Last day of vacation. Sitting here with one last glass bottle of nice wine, the family is napping, and I am doing laundry and otherwise goofing off. We head back to Houston tomorrow a.m., probably going as far as Baton Rouge before stopping for the night. No sense in rushing back. Not going back to work until Monday...
Been an okay trip, overall - more fun spending time with Carl and the kiddos than with my parents/sister. I guess I have been gone too long, and they spend WAY too much time together without me... we just don't click anymore, not that we ever really did. I have always been odd man out, ready to do my own thing, independent of the herd mentality shared by my sister and my mom. Time and distance have just increased that independent streak.
So, between the family dysfunction, the sand in my crack, the influx of inbred bammers and the need to grease down with sunscreen every time I stick my nose out of the door, I am thinking the northwest Arkansas mountains, a cabin and a nice cool lake are looking kind of interesting for next year... still will have the inbreeds, but at least they are friendly... :-)
So hogwally and boartitz, any suggestions would be appreciated.