Highlights from my road trip and Thanksgiving

~Drove to Missouri in 16 hours.

~Hit rush hour traffic in Austin and Dallas.

~Passed the Museaum of Horrors in Ross, Texas.

~Stopped in West, Texas for kalache’s.

~Drove up scenic Hwy 7 in Arkansas
-This is the most insanely treacherous road ever paved. It passes through like a gazillion national forests and the scenery is beautiful…or so I hear. You can’t actually enjoy the scenery because you’re too worried about FALLING OFF THE FUCKING ROAD. The rumble strip is in the CENTER of the road and there is no shoulder; just a white line painted onto a crumbling cliff. I actually saw somewhere that this road is “not a highway, it’s a destination.” Fuck you, it’s a deathtrap.

~Passed a strip club in Hot Springs, Arkansas that advertised nude karaoke.

~Saw my mom sing with Ray Stevens at his theatre in Branson Mo.

~Dressed up as a Motown singer with my dad to help my mom visualize a project. Hair and all people, hair and all. You will never see the pictures of this, so don’t ask.

~Visited a fish hatchery. Actually pretty cool in a weird kind of way.

~Relaxed in my parents hot tub for two days.

~Drove home through Oklahoma instead of Arkansas. I absolutely cannot stand this state; I hate everything about it from the roads to the bland scenery to the way the word sounds. I honest to god hate okla-fucking-homa.

~Stopped in a small town in Texas to eat dinner on the way home. While sitting in the restaurant we realized that crazy people surrounded us.
Jenn – “Ever feel like your in a Stephen King novel?”
Bear – “Yeah, lets get out of here!”
Then as we are leaving said town a radio announcement states that traffic is backed up due to a car accident on Deathsaw and Slaughter Roads. WTF! I did not just hear that. “Bear, get us the fuck out of here, NOW!”

~Brother-in-law and his family came to visit for Thanksgiving the day after we arrived home.

~Stayed up late helping/watching the Bear and Brother-in-law make pies and other sweet treats for Thanksgiving dinner the next day.

~Went to the in-laws house for Thanksgiving and ate entirely too much.

~Realized how much I actually enjoy being around the Bears family now. The make my family seem normal

~Decided my Brother-in-law wasn’t quite the asshole I had made him out to be.

~Watched pay-per-view UFC with the Bear, Brother-in-Law and Father-in-Law.

~After three days of turkey salad sandwiches decided I hate said sandwiches. Sticking to ham and cheese from now on.

~Took a ton of pictures of all this…mysteriously lost at least half of them.

~Decorated for Christmas…thank god no one witnessed that occasion.