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I used to like Thursdays. Once upon a time, I led a bible study on Thursday morning. It was fun.
Now I deliver marriage mail on Thursday, if I have to work. Lately I’ve had to work every day.
Every Thursday as I’m pulling my bundles of marriage mail together and numbering them (because now they are addressed… that is a recent development), I say to myself, “It’s not going to be so bad.”
And every Thursday when I come back, hours later, from delivering the stuff, I say, “I hate friggin’ marriage mail!” while clenching my teeth.
Marriage mail is evil.
*Image borrowed/appropriated/stolen from the Greener Miami blog.
Jimmy tagged me for this meme, in which I am to ‘mark’ certain spots in Texas. Jimmy knows that I am am a closet Texan. I’ve actually visited that most excellent state only twice, spending just a couple of days within its borders on each occasion. This means there are relatively few places I’ve been in Texas and a whole ranchload a places I ain’t been ta yet. (That there is an easterner’s way of typing in a Texas accent).
So here goes.
Been there…
1. Cowtown Pattie‘s house in Fort Worth. Seriously! She and the K-man are two of the finest hosts a fella could ever hope to meet. Their house is gorgeous, artsy (in the best possible way), and comfortable. Plus their backyard alone merits inclusion as an item on the list.
2. I forget the name of the restaurant in Midland, but I’m sure the guys I’d like to meet there would remember. Great Italian food (in Texas no less, whodathunk?) and an even greater group of friends: Jimmy, Jeff, and Eric.
3. Browsing the shelves at Booked Up. Larry McMurtry’s book store to end all book stores in his hometown of Archer City. Worth a multi-day visit all by itself.
4. Hangin’ out with Pastor Randy Frazee and the folks from the student ministry at Pantego Bible Church in Fort Worth.
5. Giving Abbye a behind the ear scratch, if she’d let me.
6. Uh…. little help?
Not yet…
1. Big Bend National Park. Jimmy and Cowtown Pattie just about threatened my life if I didn’t go there last year. Okay, not threatened really but strongly encouraged. And from what they told me and the pictures they’ve both posted, I probably shoulda made time for it.
2. The River Walk in San Antonio.
3. Galveston Island. Because, why not?
4. Padre Island. Because I like Islands.
5. Guadalupe Peak. The highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet. Because I also like mountains. And Jimmy picked it too, so it’s probably cool.
6. On a scissor lift in the parking lot of the Midland HEB. I hear it’s the new thing.
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