Anna Trip

Friday:
Before I mention anything, I need to make clear that names may be harder to cover up (you know I never say people’s names if I can help it)…

My niece will be one in 2 weeks. I never met her, so all year, I pushed to see her in May. And since my trip taking was so fortunate as of late, I figured, why screw it up? So, I asked my helpers to see who could help me and quickly got a positive answer. She thought her hon would love to go, too.

Well, May 7 came, and Hollywood and I were ready to go by 9 a.m.; I made sure to explain to him how much fun it’d be. Chick wasn’t ready, though, so I thought of something else to do. But then, I waited until 11:30-about 2 hours longer than I would’ve left if I could drive. The joys of being a crip.

So, to make an 8+ hour story somewhat shorter, as that’s how long it took us to make a 6 hour journey, we ate candy, talked, laughed, and stopped for a quick break. Somehow, Abernathy got thrown into the mix again, lol-see Amarillo trip for the gag on that. We got stuck in horrible traffic for a while and were forced to slow from 75mphr-35-40. That sucked, but it was funny to get on the service road to bypass all of it and see a black truck follow our lead. We did it, black truck-way to bend the rules. He was grateful we had the idea. But then someone lost the map and arguing occurred between the drivers. Another map was generated, and we were on our way.

7:30-8 p.m. finally reared its head as we got to my sister’s. It was funny-once in Anna, we got lost again and asked people where to go. The 2 people we asked know my sis. What are the odds?

Even seeing my sis as the door opened made the whole thing worth it-we were instantly happy. (Oh, first, we found a hotel for my drivers, just a few mins away.) I took pics, we ate dinner, and my niece opened the presents I got her. She loves them! Then, sis and I watched “Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Summer Vacation”, always a favorite, talked about our family, children, and God and what He says about respect, equality, relationships, and porn. Then we fell asleep. Hollywood was fine until he saw that the cat walked freely while he had to stay in his crate.

Part two (Saturday) coming up.