The weekend was fun.

No, I mean this last weekend. Relax people, I'll get back to the road trip in a bit.

Denise and I took Mom out to eat Chinese food Friday night, and then after sitting around and chatting with her for a while we left Mom and went over to a local Mexican food place in Temple that has a funky screened in bar and enjoyed some adult beverages while we watched the Cowboys play a preseason game on the flat screen over the bar. Denise threw back a few strawberry margaritas while making snide comments about my team while I sucked down a few beers from their paltry selection, as well as a basket of complementary chips-n-salsa.

After that we chilled out Saturday, sleepin' in and gettin' a few chores done. Nothin' to telll there.

Sunday we got up at about 9:30 AM and headed up to Ft. Worth to visit my buddy Jim, who's flown into town from Pennsylvania, where he's working now. We stopped in West at the Czech bakery, and got him some jalapeno/beer bread (Mmmmmmmm, good!) and got Denise a decent cup of coffee.

We had a ball in Ft. Worth, my old stompin' grounds. We checked out Jim's five acre property west of town, where he's buildin' a barn/apartment/two car garage, and where he and his wife Terry plan to build a house some day. It's a beautiful area, made nicer by the fact that the gas companies are payin' folks HUGE money for the rights to drill for natural gas. He's had a nibble, and may end up gettin' a windfall. Me, I bought 17 acres in BELL COUNTY! What a fuckin' idiot! Oh well, who knew?

We wandered around Hulen Mall for a time, not buyin' anything, and then went back to Jim's to eat home made spaghetti. Jim's a wonderful cook, and he was in rare form. We said goodbye to Jim and his wife Terry at about 8:30 PM and got back home from Ft. Worth around 11. It had been a long, but fun time.

Monday morning started bright and early for me. Summer vacation from the dual credit classes is over. I drove down to Florence and started three new class, two governments and one history, lasting from 8 AM to 10:40 AM. Then I drove up to Ft. Hood to continue the regular semester on the base that stated last week. So, I teach seven classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, six on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and five on Friday. It's a full load, but I'm used to it, and the pay, when I get paid, will be good.

So, everything is basically cool. Havin' a schedule like this makes the rest we get on the weekend that much more important. The plan is to chill out this weekend, which will be a three day weekend, with Labour day and all.

You guys enjoy your week, and I'll get back to posting about the road trip tomorrow. Cheers.

Monday weekend wrap-up.

I'll tell ya about the weekend, but first, here's a hilarious little video for all you fantasy football players out there. Enjoy.

Recognize the homage to the movie "Weird Science". Kelly was so hot in that movie. Love it.

I had a great time at the game with dad on Friday. It was a hoot to be in Florence and see folks from the school, and have my kids names called out as they made plays on the field. It really brought the fun of it all home to me much more than usual. The kids even gave me hell for sittin' in the visiting stands. It was a lot of fun.

It was funny to see that the visitors stands were about as full as the home team stands.

The Florence Buffaloes are in purple here, and by this time, you probably recognise the Academy bees in green.

The weather has gotten chilly in the evening recently, so Dad was getting a bit cold by half time. Well, it was partly the weather and partly the illicit Diet Dr Pepper that I treated him to. He's not really supposed to have those, but he loves them. I hope there's someone there to slip me the generals chicken when I'm a geezer. Dudes have got to take care of one another. He's also floating the idea that I should let him drive the new Buick. He says things like "I'm not checked out in this one yet." I think I'll get him behind the wheel some night. The first time he let me drive we ended up going out on the highway. Was cool as hell. We'll see. If we wreck Moms new car, we'll both be in deep shit. In any case, I'll need to remember to bring a jacket for him next time we go out.

By the time we left, Academy had gone up by a few points. In the end, they took Florence 22 to 12. I'm sure they'll have something to say about it when I go back to class there on Tuesday.

Saturday evening I decided to go up to Ft. Worth early. I'd been planning to head up there Sunday morning, but I decided Saturday that I'd spend the evening with close friends, maybe talk a few things out, and avoid having to drive up at the crack of dawn Sunday morning. We had a great time. We watched TV, ate leftovers, and then I slept on their couch. The gun show Sunday was ok, but not really anything special. I didn't see anything I couldn't live without. The best thing about the weekend was the company I got to keep. These folks are some of my best friends, and I love them to death.

I headed back to Temple around 2PM, and got to Moms in time for dinner and the joy of watchin' the Cowboy game with the folks. I learned most of my best cuss woirds, and phrases, from sitting with mom whaile we watched the Cowboys play ball in the 70s and 80s. It's hilarious to hear her roll out a string of expletives when they do something stupid. If you watched the game Sunday, you know the language was prime. So was the food.

She cooked Pork ribs, scalloped potatoes, peas, and salad.

Mom makes a special sauce from Heinz 57th sauce and honey. Give it a try. It's great on ribs. The taters and peas were great too.

It was all finished off with peach cobbler and ice cream. Wait a sec... Yep, still holding the line at 291.

Spent a few hours at my sisters place after dinner, pickin' her brain about a few things, and then I headed home. Had to stop at HEB to get cat food, and it rained like crazy on me as I walked back to the car. Got home and went through a few blogs, but now it's time to hit the sack. You guys take care. Hope you had a great weekend. Cheers.