I’m on row 179/266 on the lion. I’ve slowed down since I’ve been traveling for work, but I’ll finish at some point. :)

I went to Dallas for work. While I was there, we ate a lot of Italian food……not great for dieting, but it was delic!
I also got to hang out with family while I was in town, so that was a lot of fun. Especially hanging out while the little neices had bath time (shampoo horns and mohawks were made). :)

Then I went to Houston for work.
managed to squeeze in:

• catching up with a friend and her little one.
• seeing lil bro’s new casa Sat.
• hitting the local yarn shop with SIL (who crochets) -Surprisingly, they did not have any locally dyed yarn…..I hope at some point they do get some in since I think it would make a neat gift for a friend that knits or crochets.
• dining with the fam. for dad’s 60th birthday Sat. night
• a high school prom after dinner (was chaperoning with SIL)
  This was a lot of fun. It is enjoyable to just people watch and soak up all the glitz and glam and pretty dresses without having had to worry about what you were wearing or how your hair looks overmuch. I recall all the stress that went into my prom and how I even stressed over if my lipstick was going to match my fingernail polish exactly. In hindsight, it probably would have been better if they didn’t match. :) – but luckily, I got a prom do-over in college with TH when we went to Ring Dance. :) Same dress, but I look a lot less ridiculous. :)…..next time I run across my prom pic, I may scan it in for you all to get a laugh at.

  At prom, there was a girl crying…one couple that had to be broken up b/c they were a little tooooo close……a congo line……a yoyo club……a girl with a dress that made her look like Wendy from Peter Pan (she was evidently about number 3 in her class so I’m sure she’ll be very successful in life)…..girls wearing dresses with trains…..girls with tiaras……girls wearing huge white dresses (what will they wear when they get married?)…….girls wearing elbow-length gloves….girls wearing sneakers with their dresses……..girls in civil war sized ball gowns…..a guy in an MJ outfit…..a guy in a sailor uniform……a few drunk kids…….there were top hats, but I didn’t see any canes and I saw exactly one guy who was watching where he was walking so as not to step on dresses. Prom was a lot of fun the second time around. :)

• some beach combing with Dad on Sun.

It was a great weekend! :)

Then Monday, I drove back to Austin and got to spend a week in my own bed. While celebrating Memorial Day, we went tubing Sunday. That was a TON of fun! :) I’m already looking fwd to doing it again at some point this summer. :) Today, I’ll enjoy the holiday and then it is back to work tomorrow. :)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!


(5/31/2010 9:12 am)