I have some pretty ugly business going on with the Tulsa house, involving insurance stuff and roof problems, but I don't want to go into detail on that, because it's horribly depressing. If you're curious about it, ask me sometime when I'm in a good enough mood to handle it.
Anyway, Thursday afternoon my mom and dad came in for a visit. They had to take care of the van (as mentioned previously), and had dinner plans with an old family friend at 5:00 downtown. T-- drove down and we all met up near the airport at 4:30, then we dropped the van off in hourly parking and headed to the Zio's downtown for dinner.
It was nice getting to see Theresa again, and dinner was excellent. D-- joined us so he could take AB home with him (he'd offered to babysit while we went to an exhibit at the museum), but he ended up coming with us.
The exhibit is a collection of ancient Roman art from the basement of the Louvre. It's mostly sculpture and jewelry, but they've also crafted a walking tour through it that's themed and presents all kinds of fascinating historical information. It was very cool. AB's favorite part was the relief of a cow, sheep, and pig being led to sacrifice, but that's just because she likes animals and doesn't quite get context yet.
Afterward, Dad and I stopped at Byron's to pick up some dessert (as it were), and we all stayed up late watching SNL and talking. It was fun.
Friday, Dad and I had made plans to spend most of the day writing together, but I ended up sleeping in until 10-ish, and then we had lunch with Mom and T-- at Pizza Hut, and then I had a dentist appointment at 1:00 (small filling), so it was 2:30 or so before we really got started, and Mom and T-- got home from their thing (painting pottery at the mall) around 4:00. We did make some good progress on a story idea Dad had come up with, but I didn't accomplish much of anything.
Friday evening we went to dinner with D-- and his mom, and my little sister brought her family including the in-laws, so we had quite a crowd. We went to this barbecue place called County Line, down by the Cowboy Museum (yes, we have one of those), and it was fantastic. The food, not the museum. Fan-freakin'-tastic.
Then we ran by the Family Fun Night at OC, and AB got to ride one of the ponies. T-- has pictures on her blog. Unlike Thursday, Friday was a pretty early night.
Saturday morning, T-- went to a tea room for brunch with Mom and my sister. I took Dad to the Texas Roadhouse, and we brought our writing stuff (he his laptop, and me my scribblebook), but we ended up spending the whole time talking.
Mom and Dad headed home around 2:00, and D-- came over with a new tabletop came called Heroscape, and taught T-- and me how to play while AB was taking her afternoon nap. We played for most of the afternoon, and then he went home and I went over to B-- and E--'s to watch some mixed martial arts.
Mostly, though, we talked. I was there for four or five hours, and it was a lot of fun. I need to spend more time with them. But, then, I think that every time I spend any time with them.
Sunday morning we skipped church because we had plans to celebrate Mrs. Huddleston's birthday with her. She's...umm...D--'s childhood friend's mom. It's a little bit of a distant connection for us, but she's also D--'s mom's longtime friend, and the two of them both fell in love with AB pretty much from the start, so we're invited to family stuff, now.
Anyway, that was at the zoo. We got there around 11:00, and it was already hot. All the girls went on the merry-go-round to start with, and rode this silly little train that goes in a short circle, and then we had a picnic lunch, and talked for a while, and then it was 3:00 and we went home.
Umm...I'm sure T-- will make it sound like a lot more fun. Watch her blog for updates.
Both before and after that trip to the zoo, I spent several hours working on a markup of my sister Heather's first novel. It's fascinating working on Fantasy again. Her book is a good one, too, so it's fun to have a hand in that.
After I finished that, around 5:00, I invited D-- over for dinner and called in a take-out order to Ole. We ate, and then spent the rest of the evening watching Boston Legal. We're ten episodes in. It's...fascinating.
I also had a couple truly bizarre dreams this weekend, but I won't try to explain them here. Suffice to say, they have me thoroughly weirded out.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
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