(07-28)

What a day so far! I started at 4 this morning....as a friend in Australia (Terri) says.....crazy o'clock. Ha. I needed to be in Beaumont before 8:00.

On the way to Beaumont, I saw this tiny little hole in the wall store/building. They advertised....."We carry Rabbit, Coon, Garfish". Awesome....soul food for sure. But, right up the road.....maybe a mile or so, was a Texas speed bump....aka squashed armadillo. My warped sense of humor was wondering if they knew there was some great eats waiting to be picked up??? (don't yell at me, I know it was a tacky thought, but it made me laugh)

I looked at downtown Houston, from a distance. Realized how much I like being a Texan. Drove by Reliant Park and shot it a dirty look. It might be the home of the Astros, now.....but it will never never never take the place of my beloved Astrodome.

Got to observe a weird driver. Remember it was dark and early. Someone in a truck, pulling a trailer with a boat come up on the freeway. They did not turn off their left blinker when they went around a truck into the middle lane. I watched them swerve over to the left lane and back many times. My thoughts were they are either drunk or very sleepy.......then you probably know what happened......they swerved far enough to hit the divider in the middle of the freeway! Gasp! Since I had been anticipating something to happen I was ready to pull over to the right if needed......The trailer hit and sparks flew.....then they were back in the middle lane like nothing happened at all. Odd. Normally I will pull past someone who is driving erratic. This time it seemed far safer to watch them than to be accidentally clipped as I attempted to pass. After another mile or so......they decided to pull off the road.....thank goodness. Thank God they didn't get into a wreck. Know what I mean??

Another one of my never boring days.