one whirlwind of a trip

so, I have finally returned to TX. I've traveled by car, train, subway, taxi, and plane. its been an adventure. Rachels wedding went great. they were so happy and goofy and in love. they were totally adorable and that was lots of fun. Plus after Friday night rehearsal dinner at TX Land and Cattle (yes, how crazy is that) Travis is my favorite brother-in-law. Ok, he is my only brother in law. But he traded steaks with me, giving me his perfectly cooked medium massively thick steak and taking my thin medium-well steak (i had ordered a 6oz filet cut thick cooked medium). The place was struggling to get the orders right and screwed up most everyones in some way - guess its hard to get a good Texas steak outside of Texas. So that might have been the highlight of my weekend. he-he. The wedding saturday was beautiful and the weather was perfect. Both my brothers made it so that was a blessing. That was the only time I saw my brother Mike and his family. Kayli is talking more which is good. So the Sunday after the wedding B and I drove back to Virginia, stopping off to see brother dan at Liberty on the way back. he lives on a farm in a house with 6 other boys. yikes, that was scary. I sure didn't want to sit down for fear the couch might move. we stood outside talking for a while and then went for pizza. and if you read Blancas blog you know what happened after that. :0) crazy. oh, another crazy thing. Dan works alot of the big concerts that come through Virginia and we worked the Bob Dylan show the week before. I forgot to ask if he actually met Dylan or not. I am doubting it but he often meets the bands. anyway, I guess Dylan did a pretty bad show similar to ACL but oh well. So then we headed to NYC by train on tuesday. I am glad we trained instead of drove b/c we were both pretty worn out and me driving back from NY by myself would have been challenging. I slept about half way up to NY and 2/3 of the way back. Didn't sleep well while there but had fun. Not sure what my favorite thing was. Maybe going to eat lunch at Serendipity with Blanca. Was just a special time. Oh and we had a dessert called Strawberry Fields Sundae (yes, named after the Beatles song). It was massive. Had a big piece of cheesecake then covered with 3 scoops of strawberry ice cream and strawberry syrup, and strawberries, and whip cream. B and I split it and still only ate about 1/2 of it. It was literally as big as your head! And then Wednesday night we went to see Damien Jurado or however you spell it. B really liked that. It was a nice show. Intimate. Very soothing. So much I almost feel asleep though. Was good though and before the show Renee, B, and I got to talk a bunch. And Thursday night Renee and I went to see Spring Awakening on Broadway. My first Broadway play. Great music. Was good. A little more scandalous than I normally see but interesting. I am still analyzing some of the deeper parts of it. One of the more interesting lines was, "shame is not from sin, shame is from over education." hummm... Oh and walking around NY was cool. I got tired quickly but held up better than last year in Europe. I thought NY was cool to visit but I wouldn't live there. Just too fast for me. So after NY I had a day and a half with my parents. We went to the Fiber Festival -- not fiber like what old people take but fiber like sheep, and lamas, alpacas, rabbits, etc... they had a bunch of crafters selling yarn and all that and then they had sheep dog trials where the dogs would round up sheep and make them go through a course in the field. Was cool. Oh and they were shearing sheep. oh yea, Virginia! We really aren't as country as all that sounds. he-he. Well, I better stop writing before this gets to be a Ursula lenght blog! So, yep, good trip and had lots of fun with B. I think my parents want to adopt her. They thought she was the sweetest thing ever. She is quite sweet and was nice to travel with someone as laid back as she is. Even when we got on the wrong subway she was totally cool. ok, off to bed. yea for MY bed. :0)