Yes. I'm back!

Ok so I got back like 2 weeks ago, but here is some of the stuff we did while in the Lone Star State, and in locations leading up to the latter:

Our fabulous journey began with a one hour flight to Detroit in a dinky little plane. I mean, seriously, the thing was a tin can! When we arrived in Detroit, we walked/ran to get to our gate, A77, which was like, at the other end of the freaking airport! When we got there, huffing and puffing, lo and behold! Our gate had been moved! To freaking A5!! Luckily, the flight was late and we still had an hour till we left. But when we got on the plane, we sat there for like, a half hour! I was relieved to finally be in the air, but we were an hour late, so that was a bummer. Gazing out the plane window the clouds that high looked more like rolling hills covered with snow, 'cept for the occasional lumpiness where it looked like a snowball landed. My cousin **not disclosing his name** brought his camera, which is, like, the same kind pro photographers use, so I hope he got a snapshot, because I definitely thought it was a Kodak moment. Unfortunately, the sun was in my eyes for practically the entire time till it set, which I did not particularly like. Oh. And I forgot to mention. I stole a SkyMall magazine. *muahahahaha!!* Hehe.

The sunset was amazing though. It was so surreal, like looking at a moving painting. Just like me to forget my camera!! *grr* After the sun disappeared behind the clouds, the sky turned a beautiful, deep navy blue color. Then, I noticed a little later, something odd was happening. It looked as if a pink-orange sun was descending through the clouds. I thought it looked sooo cool. I internally cursed myself for forgetting my camera! *grr again* About an hour/hour and a half later, we started to descend, and my ears hurt like h-e-double hockeystix! That was probably one of the most painful landings I've ever had. AND, when we were in baggage claim, my dad lost his suitcase! Uber-Grr!! We finally arrived where we were staying at, like, 1:30 am, and I was sooooo tired. Finally we went to bed. *snore/breathe loudly/other bodily noises made whilst sleeping*

Our first full day in Texas consisted of (in order):
-swimming
-playing slots
-playing pool
-learning and playing Blackjack
-eating lunch
-swimming again
-Blackjack again (I won entire game once XD)
-pool again
-slots again
-exploring property of house we were staying at
-dinner
-most of family swimming while I sat on deck laffing my butt off at my slightly eccentric relatives
-watching America's Got Talent
-shower
-bed

So there you have it. Riveting, isn't it? I was too lazy to explain each day so here are the better parts of the week:

One of the days we went in to San Antonio and we rode a boat on the Riverwalk, and we walked along the Riverwalk. And I had a fabulous smoothie meal substitute for lunch! It was very hot that day, but the shade from the trees along the bank of the river cooled us off. Oh, and by the way, the river is puny! I mean, it's about the width of my house from front to back! But it's still very beautiful. After the Riverwalk that day, we ventured forth to the Mexican Market, where everything is as cheap as stuff you'd find at a Dollar General. (Cheap in price, not in cheesiness) I bought a FABULOUS blue dress that you would where when you're salsa dancing or something. And I also bought a fan (no, not an electric one, it's like one of those pretty one's women in Victorian times used). In Bandera, where we were staying, we also went shopping. The store's there sell lots of stuff with cowboys and such. A couple of the stores had really girly stuff, like boots and belts and hats with rhinestones and fancy cheaper jewelry that you could never wear anywhere. The general store had ice cream, and I got ice cream called "Krazy Kolors", but we call it Superman ice cream. It was like eating Playdoh colored ice cream. My mouth and tongue and teeth were blue for most of the rest of the day, haha. The last day we were there, we ate at this bar-b-que place that had fabulous cheeseburgers! (I'm not really partial to bar-b-que).

Finally, we left for **not disclosing my home state**. I was soooo happy to be home! To listen to familiar radio stations, to drive on flat roads instead of hilly ones! But I will miss the dry heat of the south-west. My hair didn't turn all frizzy in the morning, which was an uber plus! (yes, I like saying "uber". Shut up.)

So there you have it! My journey to the Southwest. Hope you enjoyed, and if you quit reading this halfway through, you made all the kitten's in the world cry! How could you?? How do you live with yourself??

P.S. I didn't turn into a lobster!!!!!!! No need for the aloe vera dedicated reader friends!!! :)