Last weekend Patrick and I took a quick trip to Texas. We weren't even there for three full days, but it was a great little adventure.
We woke up early on Saturday morning (1:30 AM... yikes!) so that we could make the 2 hour drive to the airport and catch our 5:40 flight. That was a little painful, but I loved that it allowed us to spend a little extra time with my family. On Saturday night Dad and Grandpa Ogzewalla came up from Sugar Land, Eldon finally came home from work, and we all had dinner at Cracker Barrel. It was so fun to visit with everyone, and the food was absolutely delicious!
Sunday morning brought two wonderful surprises. Emma came home, and Patrick's dad happened to be in town. We weren't expecting to see either of them, so it was a REAL treat. Patrick and I spent the day sleeping and visiting with family. Dad invited everyone down for dinner at his house, so between family and more good food... it was a near perfect day :)
Monday had a few hiccups, but we tried not to let it ruin the trip. We had originally planned the trip so that I could renew my driver's license (which expires in August) and so that Patrick could get a Texas driver's license. Well our experience at the DMV was about like every other trip I've ever had there.. an absolute disaster. First we spent several hours in line (outside) because the payment system was down (across the entire state! and they couldn't even take cash!!), and then we were turned away because they wouldn't accept our proof of residency. So neither of us ended up with a new driver's license.
After disaster at the DMV we got some food (thank you Sonic!), stopped back in Kingwood, and headed for the airport. There was some rough weather in our connecting city, and that made for an extremely long delay, a missed flight, and a good bit of worry, but we made it back to Columbus safely by about 2 AM.
That was our little adventure. It wasn't perfect by any means, but we sure did make some memories :)
