After a long and storied history in the ranks of college lore, spring break has now become a fixture in the ranks for grade schools k-12. SB-2009 has been a week that I've looked forward too since the second week of the year. And it is right now a low keyed success that has provided the break needed.
The break began with attending an intimate concert by Picked Last at the Venue in Forney. A little out of the way coffee shop just past the Wal-Mart in Forney. Saturday was a mid-term in my master's program. Yeah, Lamar University's online program doesn't take spring break. Their tongue-in-cheek idea of spring break was to say we'll give you 48 hours to get the mid-term in. That's been the window since the second course of the degree.
Sunday after church all three generations loaded up and headed to Austin for a couple of days. Just relaxed in the hotel that evening after a supper at Joe's Crabshak.
Monday we took the grandson to his first zoo visit. The Austin Zoo was rustic, but very viewer friendly especially for little guys. We had a great time, even took a miniture train ride that ended up being a nice surprise ending. We went to The Oasis on Lake Travis for supper. The draw is its amazing view of the sunset; however, the wait was too long, the service terrible, the crowd uncontrolled, and the food was McD quality with $$$ pricing.
Tuesday was a day of shopping in what has become our ladies favorite outlet mall in Round Rock. Had McAlister's for lunch then headed back to Dallas for a mini-reunion of the Nance clan. Supper at Aunt Nilla's was great with all of the family visiting over dinner. A quick trip from Addison to Red Oak for more time with Danny and Rachel before rest finally came.
Wednesday was a day at the Dallas World Aquarium. Its more like a rain forest above and a small aquarium below. Way too many people on this day, but still a neat place to go. The look of discovery on my grandson's face was worth the punishment endured in the overcrowded space. And don't ever say I'm not tolerant, I tolerated bird poop.
Today was a recovery day watching March Madness. The rest of the week will probably be spent doing school work and watching more March Madness.
Oh yeah, almost forgot, our Austin trip included a visit to the Lamar street Wholefoods. My family goes for the variety of high end foods, especially for those with allergies. I go to people watch, cause I honest believe that "Keep Austin Weird" originated in Whole Foods.
I hope you'll take time to enable some time this spring to take a break and enjoy your family.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
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