This last weekend was an interesting one. Saturday, I went over to Ft. Worth to spend the night at my parents’ house because Sunday we were driving to Oklahoma for my step-grandfather’s 80th birthday party.For those of you living in the Dallas area who travel north on 35: AAAAAAAGHH! There is pretty massive southbound construction just north of Denton, and it makes travel back into the metroplex a joy.<\/p>\n
Sunday: we leave at 9:00 a.m., get up there by 12:30, go to the party, attempt to fix one of my aunt and uncle’s computers, and leave OK around 5:15. We get back to Ft. Worth at 9:45. Then I still get to drive an hour plus change over to Dallas.<\/p>\n
I have to admit, there is something undeniably comforting about cresting the 635\/35-E interchange going East into Dallas. Prior to that, it’s relatively city-free. However, once you hit that hill, here come the car dealerships, the warehouses, the big office buildings. Here’s Dallas. And strangely enough, after 10 years of living here, I feel like it’s home. It’s where I am. It’s where my wife is. It’s where our house is. We fit there.<\/p>\n
Of course, Laureen’s a country girl (she grew up on 105 acres of cattle raisin’ country NE of San Antonio), and she’d prefer a place where you can see the stars at night without the interference of the lights of the nearby Supermarket.<\/p>\n
However, as for right now, this is where I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This last weekend was an interesting one. Saturday, I went over to Ft. Worth to spend the night at my parents’ house because Sunday we were driving to Oklahoma for my step-grandfather’s 80th birthday party.For those of you living in the Dallas area who travel north on 35: AAAAAAAGHH! There is pretty massive southbound construction … <\/p>\n