I logged on and realized that I never finished writing about my trip to Texas. I will write about some highlights, so I can remember all of the tiny details of this trip some day.
After we finished site-seeing in Dallas, we drove down to Killeen, Texas. Bae's best friend and cousin lives in the outskirts of the city. Before we got to his house, I stopped at a Jack in the Box to change clothes. While I was in love with my tiny denim dress, it didn't see appropriate for meeting family members. I changed into my black leggings and a light purple top that I have gotten from Tj maxx. When we arrived at the house, he was home with his fiance, daughter, and mother in law. We all chatted for a little while. Their daughter threw a little tantrum about wanting to get in her blow up pool or do something to get wet. One of the funniest moments was her dad telling her to go outside and spray herself with a water bottle. She was so excited about the idea. True childhood innocence. Their daughter was very talkative and showed me her baby book. His fiance was talkative as well. She talked to me about her job at the dealership and how lots of men try to approach her. She tells them that shes engaged and facetime's her fiance if necessary. She was in a rush to get married. She told me she would do a courthouse wedding any day now and then plan a ceremony in a year. June 20, 2020 is the date that she had selected. Bae wanted seafood, so we went to a nice seafood restaurant. The food was not my favorite, but I liked the vibe and decor. We also played pool. They beat us all three times. It was not one of our best games. After playing pool, they offered to let us stay on the couch at their apartment. We decided to save money and do that. The three of them left for a dentist appointment really early in the morning which I found weird. We didn't even get to shower. We just gathered our belongings and left.
The rental car that we had was ratchet. The undercarriage started falling off when we were still in Kansas. We had a mechanic take a look at it. He claimed to have fixed the problem, but it was even worse when we were ready to leave Killeen. We found the nearest car rental building and traded the car in for a different one. After that, we began our drive to Austin, Texas. We needed to shower, but did not have a hotel room in Austin. I decided to look up free showers in the area. Most of the posts suggested finding a local YMCA and showering there. That's what I did. I showered, got dressed, curled my hair, and did a full face of make up in the YMCA bathroom. After that, we headed to meet my dear friend J. He had been living in Austin for a year when we met up with him. He took us to a great Mexican restaurant and even offered to pay. It was so sweet of him. We enjoyed an hour of great food and conversation.
After lunch, we drove back to Killeen. Bae's cousin decided that he wanted to come back to their hometown with us for the weekend. We picked him up then were off to Houston. His fiance was not happy that he was going to be going without her. She couldn't come with us, because she had to work that weekend. I thought that her and I had gotten along pretty well, but she never accepted my friend request when I added her on Facebook. Maybe she thought I was a traitor for letting him come on the trip with us.
We were going to Houston, because I wanted to spend some time with my line sister and bae was going to meet up with his cousins. My line sister was playing around and didn't really want to see me. Her first excuse was homework. Her second excuse was a lizard getting into her house and her not being able to leave until she caught it. I didn't get a message from her saying the lizard issue was resolved until I was already two hours away from Houston. We were there briefly with bae's other cousins. They also decided to come back to their hometown to surprise their grandma. We had stopped at Carl's Jr. on the way to their hometown. Bae was being teased about the weight he gained. He said in the parking lot "I already got my girl. Y'all are the ones that have to be skinny to find someone" or something along those lines. Everyone laughed, but it made me feel really special. He was claiming me in front of his family.
The hometown adventures will be documented on the next blog post. Stay tuned.
Song of the Day : South of the Border by Ed Sheeran, Camilla Cabelo, and Cardi B
Quote of the day : Everything's bigger in Texas.
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