Using my son's computer in Austin, TX

We are glad to be back in Texas, despite its heat. Though I call my husband "strong and quiet", he, MJ, and I are all being quiet as we sit in DC and AA's apartment in Austin. Our son and daughter-in-law have gone to a couples' wedding shower, and generously left us to be "at home" in their apartment. We are doing what each of us likes to do to relax--I'm on the computer (though it's DC's); husband CB is surfing the tv; and tired MJ is lying on a bed and reading. Since we are all introverts, it is nice to not be visiting for a little while.

The wedding is tonight, and tomorrow we'll drive back to Corpus Christi, which will take about four hours. From the news we have heard, Corpus Christi got little rain from Erin and the city's water is clean again! The future of Dean looms ahead, but is not in the next day or so for Texas. So we will go home in peace.

It is always nice to come home, wherever it is. My parents told me that when I was about three years old and came back from a trip (and the only trips we ever took were to visit relatives), I went around the house in Lubbock, TX (!) touching each piece of furniture and saying, "Nice chair; nice table; nice pillow. . . "