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A bullet-pointed update from moi:

• The trip to the Pine Curtain went fine.
• Except that on the way out of Austin we got stuck in an hour's worth of traffic and somewhere between Temple and Waco we got stuck in traffic--again--due to an accident
• So the entire trip--which without a bunch of stops and traffic takes about 4.5 hours--took about 6.5 hours.
• And The Geej never fell alseep or stopped talking. Not even once.
• It was muggy and green in east Texas--the opposite of what it's like here. Except for the muggy part.
• We stayed with BH's dad, Gramps, who lives on a lake.
• Saturday was BH's brother's birthday.
• And we got to go out on the boat.

Chloe (BH's niece), Geej and of course Sally

• But that wasn't until after I went to the Super Wal-Mart. Y'all know how I feel about Wal-Mart, right? Like, I'd rather have a tooth filled while listening to a Toby Keith album than go to Wal-Mart.
• But I'd forgotten my toothbrush, Geej's toothbrush, cotton face pads and q-tips, and Wal-Mart was the closest and pretty much only thing near the lake.
• I somehow survived this ordeal.
• The lake was fun. We parked the boat and the Geej got to play in the water.

• And now her swimsuit is pretty much ruined because the lake water up there is sort of brown.
• Saturday night, it rained and thundered and everything. It was awesome.
• It rained more on Sunday morning. (Did I mention that everything up there was green and lush?)
• We packed up and left Gramps's house, only to realize about 25 miles down the road that--GASP--Geej had left Sally (the Alpha Baby, pictured above) behind.
• Much crying and sobbing ensued.
• We called Gramps and asked if he could mail Sally to us. He said yes. Thank God...
• We stopped and had lunch in Kilgore with my elderly Aunt Mary Lois and Uncle Ray.
• They are really sweet, but really getting up there.
• They were each other's first date (in 1940), and have been married since 1941.
• We ate at a post-church hotspot that had a buffet.
• Everything on the buffet was from the same color family--chicken fingers, fried chicken, chicken fried steaks, beef tips and rice, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, black eyed peas, green beens (more brown than green, really), and carrots.
• The Geej slept some on the way back to Austin. Not much, but some.
• I had to pull the car over--twice--because she was acting like a jerk.
• God, I hope 4 is easier than 3 has been.
• Which reminds me: her birthday is in 28 days, and I have no idea what to do party-wise.
• And she's expecting something cool.
• Speaking of cool, we got REALLY good gas mileage on our road trip. But now my car is FILTHY with about 1 billion dead bugs on the windshield.
• Another cool thing? Sally arrived in the mail yesterday, safe and sound.
• And we're going to watch Dah march in a 4th of July parade on Friday. I may pee my pants.
• Then Saturday, we're going over to a friend's house to watch their neighborhood fireworks show which, if it's anything like last year's, will be super cool.