LEFT DALLAS AROUND 10:00 AM... AFTER THE RESTLESS NIGHT OF WORRYING ABOUT THE CAR, I FELL ASLEEP AT DAWN AND WOKE UP AND GOT OUT BEFORE THE DEADLINE... WHILE I WAS ON SECURITY WATCH I MANAGED TO BOOK AHEAD THE NEXT LEG OF THE TRIP...(SAN ANTONIO AND EL PASO).
THE DRIVE DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO WENT THROUGH WACO (REMEMBER THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS AND JANET RENO? OUR OWN LITTLE JONESTOWN) AND THE CAPITAL CITY OF AUSTIN... THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TAKES UP THREE HIGHWAY EXITS ON 35 SOUTH... (HOOK 'EM HORNS!) THEY SURE KNOW HOW TO TO BIG IN TEXAS... SPOKE WITH VICTOR ON THE WAY (VICTOR TURNED 50 YESTERDAY---HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN, BROTHER) AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE ENJOYED THE BLOGS BUT HE WAS WONDERING WHEN I WOULD RESUME THE ROLE OF SINGLE MAN ON THIS TRIP AND DO A LITTLE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FOR MYSELF... ( I ENJOYED THE "FAMILY LIFE" I WAS EXPOSED TO, DON'T GET ME WRONG)... SO I TOLD HIM I WOULD TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO EXPLORE SOMETHING OTHER THAN HISTORICAL SITES...
I BOOKED A ROOM FOR THREE NIGHTS AT THE HISTORIC MENGER HOTEL WHICH IS DOWNTOWN, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ALAMO, A BLOCK FROM THE RIVERWALK AND IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING SAN ANTONIO...(MY ROOM OVERLOOKS THE ALAMO)... ERNESTO THE VALET, ASKED ME IF I WAS HERE FOR THE SPURS GAME TONITE AND THAT HE COULD HOOK ME UP WITH TICKETS... THE PRICE INCLUDED A FREE SHUTTLE BUS TRIP BACK AND FORTH TO THE AT&T CENTER (THEY DON'T PLAY AT THE ALAMODOME ANYMORE)... SO I PICKED UP A CENTER COURT SEAT AND WENT UPSTAIRS AND GOT READY FOR THE GAME...(THEY DELIVERED THE TICKET RIGHT TO MY ROOM) SO I TOOK THE BUS TO THE GAME...
MY SEAT WAS GREAT... CENTER COURT ABOUT HALFWAY UP FROM THE COURT... THE AT& T CENTER WAS ROCKING (THE HATED DALLAS MAVERICKS WERE IN TOWN.) I SAT NEXT TO A TRANSPLANTED WOMAN FROM SYRACUSE NY LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO NOW AND TO MY RIGHT WERE TWO FEMALE CONVENTIONERS IN TOWN UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT... EXCITING GAME BUT DALLAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE SPURS IN THE 4TH QUARTER... THE WOMEN TO MY RIGHT WONDERED IF I WAS INTERESTED IN GOING TO DINNER WITH THEM WEDNESDAY NIGHT (THEY'D BEEN HANGING WITH WORK FRIENDS AND WERE BORED) AND BEING A GENTLEMAN OF COURSE I ACCEPTED... THEY HAD MEETINGS TOMORROW BUT THEY WOULD CALL THE HOTEL AND LEAVE A MESSAGE WHERE TO MEET THEM...(WE'LL SEE IF THEY CALL)...
HOPPED THE BUS BACK TO THE HOTEL AND WENT TO MORTON'S FOR A QUICK STEAK AND THEN BACK TO THE ROOM FOR SOME WELL NEEDED SLEEP... CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA... NOW LET'S GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK, AND KICK THAT MORON (W) OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE... THAT'S ALL FOR POLITICAL COMMENTARY.... A LITTLE SIGHT-SEEING TOMORROW AND A RIVER WALK AND HOPEFULY A DINNER DATE TOMORROW NIGHT... WILL KEEP YOU POSTED...
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