Well, my sisters wedding went off without a hitch. She got married in a gazebo at a country club which also provided the banquet room for the reception afterward. It was an open bar and needless to say I was a frequent visitor. It was nice to see old friends who I haven't seen in years and catch up only to remember why I left Houston to begin with. Their all good people, don't get me wrong, but even though most of them are in their late twenties they still seem preoccupied with the high school days. No matter, I still had fun.

As always, when you get a large family all together you have to plan somewhat for the unexpected, however, no one could have foreseen several cars breaking down and a rental car (a minivan) my uncle was driving get shot at. So when we get home, only slightly buzzed, I heard the news and the cops came by to take a report and my buzz was gone. :(. Apparently a car drove up next to my uncle, fired a shot into the rear window of the minivan and then sped away. My uncle is from rural Kansas and shit like this just doesn't happen, so he was a little freaked out. Then I had to change clothes and tow my other uncles truck from a parking lot to our house so Dad and I could work on it in the morning. Let me tell you, by 9 o'clock in the morning it was 88° and humid. Not a fun time to be stuck under the hood of a truck changing out a water pump. So by mid day, the truck was fixed and felt like rewarding myself with a little beach time. So my GF and I loaded up my truck and we were going to head to the beach in Galveston, get some good seafood and just chill. My aunt and Uncle came along too, so we spent the afternoon and evening driving around Galveston looking at the damage from the last hurricane and took a lot of pictures. The restaurant we went to was okay. Priced a little high for what you got, but satisfactory none the less. By the time we got back to my parents place it was 11:00 and we were all ready for bed.

On Sunday, just my GF and I went out to visit a few of the local attractions. Nothing spectacular, it was just nice to be alone with just the two of us. When you spend the last 3 days around a large number of people, you just have to get away.

So on Monday we took off to head home and it was a nice fast drive of only 12 hours. My dogs were happy to see me again and it has been great to get back into a familiar routine.

While it's nice to see everyone it truly is great to be home.