Weekend in Ft. Worth

“Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.”  ~Karl Marx

Well, it's Monday again.  And it feels like Monday for this girl.  I'm still in serious recovery mode after a weekend of fun in Ft. Worth.

The weekend involved:

* Me using my skills of persuasion on American Airlines in a truck stop bathroom and getting a refund when The Boy from Texas couldn't make his flight;

*  A steak dinner in the Stockyards where Real Cowboy ordered calf fries and a salad (interesting combo);

Blonde OKG and The Real Cowboy

*A Seven and Seven or two;

*  Watching a little rodeo and playing high/low during the team roping;

*  Checking dancing at Billy Bob's off my bucket list;

*  Hanging out with the long snapper for the TCU football team;

* IHOP at 2 in the morning where a fight ensued over who would pay for Real Cowboy's biscuits and gravy that BOKG ate;

* The Boy from Texas driving all night to get there at 5:30 Saturday morning,

*  Lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Animal House and the most precious baby boy in the world;

*  A tour of TCU;

Football stadium.

Basketball arena where Ski Trip John will graduate in December!

The Quad

*  A couple of OSU pictures on the purple campus...;

Go Pokes!

*  Hanging out at Ski Trip John's house;

* A Ranger's game;

  *  Some ice cream;

*  A really trashy bar;

*  More IHOP (the waiter seriously knew my name and order the second night when I walked in);

*   and lots of fun.

I have to say that one of the things I absolutely love about the people in my life is that even when they do not know each other, they are all so darn awesome that you can throw them together and they will all get along great.  This weekend just reinforced that I am completely blessed to be surrounded with so many amazingly fun people.

It.  Was.  Awesome.

And just as a note for the single ladies out there, Blonde Oklahoma Girl and I had both been single for ever a while when she started dating Real Cowboy and I started dating The Boy from Texas.  A year ago we laid on a beach in Costa Rica pretty much convinced that there was no one out there for either of us and we would die alone with cats (except that she has dogs and I'm allergic to cats, which meant we'd just die alone).  Lots of things can happen in a year.  (And it could well have been the clarity we gained from the beach in Costa Rica that made this happen, so if you are looking for an excuse to book a vacation....)

Costa Rica - May 2012