{"id":306,"date":"2011-08-04T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisabethboothe.com\/blog\/post306"},"modified":"2011-08-13T07:23:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T14:23:11","slug":"end-of-another-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisabethboothe.com\/blog\/post306","title":{"rendered":"End of another visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, the past several days, we had my parents visit us here. Why anybody would want to visit Texas in the middle of summer, especially a Texas experiencing its third worst drought on record<\/a>, is beyond me. We must just be worth it. Or perhaps it was just the lure of some cute grandpuppies.<\/p>\n

\"Sleepy<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dorky<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, Bonnie can and does sleep like that for long periods of time. But I digress.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anyways, there was a lot of chillin’ around the house, but we did go out and do things, too.<\/p>\n

The Parents arrived quite early Saturday morning (2:30 AM, to be precise). That meant we spent a lot of time recuperating. from a late night (and I cleaned most of the entire day Friday because I’m overly paranoid about people showing up and my house not looking nice, so I was tired too) and Saturday was a chill day.<\/p>\n

Other things that occurred with the Parents here:<\/p>\n

1. Went to church<\/p>\n

2. Went to the spa<\/p>\n

3. Went to the outlet mall<\/p>\n

4. Went to the normal mall<\/p>\n

5. Visited Jared’s work’s annual convention downtown and admired all the cool machinery and software wizardry that his work affects<\/p>\n

6. Was given a balloon, card, and a cake as a pre-birthday present<\/p>\n

7. Ate at some of the good restaurants around here that didn’t follow my diet<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Honestly, it was just too hot to do much during the day here to do a lot of meaningful activities. Even with the air conditioning on full blast, traveling in the car is still miserably hot in 105+ degree temps. That plus the fact that the back to school deadline is looming over me, I was rather moody, cranky, and unpleasant to be around. Fortunately, I think the dogs’ cuteness made up for all of that, too.<\/p>\n

Despite all of that, it was a good visit. Times like that make me sad that we live so far from all our family and old friends, even though we have new friends here.<\/p>\n

Good thing I have these goofs to keep me company during those lonely moments!<\/p>\n

\"Bonnie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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