christmas vacation: texas

3 week vacation...

oh boy, where do i begin?

i'm only on my second week of the vacation
and i can't decide if i am ready to be home - i miss my own bed and living out of a suitcase is no fun at all - or if i am just learning to appreciate the sleeping in, sitting on my butt, spending money i don't have, eating all the unhealthy food possible... you know, all those things people do on vacations
(but on a positive note, none of my shopping has been for me).

DAY #1

what an eventful day!!!

i spent the night with keifer on the 13th so on the 14th he could drop me off at the airport so i didn't have to pay for a parking garage - such a gentleman.

my flights were all on time and it was perfect weather for flying - the clouds over texas were just breath taking.

my connecting flight was in dallas where i decided to have breakfast - a california club and fries and a piña colada - at 8:00 am at T.G.I. Fridays... don't worry i got a glass of water to start off with.

i was expecting a movie like entrance when i finally got to edinburg... april, jayden, and elena standing at the bottom of the escalator waiting for me and as soon as we see each other we start crying and hug each other...

ok so that is pretty much how it happened minus the escalator - and yes, i was the first to cry.

it was nice to finally get to their place and see all the family again, mind you it had been 3 years since i last saw them - everyone has grown so much.

i got to relax for a couple hours before we made our way to a cousin's graduation where we stuffed our faces with unhealthy amounts of brisket and cake resulting in food comas.

i could have used a nap:/

 but instead we decided to get dolled up to hit up a gay club, club rehab.

oh em gee... 

one of the best nights of my life - male go go dancers, trannies singing selena, open tab with april being stamped 21 - all was well until we decided dancing was a good idea. this in fact was NOT ...

long story short, as if it isn't already long enough, i brought both april and i down on the dance floor, smacked my head on a cement ledge, april fell walking out of the club scraping up her knee, followed by her vomiting out the backseat car door... 

don't worry, we made it home after a quick stop at "whataburger".

DAY #2

more or less this was a day of recovery.
we woke up about noon in time to get some bacon burgers stuffed with cream cheese on the grill - delicious - as well as some pickle wraps and jalapeno poppers made.
as we ate we watched the PACKERS vs. cowboys game - packers won and any day that the packers get a win is a good day, especially when it's a game against the cowboys.
the rest of the day was lounging around, catching up on each others lives, or more so the love life we both lack cause we suck at it:/
and i'm sure movies were watched and a nap was taken... it seemed to be a daily occurrence for us.

DAY #3-10

shopping... a lot of it too - i'm not sure there was a day that we weren't at the mall or walmart. let me just say i never want to take another step into a walmart ever again, or go christmas shopping - boy, did i spend a pretty penny this year. 
(more to come on how christmas with keifer goes over)

DAY #11-12

christmas without snow is just wrong.
don't get me wrong, snow is cold and nasty and i hate everything about it, but there HAS to be snow on christmas.
other than the snow missing, it was an alright christmas.
i did miss having christmas eve with keifer's family and christmas day with mine, but i enjoyed spending time with "family" i haven't seen in 3 years - and it's always interesting to see how other families celebrate holidays compared to your own.
i don't think i ever want to eat another tamale ever again either ( we ate them for 4 days straight after christmas... for breakfast, dinner, and supper *puke*).

DAY #13

i'm not sure i will ever appreciate any theater ever again after the bistro we went to.

for starters, they serve alcoholic beverages... i didn't know this ahead of time so of course i left my wallet with my ID in it at the house and didn't get to take advantage of what could have been one of the best experiences ever.

DAY #14-15

lazy days. 

that is, until saturday night. 

we wanted to have another fun night like the saturday i got there, so we got a hotel room, bought some drinks, and even though it was relaxing it was a lot of fun too. 

DAY #16 (heading home)

i was more than ready to get back to iowa - anxious to see my babies, keifer, and dill. 

day started off with the car being dead as we were getting ready to leave the hotel. 

once we got it started (thank you to a hotel waiter for helping us out) and got back to the house, we all passed out until 2:00pm.

i got everything packed and then it was a waiting game until i had to head to the airport.

packers were playing so keifer was at a bar with dillon and a friend drinking. he informed me he was to drunk to pick me up and i was instantly pissed (after about an hour of me ignoring him he called and informed me he was joking around).

as 6:45pm rolls around, and my flight supposed to be leaving at 7:10pm i decided it was time to check on my flight - delayed one hour >:( 

my connecting flight in dallas was also delayed an hour after we were stuck on the plane for 30 minutes as the exit ramp wouldn't move forward to connect to the plane so we could get off. 

finally got back a little after 12am, where keifer had flowers for me:D

definitely a great ending to that long day, and long trip.