The Journey (Part Three)

Ooops, I almost forgot to post today! (Okay, to be honest, I should have pre-posted this last night, but I did forget.) Whew, I'm skating in just under the wire.

When I left off, I'd just headed out of Austin in the direction of Ft. Worth. Why? To visit darling author Rosemary Clement-Moore, of course! She lives right on the way between Austin and Oklahoma City so we thought, "Why not have a RITA winners' sleepover?"

So, I made my way in the rain to her house. After much talking (because writers do love to talk almost as much as they love to write--almost) we headed out to IHOP to meet some over her local writing peeps. It was a loud and raucous gathering and I'm sure the IHOP staff was glad to see us go at 1:00am.

Then, you know what? Rosemary and I stayed up even longer talking. Until 4:00am!!!

Did I mention I was already on the verge of sleep-deprived?

Anyway, we finally went to bed and I crashed instantly. I got up ... when I got up. And, after yet more talking (and yummy banana nut bread) I said goodbye and headed up the road.

Along the way I saw a truck pulling and Alfa Romeo--my dad's favorite car--and I had to (carefully) snap a pic.

The rest of the drive was pretty boring because, frankly, the road between DFW and OKC is made of boring. A few short hours of grass and horses and cows later I made it to my parents' house. Then we immediately turned around and headed north to Guthrie, where we ate at Granny Had One--I'm not sure one of what--where they had very cools stuff on the floor. Like whales and jellyfish--very FORGIVE MY FINS-worthy.

Then we went to see the Pollard Theatre's production of Rent. Quite wonderful. I never saw the show on Broadway, but I have to think this production came pretty close.

Finally, after my trek to Katy and then Austin and then Ft. Worth and then Guthrie, I got to go home. So glad to be here. (At least for a little while.)

Hugs,
TLC