, for my haircut. We chilled there while he cut my hair and gave me a few styling tips and heard what each other had been up to for the past several years, and then Kristi and I went to pick up Aidan. We went to Jenny and Mike's for lunch (poboys!), and stayed there for a few hours. Then it was Jordan's family party time, which we went to briefly and then went back home to try to nap.

Saturday night was supposed to be our hang out night, where a number of people were going to meet us to have a drink. A few people had mentioned The Loft in Perkins Rowe, so we had planned to go there. Can I just say… Perkins Rowe is so weird to go to after having been away from LA for four years. It was like being in another state. The Loft seemed cool, but it was really more a date night place. There was nowhere to sit with more than two or three people. Kristi and I were there for a while, eventually joined by Kari and Michael, Jenny, my cousin Erin, and Kimberly. We had appetizers and discussed how pretentious the place was before deciding to head out. We had waited two hours, but no one else showed up, and the Park Place calendar online said that Saturdays was karaoke, so we headed there. It wasn't karaoke (way to update your website, jackasses), but we stayed there anyway. It was pretty full of people, and Kristi got a real taste of "Gonzales" there (LOL). We left at the band's first break.

Sunday my mom didn't wake us up, and we ended up all sleeping to at least ten. After church, the entire crew came to my mom's house (my parents, my grandma, my Aunt Toni, my cousin Gregory, my Aunt JoAnne, Kimberly, Maddie, and Hannah) for lunch. We ate and chatted for a while, but it was getting a little loud and obnoxious, so we headed out. We went to get coffee and then called my mom and said we were going to the mall. We walked around there for a while (I got those awesome leopard print shoes, and Kristi got gifts for family members), then went back to Mama's, after picking up Brewbacher's for dinner. We watched TV and packed our things and loaded up some of the car before bed.

We left Monday morning at 6, stopped in Texas for the night, and drove in to Pueblo on Tuesday at around lunchtime.