Been a Busy Few Days

The last real post was last week, on Monday.  The other posts since then have been quick.

We ran off to TEXAS last weekend.  Bill's sister got married and we made a fast trip to be there.  We headed down south at 4:45 last Friday morning.  We made really good time, considering that we had some major traffic issues on IH 35 in the vicinity of Austin.  We came back on Monday, we left San Antonio even earlier - at 3:45!  But we got home before noon, no traffic at all because it was a holiday.

There was some really bad weather last weekend, it's been all over the news and it's tragic.  I know a lot of the areas that are affected, Wimberly in particular.  We used to go to an outdoor flea market there.  It's not a big town.  We worry about tornados here, but people tend to forget how TEXAS reacts to a lot of water.  (Not well, obviously.)  Southern Oklahoma has also had a lot of flooding but a lot of the areas we saw were farmland and not built up too much.  Which doesn't make it easier for people affected to deal with, but there were a lot of deaths and some people are still missing in S. TEXAS.

Otter stayed at our house while we were gone, she beaglesat for us.  She reports that the futon is comfortable enough to sleep on, and she enjoyed getting to play with the beagle a lot.  She had already placed an order for things to eat.  I got her a frozen pizza, frozen chicken nuggets, cokes (TEXAN cokes, also known as Mountain Dew for Otter) and potato chips.

The wedding was a lot of fun, it was really special and we are very glad we were able to go.  Bill's youngest sister married a wonderful man and they did it their way:  on horseback.  It was great and it fit their personalities very well.  We had a really great time.

While there, Bill also acquired more pachinko machines.  7 to be exact.  Along with a lot of other stuff, he bought out a fellow pachinko fanatic's business that they owner wanted to sell.  It's the same person he got the 40+million machines from a couple of years ago.  (Otter would not have had a place to sit, she would have been strapped to the roof if she'd gone!)

Froggy and I were going to get together on Sunday, we had shopping plans.  But IH 35 was closed and so was 281, both highways that would have gotten her to San Antonio.  So we weren't able to see each other.  :(  That will be remedied soon!

I'm on day 2 of the first migraine of the year.  At least I didn't get it until late May, last year I think I had 9 or 10 total and they started early.  The flashers weren't too bad, the headache isn't horrible but it's just still there.

I'm wondering if the jalepeno and bell peppers are going to grow, or if they'll stay little and not produce fruit.  They have been planted for several weeks, but they are constantly being overwatered due to the rain.  I have been draining them often, they are healthy but they are not growing and have not had any sign of a bloom yet.  The peppermint is growing, but it isn't one that needs to bloom and produce fruit.

We could get yet more rain tonight and for the next couple of days.  We had a thunderstorm last night.  I'm beginning to think it's time to look up plans for an arc!