Waving Goodbye to Houston

I haven't posted in a while! Now that we're leaving Houston, I figure it's time to get back into the habit of blogging.

We've had a great time here. We've used up all our productivity at work, so we haven't learned Spanish like we'd intended or studied up on Latin America like we'd intended. We did have a great experience getting to know my dad's company, though, as well as playing lots of cards with my parents and seeing the plans for their new house take shape. It's all good!

During our month here, we've also gotten out of my parents' house on a few occasions. We got to see an old friend of mine, Nadine, plus her cool family (husband Jon, daughter Aspen, and mini dog Cody); spending time with them was a real highlight for me. We had a great time also with my friend Laurie and her kids Ty and Wee Audrey; the gorgeous Tex-Mex was a bonus! We caught up with my little brother in San Antonio, where we're going again tomorrow on our way down to Mexico. We met some very inspiring world travellers; I hope we'll have seen as many countries as they have after the next few decades! We had an unexpected but delightful visit with one of my favourite teachers from high school, Mrs Sheets (www.susansheets.com). And as for the awesome crew working for my dad, they made our jobs more fun than anything else. (Marty, if you happen to read this, I had a Dunkin Donuts donut today!!! It's all your fault!)

We're looking forward to hitting the road again and starting a new adventure (the one we'd intended to start in January 2007), but I'll be a bit sad to end this time in Houston. I'll be looking forward to getting back someday, seeing my parents' new domicile and catching up once again with our friends here (new and old)! Thanks to everyone who made it such a great month for us...