STR8 UP WITH A TWIST

The Calvinator and I left The Bayou City yesterday afternoon and headed for Cowtown. It was one of the easiest drives we have had to Cowtown in a long time.

30 miles into the drive I started getting sleepy. You see...I didn't sleep well on Saturday evening. I had a good workout at LeFittes on Sunday morning. It all sorta started catching up with me on the drive. Amazing what a Rock Star and a Cherry Limeade from Sonic will do for you.

I have an eclectic selection of music in the cd player: Camp (soundtrack); Patti LaBelle Miss Patti's Christmas; Pet Shop Boys Disco 4; Linda Eder Christmas Stays The Same; Queen Latifah Trav'lin' Light; and Probe 20th Anniversary. I forgot that Camp has three great songs on it: Century Plant; The Ladies Who Lunch and Turkey Lurkey Time. The Calvinator fell asleep listening to Linda Eder and Queen Latifah.

Right now Calvin is looking out the window looking for Santa Claus. In Cowtown his sleigh is pulled by horses.

I'm still doing my observing and evaluating about the family situation. I guess my friends and I are at the age where our parents are aging and are not what they physically used to be.

This morning when I was wrapping some presents I heard a noise outside. I looked and it was an ambulance. One of my parents' neighbors was taken to the hospital. I found out today that another friend's mother is in the hospital. She had a double amputation and then had some kidney problems and she isn't doing too good.

I did get to see my Godparents at their restaurant. Nothing like homemade tamales. :-) And tonight we will be having some of my homemade lasagna. Andre, if you are reading this, it is my Americanized version of the dish. I'll come to Torino one day to get the real stuff.