Last night on Avenue I

When Susan and I were dating, I remember the first time we came down to Kingsville to visit her parents.  It was in August 1989 as I recall.  I had met them in July in Houston briefly so this was the first time to their home.  I recall seeing the house for the first time and of course struck that is was a small home.  At that time there were 3 people living there because David's mother Lois was in the front bedroom.

I can't say I remember a lot of that weekend.  I have a picture of us from then, and it looks like we probably drove over to Corpus Christi to meet some of her friends ( maybe that was the incentive to come visit).

Over the years, there have been a lot of memories at this house.  Many meals there, stops made on drives after we moved to McAllen in 2002.  In fact, one memory stands out:  I was vistiting there before we moved and was worried that I had not found an office in McAllen.  That Sunday night, I decided I would drive to McAllen that night instead of to Houston and then look for an office.  I was in McAllen all day Monday and had a productive visit.

I'll remember mostly the restfullness from here.  Never with much to do in the evenings, we usually always stayed home:  to eat, to watch TV, to visit, to sleep.  A trip to Kingsville always felt like a vacation.

Now of course, Lois and David are both gone and JoAnn is moving to McAllen too.  As the old Peanuts cartoon said while Snoopy was hugging his doghouse, "You've been a good house!"

Summer work

For what is supposed to be an easy month, I've been putting in some holiday hours.  Here at work on Saturday.  Worked on Thursday July 4.  But its been a good productive month so far - figures