the adventures of Laura

I moved out of my apartment on Friday. It was a little sad, but I felt like it was the right thing. I'm pretty excited to be moving on to other things. I flew back to Houston that same afternoon and landed at almost nine in the evening.

On Saturday, I went grocery shopping with my mom for Scott's court of honor. Then my older brother needed to go to Academy to get some athletic shoes with good support. That was a hard venture, since it seems that Craig is bigfoot. But they managed to get good shoes for him. It was a crazy day, and we had the court of honor in the evening. It was short and sweet, which is what we wanted. After the court of honor, we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant: Don Carlos. It was so good. I ate so much. I had a lot of chips and queso, three fajitas, and two sopapillas for dessert. Usually when I eat that much, I feel sick. But I was fine. Pregnant woman appetite, except I am NOT pregnant. Ha ha.

The next day was church. And after church, I went with my mom and my older brother to drive to Del Rio, Texas. I mentioned in my last post that Craig made the Border Patrol. Well, Craig had to report to the station in Del Rio to be sworn in and for orientation. He was to report on August 18, so that meant driving on Sunday. Originally, my mom was going to be the only one going besides Craig, but my dad said he would feel better if she took another person with her. She chose me. Del Rio is on the very border of Texas. It's kind of a small town, but it wasn't so bad. We stayed at a Hampton Inn, which was SO nice. The woman who checked us in thought I was under eighteen. She said: "So, two adults and one child?" I told her that I was 21. Yeah, I know I look young for my age. We got really with this hotel--it was across the street from the border patrol headquarters!!! We didn't know that until we saw it.

Yesterday, Craig reported. My mom and I were ready to leave when we saw that we had one flat tire and another that had a bulge! It was hours before we found a place that stocked tires for mini vans. Ugh. But everyone was really friendly and helpful, and we were grateful. We left around noon-ish after eating lunch. I learned how to pump gas in Del Rio. I also got to drive about 100 miles. Cool.

So yeah, that was my adventure. I'm home and loving it.