Another anniversary trip, another diary. We left the house today like a pair of
three-legged turtles with asthmatic tendencies.
But who really cares…we’re on vacation?!
Not a lot going on for the majority of this day, except driving,
driving, and more driving. The
destination today was Fredericksburg, TX.
We finally made it late in the afternoon. I always love the quaint feel of this town
with its little shops, crafts of all shapes and sizes, and friendly
people. It’s also a really neat-looking
town, each shop displaying its own unique personality. My wife had never been here before, and she
was pleasantly surprised. I think she
felt that a small town in the middle-of-nowhere-Texas wouldn’t have much to
offer.
Whether for good (for me) or bad (for my wife), we didn’t
get to do a lot of shopping, because most of the shops started closing down
around 5 p.m. We might head back again
tomorrow for a little while, since my wife didn’t get a chance to see the
famous candle shop.
We got a hotel in Kerrville, TX and finished off our day
with a lazy dinner at the Cracker Barrel…mostly because it was within walking
distance of the hotel, and we were both exhausted. Our waitress, Sarah, had a nice, warm smile;
and she didn’t even mind picking me up out of my steak and gravy dinner when I
fell asleep sometime during the meal.
I succumbed to the beast tonight and checked my work
e-mail. I immediately had a sharp pain
under my left shoulder blade, my sinuses stopped up, and my eyesight started
getting blurry. I had a constricting
tension in my chest, and I think I have permanently lost feeling in the little
toe on my right foot. The stress and
anxiety that awaited me was immediate and apparent. I have learned my lesson…no more work for the
rest of the trip!
