“Uh oh! ‘Puter broken!”

I haven't really been able to write much recently, or keep with my friends' feeds lately. You can blame that on Paul. He's definitely got a pretty big geeky streak and loves anything to do with my computer. He has a Vtech Nitro, but apparently ripping 80% of the keys off my laptop and then saying "Uh oh! Puter broken" over and over as I try to put it back together is much more fun than playing with his computer.

Paul and I spent a few weeks in Louisiana visiting family. Paul got to stay with his MawMaw so Clayton and I could enjoy 3 whole days by ourselves. We drove over to Dallas to visit Chris and Hope. We hit Half Price Books and Fry's while we were there, as well as Siciliano's. I didn't realize how bad the drought was there, until we drove over the Lake Lavon. It's a man made lake, and with all the water gone, you could see the old roads on the bottom of the lake.

After a day in Dallas, Clayton and I continued on to Austin. We wandered around the Capitol area, and went to the Salt Lick for supper. I'm not normally not a barbeque person, but I loved it. The drive back wasn't bad, until we hit Houston about 3pm. It reminded me of just how much I HATE Houston. A couple of days after that, Clayton flew home, and I drove up to North Louisiana to pick up Jack and visit my parents.

I've been home for a couple of weeks, but Paul is in full on Wrathful Ones mode, so I try to take him out whenever possible. Otherwise, he makes messes faster than I can clean them up. He's getting a little better, but you really almost need to make him walk a mile or so before setting him loose inside. He's usually pretty content to play quietly with blocks after one of those walks.

Bait Sandwiches - Lucas, Texas

I've never actually been inside this one, although I passed it too many times to count. However, the Phillips 66 up the road actually does have very good sandwiches.

Where were you?

The grassy knoll, Dallas, Tx
November 2003

Driving around Richardson

After studying for a couple of tests, and doing a little packing, I decided to go get supper. I really wanted to go to my favorite italian restaurant, Siciliano's. However, it was Sunday, so it wasn't open.

With all the traveling I've done in the past couple of weeks, burger and fries weren't looking all that appetizing, but I didn't really feel like going to the grocery store and then having to wash dishes later. I finally decided I'd hit Arby's, since it was now after 9pm.

Now, the only Arby's that I knew exactly how to get to was in Collin Creek mall and already closed, but in my random driving around Dallas, I had seen a few other Arby's. However, I couldn't remember what the cross streets were for any of them, just that they were north of me.

I think we spent about 45 minutes driving around trying to find one, only to give up and eat at the sonic that's around the corner. I think this is something that I probably will not be allowed to forget about for the next few months ;).