Off to Houston

If anyone reading this blog does not know much about me, I will give a very brief synopsis. I have two daughters, Melissa and Becky. Mel lives in Pullman, WA with her SO of 7 plus years. She goes to WA state Univ. studying for her doctorate in civil engineering. (Her dad was the brainiac!) Becky lives in a suburb of Houston, Texas and works in HR. She lives with her boyfriend of almost 2 years.

I also have a step daughter who lives in San Diego, CA. She has two daughters, Cassidy is 4 and Elizabeth is 7. (That is a picture of them attached to this blog.) We don't get to see them as much as we would like, about once or twice a year. This year they are coming for Thanksgiving and we are VERY excited about that.

We will not discuss why all the kids live so far away. Suffice it to say they seem to like it. I choose not to think it reflects badly on me and don't you dare suggest otherwise!

I am married to my DH, Frank. He is supposedly retired but he works more and harder than a lot of people who work full time. We met 19 years ago and have been married 17 years. He does all the cooking, grocery shopping AND cleans the house every two weeks. NO, he is not available!!!!! I am VERY spoiled BUT I do clean up the kitchen after him (Which can be a substantial mess) and I do the laundry.

My hobbies include knitting, scrapbooking and reading. I also travel often but the jury is still out on how much I like that.

SO, on with my story.....

Well the DH and I leave for Houston at 7 pm this evening. I actually got up at 4am to make the 4:45 bus down the street from my house so that I would not have to drive to the Park and Ride. This way I will take the train back to BWI and Frank can pick me up at the station. Saves lots of time!

I can't wait to see Becky's new home and to spend the weekend with her and Shawn or, as she calls him, her 'hottie'. It's so nice for a parent when the kids are doing well and are happy. I know it's mostly not anything I did to make it so, but still it's nice to see them doing so well. Both she and Mel are doing well and I am so proud of them.

We will be going to San Antonio for the day on Friday, taking Eve, the Honda Accord I gave to Becky when I bought her Murano from her. She actually told me I could drive (She hates the way I drive.) but I quickly declined. It's hard to knit and drive at the same time. Besides, that might scare all of them. I am hoping Shawn or Frank drives so I can be in the back with Becky.

Did the packing thing last night. After knitting I came home and packed Nestle's things first. She was a wreck. I packed her food, some cookies, her extra bowls and two of her favorite toys. She was very anxious.

Then I went and packed my suitcase. She refused to come into the room while I packed, laying sentry outside instead. When I finally went to bed she did not want to join me and after she did she was very restless. We slept fitfully all night but at least I did not dwell on the things I forgot to pack. I don't know if that is a good thing or not. (See I just thought of two things I forgot. When frank calls I will have to try and walk him through how to find the items. Not an easy task for any man!)

Oh well, off we go. Thank GOD they allow knitting needles on the plane.