Would you? Could you? On a bus?

Say a bus has a large jar full of hard wrapped candies and say this jar is prominently displayed for customer consumption. The question I think you have to ask yourself is, how up to date are my immunizations?
The answer: never current enough.

Off to Corpus we did go...

Dana came to visit this weekend and I was super excited (not only that he made it but that the guards at my gate didn't Taser him). It was great to see him again! Friday night we went out to the original Rudy's BBQ with a free coupon and then rounded off the night with A&W free root beer floats and grocery shopping at Wal-Mart (amazingly this is easier with a car than on the bus...strange stuff). We spent Saturday in Corpus Cristi, leaving here with the vague instructions to just follow I-37 east until we hit beach which was pretty much how it worked (sort of). The water was a balmy 75 degrees and the pelicans were hunting. I caught a few fantastic shots of our fellow beach goers and Dana as he tried to chest bump the waves (okay really he was trying to jump over them but you can be the judge). We got a little sun burned because apparently when a label says water-proof and sweat proof they mean only after it soaks into your skin. Who knew? It was a great trip, however, completed in the humor department by the Toyota Yaris Dana rented (not as cool as a PT Cruiser Mom and Dad but pretty close). It's been years since I've seen a car with no cruise and manual windows. A tape deck would have rounded it off nicely. The ticket Dana got because of lack of cruise was no so awesome:( Great weekend though. Looking forward to the next over the fourth! Happy Father's Day to all the Dads and soon to be.

Gus 2001

This is the new little friend that shows up on my porch each day. He looks just like my cat, Gus, in Chicago (only a little skinnier). He had the softest fur that my mother always said she wanted to make into a little muff.

San Antonio--Vacation

Sorry this is late but I just posted pics on another site and thought this would be a good time. At the end of May, Dana and I came down to drop me off and spend some time with Mom and Dad Kitchen. We had a great weekend, taking in the riverwalk and canoeing the Guadalupe river, swimming in the most schizophrenic hot tub I've ever seen and getting me set up for life as a single lady.



Here are some fun pics of the riverwalk--Mom has the canoe ones, including an amazing dive by dad into a rather shallow pool of water! Two funny stories with the next pictures. Dana really wanted one with the funny carts that drive around so..ta dah! The second was the best. While driving home from the Riverwalk we came upon a rather racous convoy of tricked out roadster vehicles. We couldn't decide if it was a protest or wedding or what but we followed them all the way to the interstate and this was the best image I could get. Dana and Dad realy really wanted to take one home!

P.S. Mom and Dad--adding to what is quickly becoming a tradition--had the sweetest rental of all time. I'm talking P and T and Crusier. Love the blue interior. Thanks for coming Mom and Dad!

Pan-Where-A?

Some may be aware of my borderline obsession with the sandwich/delicious broccoli cheese soup diner Panera Bread, which, up until last week, I had thought was all but void in the state of Texas. Imagine my surprise--and Dana's heart attack--when we spotted one not half a mile from my new abode here in San Antonio. So I set out this afternoon in the hundred degree heat to hunt me down a mouthwatering bowl and after navigating through the shops and cars (mostly trucks) I came to the delicatessen only to find...work in progress! WHAT!!! Yes, I ended up laughing but only to stop the tears; my much anticipated Panera Bread is only just coming to San Antonio. Alas, no soup...no bread...no bagels...and I had to settle for the McDonalds of Mexican food up the street instead. At least Dana got a good laugh out of it:) They better do double time building that place, that's all I can say!

USAA...the beginning

Well hello to all from Sunny and Humid San Antonio TX. For those of you who don't know, I'm spending the next ten weeks in this lovely city doing an internship with USAA. A little history for you all; the name stands for United Services Automobile Association because in the 1920s no insurance company would insure members of the armed forces because they moved and were high risk so they got together and insured themselves and voila, USAA! It's a great company to work for and for the past two days they've been treating me well and talking up all the good points although they haven't actually let me touch anything yet (no surprise there!) This is the first of many posts on my summer but I wanted to say thanks to all the friends and family who are watching out for Dana and I while we are apart this summer. And for anyone who got a teary call on Sunday and listened to me blubber...a special thanks for weathering the crazy with me (hey, if you had to watch Mr. Amazing Dana drive away, you'd be a little misty too:)) It's going to be a wonderful summer and I hope you are enjoying yours as well! If you're in the area, feel free to stop on by. I have a camping chair in my living room with your name on it.