Oh Monday....Most people dread Mondays but I really tend to enjoy them. It is the one day I always have off from work unless there is a holiday or I pick up a shift, both of which I've done this month due to my upcoming trip home.
This weekend was a fun one. It certainly had its ups and downs though! Friday, Stephen and I finished our grocery shopping for the camping trip and then we headed to Houston to see the Astros play at Minute Maid Park. I'm fairly sure that Stephen will agree, even though the Astros are his favorite team, that eating at Pepper Tree was the highlight of the day. OMFG, the food there was amazingly awesome. We had veggie nuggets and General Tso's Chicken, both Vegan!
After eating, we had some time to kill and I suggested visiting the Landry's owned Aquarium Restaurant. I hate that corporation more than I could write here for fear of being sued but trust me when I say, they don't give a shit about the rain forest OR the oceans. The exhibits were lovely, however. Very clean and well kept. You can tell that they are actually able to spend their budget to care for the animals unlike my past experience with that company. Ugh. There was a Green-Wing Macaw and it immediately make me think of Harpo and Chico, two Green-Wings owned by Rainforest Cafe in the late 1990's. Overall, the place was nice to visit and worth the $10.01 fee to get in.
Parking was easier than I thought. Little did we know that we were only a mile from the ballpark when we parked at The Aquarium Restaurant. We walked slowly and the late afternoon sun was scorching as it had been for several days up until that point. Stephen was excited. He never really said he was but I could tell that when we took our seats and he immediately called his dad to tell him how great the seats were! We were at the end of the 1st base line and had FRONT ROW seats! I need to look in to buying the same seats for the Cubs/Astros game in June. We got there as they were doing batting practice and warm up! Even though I really didn't care for either team playing, I love baseball and got a kick out of trying to catch balls that were hit in our direction.
The Astros lost big time. They didn't get a man past 1st base and they didn't score a single run. The Padres, however, hit a ton of balls and scored 7 runs overall. The 7th inning stretch must be the same everywhere. They sang, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" followed by a rendition of "The Stars at Night." Only in Texas I tell ya!
I was really sleepy on the drive home and Stephen took over about an hour in to the drive. I was thankful. I wasn't thankful, however, that he was pulled over and given a speeding ticket for going 10 over. That sucked and he was really upset. He never yelled or snapped at me but he didn't talk the rest of the way home. I felt bad and I hope to help him pay for part of the ticket if I'm able.
Saturday came quick and we were quick to get our things packed with the exception that we had to go back to my house as Stef's car was there with stuff we needed for the camping trip. Already off to a good start, huh!? Worse yet, I managed to lose my wallet in the parking lot of a Shell station somewhere on route to S. Llano River State Park. I didn't realize it until we were all the way there and I knew right away that I had left it on the roof of my car while putting ice in the cooler. I even said to myself, "Millie, don't forget, you just put your wallet up there." I was irrational and angry. It seems like every time we meet up with Liz and Javier, Stephen's friends, I'm having some kind of dumb blonde moment. Last time it was forgetting the tent poles this time, losing my wallet. I was in a funk about it for over an hour and acted like quite a jerk.
After canceling all my credit cards, I freaked out when I remembered what a pain in the ass it was to get a Texas driver's license AND that I had NO form of ID what so ever to board an airplane in two weeks. Yeah, I acted like a real asshole and yelled a lot. I later hugged Stephen and told him I was sorry for yelling so much. Shit, he got a $150+ ticket and he didn't vocalize at all. Sigh.
The park was nice. Small, but nice and pretty quiet. We had a few neighbors on Saturday night but none Sunday. Sunday, we went for a short hike after Liz, Javier and Liz's son, Vincent left. We bought more wood and I had a drink. Our hike took us up a huge paved road to a scenic overlook. Note to self, a scenic overlook is always going to be UP HILL. LOL! We got the traditional MilliStef picture and headed back to the camp site. I started the fire, sipped my margarita and made dinner. We had the usual, Vegan Italian sausages. I was pretty sleepy so I went to bed kind of early.
That brings me back to today. Monday. I was fairly sure that my wallet wasn't going to be at the Shell station. I walked in with a look and the guy, the same guy who sold me ice on Saturday, looked at me and said, "You're looking for your wallet, right?" My eyes lit up when he told me someone had turned it in. What luck! The money was gone but my DL and credit cards, which had been canceled, were all there. I was thankful and quite shocked to tell the truth.
And now for a twirl at Continental Club!
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