we shall see

My mom on Friday was like - oh they're just saying the hurricane will swing through. We'll be back in school Wednesday....
umm no not so much mom...at least they haven't had to leave their house....
The local news inside their convention center was awful.
Don't know how Houston's gonna come back...at this point its almost like they shouldn't rebuild in some areas....it just keeps happening...

And so...seemingly already people are slowly but surely moving on...I guess if you don't know anyone in Houston it doesn't matter to them as much.. and there's only so much you can do right....I hope they're not forgetting though?...
and really, I think those of us in DFW should care a little more - it seems like we're fixin to get a whole lot of displaced people coming up our way with nothing but the clothes on their back...it's worrying.

Now another one's forming out in the Atlantic - and we're supposed to leave for Destin next weekend...we'll see.

In other news - SB4 - where someone that looks like me (or darker) and detained or arrested (or realistically at some points maybe even just be walking across the street)  can be asked for their "papers" and/or have their very presence questioned by local police officers. *shakingmydamnhead*- is supposed to go into effect Friday. On the plus side -  people texting and driving can also start to be fined starting Friday too. I believe....

Finished:
Only Enchanting (A Survivors' Club Novel Series Book 4) - Mary Balogh - i forget how...gentle? her books are. Didn't love them as a couple...but not bad. It is interesting the options widows had at that time.
Claiming Her SEAL (ASSIGNMENT: Caribbean Nights Book 1) - Kat Cantrell - yeah i think i'm kind of officially over military heroes books....and it's not cause of how the men are written...it's cause the women are annoying. I wonder if there's a military girl hero stories? That could be interesting.
Tangled (The Tangled Book 1) - Emma Chase - a re-read that i didn't remember much of...surprisingly cause I actually really liked them and the push/pull, hate/love dynamic. Super sexy times too whew...

It's mine from the finish

Friend N's surprise birthday Friday, we get there early to help, he's nowhere to be found and she's cleaning the house with two other "partyers" sitting at the dining room table.
surprise!
He didn't tell her that they had friends from out of state flying in plus 30 more people coming for her surprise party that started "now".
So she gets home on her birthday and panics trying to get ready for all these people coming.
I told Jamie he's not ever allowed to do that to me. Husbands with good intentions *oi*....

we hung out for a few hours then went to see Chris Knight.
Maybe for the 20th? time...
Some boys got way tipsy, singing at the top of their lungs and yep grown men cried.
I got to talking to this guy that said he and his wife had just moved back from living in New Zealand for a year.
29 years old and up and moved to New Zealand. Cause they could. Nice.
 He was very "Dallas" in bringing up his money situation...and then made a weird face when I told him "yeah money helps but it doesn't make people ultimately happy."

ha...he looked at me weird and said "people don't think that way nowadays"...
Still it's a personality trait for people to listen to our kind of music...I can't say anything bad about people who go see Chris Knight in concert.

Went to the Ranger game saturday at the company suite. Nice.

Emailed my mom about the hurricane coming - yikes - and i leave for Destin in two weeks....

Re-read - A Knight in Shining Armor JDevereaux - I remember loving this book way back when, I dunno I guess now that I've read so much more I didn't love it....it definitely had an 80's "Mannequin" feel to it. 
When Strangers Marry (Vallerands Book 1) LKleypas - so...this is the first of Kleypas that I gave up on....just couldn't get into it. 
The Scandal in Kissing an Heir: Sophie Barnes - apparently i'd read this one...and digging back apparently I thought it was ok. I don't know why? I went to 30% and stopped
Dating-ish - Penny Reid - yeah good one - journalist gal awkwardly meets nerd robot guy. she remains consistent
Tanner Sarah Mayberry - finished...didn't like it like her other "best/worst" book. The gal read needy.
Brought me back to the rodeo cowboy I used to date - we met at Billy Bob's at a Tracy Lawrence concert no less. It was fun...for a while...and that's all i'll say about that. 

awoken

if it wasn't vaguely sexual sounding I would post on fb that Jamie woke me up at 1:15 this morning to tell me "It's 6:15, time to line up the putt." then he pat my ass and went back to sleep.

He does not at all recall. And it really wasn't sexual, I guarantee he really was dreaming about playing golf....smh...heh.

Moving on...my friend N who's never voted and doesn't "feel her vote would matter either way."  asked why I still consider joining the protest this weekend even after what happened last week.
I said I felt that now is more important then any other time,
if I knew Jamie wouldn't be a worried madman I would definitely be there.
It's not about anti anybody or thing (for me) so much as feeling there's things going wrong and tired of just ignoring things -  "I'm a thinking human who lives in a troubling world". protesting allows me to know that I'm not alone in feeling that way. FB/online  groups are nothing in comparison.
So no, this time, for my husband, I won't go tomorrow but that's not to say I won't ever go again and doing what I can otherwise.

Speaking of....I did get a letter in the mail from my Texas State rep....of all the things I've written him, he (or his staff) typed a letter back about maternal mortality, it was a pretty cookie cutter response. Still! at least he responded! I've considered going library books shawshank redemption on him... :)

my mini sheldonita played me some old school pattyloveless today...i'm down

today's been a long week

so much going on in the world.
(i've had this sentence as a draft for 3 days)
For lack of a better way to describe it - it looks like the simmering is starting to boil.

Also, I'm not quite sure why people are so shocked at the president's remarks and/or lack of empathy? It wasn't shocking to me...he's shown his colors already, long ago...

Finished
Singh's Silver Silence - much less angsty than her others...got a little irritated with the all the silly-ish bear references (if I'm being honest)
Reid's Beard in Mind - so i liked the uniqueness of it...I've not read a story that discusses real life issues like OCD.
EChase's - Ellie the little sister story - quick read.good.
Also watched Harlot's on Hulu - wonderful acting and really clicks on what I've only imagined in the historicals I've read.

Wrote on my fb groups, reached out to my reps, twitter is blowing up

and....and...really remarking on the books I've read and tv I've watch seems crass...but it helps me. So that's good....
I really wanted to end with a good recall from the past week but I'm weirdly kinda numb right now.
oh...dinner with friends tonight.

retro and recovery

well it was supposed to be a stay at home weekend but Saturday Jamie and I test drove a truck for him,
then we went for margaritas and snacks,
which led to another place for drinks and snacks
and then the w's came and we joined them/their friends for a hip hop cover band.

fun - we lasted about an hour and a half there, lyft'd home annnd passed out by 11:30.
Again recovered Sunday - not miserable though - I'd paced well if I should say so myself!

Apparently I'm on a Penny Reid kick - finished #1-#3 Elements of Chemistry - whereas usually I hate a series to run about the same people - she did well with showing an evolution. 
Great one-liners too.  Soo young though... 
Also read Grin and Beard it - Sienna/Jethro's story - not my favorite of hers (I think that's Cletus? re-reading that one right now for kicks. I actually stayed up way too late reading it and I'm draggin ass) but good. 

Also my Sheldonita was in an 80s (90s?) country kick so we continue the Judds....