My Little Get Away

So... what could be said about my behavior on this little retreat? I wasn't a complete idiot.

I'm proud and upset with myself all at the same time. I feel sorry for these people that have to deal with me. They try. They really do. I'm a lost cause. I actually contributed to the conversation on the drive home. It was one sentence, but a contribution, nonetheless. For those of you who are not in the know, I'm more of the silent type. Haha. And that is an understatement.

Our little campout was over in Grapevine. It's a forty minute drive in good traffic which is what we had. Yay! I love Grapevine. All I ever do over there is go to Bass Pro Shop, but it is pretty in most places.

So, anyways, we went to our hotel. It was the Embassy Suites. I think the only thing they have there are suites... hence the name. We were on the second floor. It's not much different up at the top, but I'll get to that later (or not). We checked in and then decided to go out to eat.

We got a recommendation and then a reservation at Ravioli Ristorante in downtown Grapevine. I know I love Italian food, but I could not decipher their menu. I usually just cook Italian food at home. I've never actually been to a restuarant. Then... I couldn't find any of my stupid Lactaid pills. I knew I had some, but they were nowhere to be found. Later, I found them at the bottom of my purse. They're supposed to be in the pocket! And you know Italians love dairy. There was not one thing on the menu (that I could decipher) that didn't have creamy dairy something-or-other on it. I finally decided on their lasagna without the creamy alfredo sauce topping. It was goooooooood. And no, Melissa, I did not choke on the cheese. Haha. Mmmmm... and their bread was WONDERFUL! I loved it. Yep. Me and food. Let's move on.

So, after that we decided to go to Gaylord Texas. I, of course, had no idea what that was, but it was amazing. They had indoor gardens galore. And the trees were real! I know that doesn't sound amazing, but I'm talking indoor, huge, ancient looking trees of perfection. Aaaaah! Heaven. Haha. And there were trails and a river. All indoors. There was a re-creation of the Alamo in there. Life size, I'm talking. It was nice. They had THE biggest TV screens in the TV Room.

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So I went.

I sat in a chair while they froze in a broken jaccuzzi. Yeppers. Then we went to a broken sauna. I kept having to tell myself that I was breathing. I somehow interpret breathing warm moist air as not breathing at all. Just another one of my irrational nerdy fears.

...more deleted... and went to our room where we stayed up most of the night watching American Outlaws. All of a sudden, ol' Tim McGraw is singing in my head.

'Cause I'm an Indian outlaw,
Half Cherokee and Choctaw,
My baby, she's a Chippewa,
She's a' one of a kind!

For such a nice hotel, they sure did have some hard beds. I did not sleep at all.

We had a most wonderful breakfast. Awwww. It was lovely. I had eggs and bacon, some hashbrowns and a buiscuit'w'gravy. Mmmmm. Delish. Orange Juice, too.

Then we went to Bass Pro Shop and took some pictures of us in a tent. That went with our theme of camping out. We had a picture in front of a fireplace in the Gaylord for our camp fire. We had a picture in front of a bison at Bass Pro Shop and in front of a longhorn at Gaylord for our brush with the animal kingdom.

Then we went to Grapevine Mills. ...deleted, haha...

Then, I believe, we headed home... which is when I contributed to the conversation... something about a noisy truck at night... which I should probably recognize that it's night right now... and go to bed. Ya' think?

If you have read down to this far, I salute you.

Weight: Dunno. 200lbs is my guess.