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Fun Days With Mary And Tom

It's 6:00 in the morning as we want, once again, to get off before 8:00  at the latest because we have an eight-hour drive through Indianapolis to our Hampton Inn. The weather at the lake sounds terrible but we should have good driving weather today, no rain, no snow. 

The Tesla

Sunday was a day of rest because we did little other than sitting around and watch football or basketball.  After a breakfast of eggs and sausage, Tom wanted to go to Costco because they usually stock up on groceries for the week. Evie was game and I wanted to take another ride in Tom's Tesla so the five of us took off around 11:00.  Costco as usual was overflowing with shoppers fresh from church (just kidding).  We browsed for a half hour and Evie didn't get much to my surprise but we had already done a big shopping a week ago at the Dallas Costco.  

Marlena Heads Back To College

On Her Way

We were home by noon and Marlena had to get ready to drive back to Fayetteville, a three-hour ride.  She's really independent, does not mind the drive, and was packed and ready to go by 1:00.  It was sad to see her go but she will be back in a couple of weeks for Christmas vacation.  After she left, I gassed up my Subaru and added some oil because the engine was a bit low after our highway trip. We then watched some football and I fell asleep of course until the fourth quarter.  We wanted to have the car packed and ready to go in the morning so Evie spent 15 minutes organizing our stuff and cleaning the car.  By 4:00, we had our two suitcases packed and in the car and we were ready to relax with Tom and Mary with appetizers, shrimp and cocktail sauce, and libations. And watched more football of course.  

A Man And His Best Friend

We should have gone for a hike on the Missouri end of the Katy Trail but we just did not have the energy although Tom and Mary went for a walk in the neighborhood. We watched football until Tom and Mary started to prep our fajita dinner.  

Our People (Help)

We sat around their island as both cooked and had a great conversation about our kids and grandkids and how lucky we all are.  Was it parenting or were they just good kids?  I go with good kids!  Our fajitas were great. Tom fried up a bunch of peppers to go along with our steak, sour cream, avocado, and salsa.  It was a perfect way to use the leftover steak from Friday night's dinner. 

Dusk

We were through with dinner in time to see the beginning of the Browns game and both Tommy and I are still die-hard fans. None of us lasted to the end of the game, too tired from our day of rest.