Bigger in Texas? So I am back, from my wild adventurous journey in to the wide world of Houston, TX. (forgive me, I've been reading Elizabeth Peters, and she always makes me want to write grand long epic sounding sentences with big words. I'l get over it, I'm sure).
Everything is supposed to be bigger in Texas, or something like that. To test this myth, since Adam and Jamie and the rest fo the Mythbusters team were unavailable, I took my own notes. And I will reproduce them here for your benifit.
Wal-Mart: Bigger. Whoa. Not only bigger, but the shelves are taller, and closer together. So, yeah, bigger and denser. Who'd have thought? And they have annoucments in spanish.
Roaches: Bigger. Way Bigger. I mean... one of these things could carry me off, no problem.
Space Centers: Not bigger. At least... not as big as Johnson should be, in my head. It's actually kinda smallish. Compared to the rest of Houston, anyway.
Overpasses: Oh yeah. Bigger, and stacked 6 high in some places.
Shopping malls: bigger, and more of them. They are everywhere.
Distance from where you are to where you want to be at any given time: Always bigger. It takes forever to get anywhere. Traffic is awful.
Headcolds: bigger, meaner, and nastier. Seriously, I htink I'll be the first person ever to die of a headcold. Chad might be the second.
ummm.... there was some other stuff, but between the cough suppressant and the mucinex and the antibiotics... I think I forgot it. If I remember, I'll post it later.
Other things learned in Texas include the fact that just because a business includes both NASA and Clear Lake in it's name, does not ean it is actually in Clear Lake or near NASA at all. Just in case you wondered.
And we did sign a lease on a house. In Friendswood. I have pictures. But I don't have the energy to post them with appropriate comments at the moment. So you'll have to wait.
Anyway. I have a to-do list that takes up a full sheet of notebook paper, and only four checkmarks made so far. If I can pry myself up off the couch... I might go take a nap before I try and tackle any more of this stuff.
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
