We made it to Houston! We left Saturday morning around 6:15am and arrived just after 9:00pm. Not bad for approximately 1040 miles. We stopped in Ocala for breakfast and then again just north of New Orleans for an early dinner and kept moving. Other than that, we only stopped to fillup (for either gas or diet coke!).

Sunday was nice. We visited with family, made pit stops at each house, played some football, etc. Stephanie and her mom went to see A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theatre while I met up with an old friend for dinner and a movie. I tried getting tickets to the Houston Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Wortham in early November, but there weren’t any good seats left. I remember going to The Nutcracker in high school and college during the holidays (that was a l-o-n-g time ago). Steph said A Christmas Carol was a very good production (factoid: one of the actors from earlier episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in the performance…).

Today we are meeting friends, who now live in Arizona but are in town visting family, for lunch at Ninfa’s. And then perhaps a little bit of shopping before Christmas. The crowds were insane at the mall yesterday. I’m not sure I want to venture out into that!

There’s something nice about being “back home” — it’s hard to put a finger on though. I mean, moving back isn’t something that interests me right now, but the familiarity is pleasant.