Well the Wildflower Ride weekend took a different turn with the threat of severe weather south of Dallas. I’m not scared of the rain but I am a little nervous about the hail that sometimes accompanies the severe storms in Texas. I figured it would be kinda hard to look at the beautiful flowers by the roadside as I am dodging hail pellets and raindrops, so we decided to stay home.
I had taken Friday off work for the ride, but I wasn’t gonna let the day to go to waste. I gave myself permission to have that well deserved vacation day, so, I did absolutely “nothing”. Except if you count the sipping of coffee made by Ray, or the lunch made by Ray, or surfed the internet for awhile, or checked my work email (ya, I know, but I didn’t answer any of them), or the 3 movies I watched all by myself, or the time spent “guitar hero-ing” with the boyz. Although it was a full day of nothing, none of it was scheduled… well except the Miller Lite that I popped open at noon… I planned that.
Then, the weekend continued… starting off Saturday by cutting through the bathroom wall to install a second plug so we can have a lamp closer to the throne. See, the powder room or better known as the “Reading Room” requires some modification. We installed a small chandalier over the sink (I know sounds funny but it’s really pretty). The light does not cast anything more than shadows which prohibit the ability to read for long spells, thus, requiring a reading lamp to supplement the insufficient light. Well for something that should have taken an hour and a half… max two hours… took us all afternoon. Blame it on lack of proper tools or Ray spending an hour trying to find the circuit breaker “by means of brail” because if he would have read the electrical panel he may have noticed it was already marked. What kind of fool am I, to think that men would read anything that resembled a map or instructions? Trust me, I know, I’m a professional because I live in the household with four males. As the saying goes, “boyz just grow up to be bigger boyz”. All joking aside, the result is perfect, exactly what I envisioned and now it’s on to the next step to complete the “Reading Room”.
So the weekend agenda of riding south of the metro-plex got rewritten. After we managed to successfully add the new plug we where off to Keller, TX to spend the evening with friends. Gotta tell ya, felt kinda weird marching up to our oldest son’s room to ask for permission to borrow his Wii controllers and games. Yes, can you imagine a bunch of old farts getting together with dual TVs in the living room to play bowling? You may think… “Ha, don’t those people have better things to do on a Saturday night?” Well yes we probably do but I have to say, it was hilarious, belly bust’n, absolutely crazy fun! Can’t wait to do it again!!
Then, Sunday, what a great day. My personal ride planner took myself and two dear friends of ours on a 180 mile ride. Hope it would have been a bigger group but we had fun for ya’ll. We are proud to say we are officially “Bar Hoppers”. Well, did I say dear friends…? I meant Ray’s hypothetical girlfriend and her girlfriend… and then ME his wife… don’t worry, I’m confused too??? Anyway, just kidding, but it was an awesome ride, lots of curvy roads, country scenery and yup, country smells too. Couldn’t of had better company to spend our day with us.
So, I guess the moral of the weekend is: Don’t always expect what is planned to go as planned. Some times change is for the better so keep your mind open, sights set on the horizons and there is always another cluster of bluebonnets around the corner! Cheers to you, and fingers up to the lady who cut Carla off on Hwy 75. Happy Trails!
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