Spring Break and we’re on the road
I didn’t write anything yesterday because it’s Spring Break and Caroline and I are currently in Houston with Mimi and Bops. But then Bops made the comment this afternoon that he missed the blog this morning. Which cracks me up because he’s with me and knows exactly what we’ve been doing. However, when your dad asks for a blog post, you give him a blog post.
On Friday I picked Caroline up from school early because she convinced me that everyone was getting picked up before the day was over. I’m not sure that was true, but I didn’t mind because I appreciate the need to get a vacation started early. We headed straight to Starbucks and then Bird Bakery to get some celebratory cupcakes while she did a little car dancing to Uptown Funk. I told her I wish I could have videotaped her because her dance moves epitomized the way I remember feeling when you’re finally on vacation from school, but she’s in junior high now and I’m not allowed to document these types of things anymore.
Later that afternoon I celebrated the beginning of Spring Break by de-pilling several of my sweaters with a little de-piller thing I bought at Bed, Bath and Beyond a few years ago. Which is almost the same way I celebrated Spring Break back when I was in college but with less Pina Coladas and swimsuits. Then P, Caroline and I went out to eat dinner and then to watch the high school girls play soccer where we had to bundle up in multiple layers because it may be Spring Break but someone forgot to tell the weather.
Caroline had her own soccer game on Saturday morning and then had a friend over for the rest of the day. We grilled burgers and just enjoyed that feeling of knowing that we had no real responsibilities or science projects involving models of the earth’s layers awaiting us.
Then Sunday morning we slept later than usual thanks to the stupid time change and then P cooked us a big breakfast before I packed our bags and the car and got us ready for the trip to Houston. And I will tell you the weather and the traffic were both so bad that we didn’t even stop for a DQ Blizzard along the way. This was an unprecedented move.
But when we got to Columbus, Texas, traffic was literally at a total stand still. Like I put my car in park type of thing. Fortunately, we’d just made a quick bathroom stop and gotten ourselves some drinks and snacks, but it still felt like an interminable amount of time sitting there on I-10. Eventually traffic began to move again and we slowly made our way into Houston despite all the horrible weather.
After we arrived at Mimi and Bops’s house, we went to eat dinner at Collina’s because it was already after 6:00. Which really means it was only after 5:00 but I have a strong policy to just let the clock dictate my hunger and sleep needs no matter all the governmental interference and so it was definitely time for some pizza.
Last night I slept a grand total of about three hours because time changes wreak havoc on my internal clock and I had all manner of dreams where I was working very hard towards some unknown goal or thing. I can’t remember all the specifics but I know one dream involved living in a house with no windows or doors and I was working very hard to get them all replaced. Thanks, Daylight Savings Time…you’re the best.
But we braved the rain and lack of sleep to get some shopping done today. Caroline managed to find more than a few things she liked and then we went to Kuhl-Linscomb which is one of my favorite places ever and spent hours there. This might seem excessive unless you’ve ever been there and then you know that it is totally possible to spend an entire day looking around at all the stuff.
Mimi and Bops bought this Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book
Except for the rain.
But I can’t complain about the rain because of the drought and I know what it’s like to have no rain and so I’m grateful, even if a little bit damp and in need of some sunshine. After all, there are still plenty of good sunshine days to be had. After all, this is Texas. And, odds are, it’s bound to feel like Spring Break weather before the end of the week.
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