Jason's Untimely Thoughts

The kids & I took a trip that Sarah & I had started planning a year ago or better, to Waco for the MU-Baylor football game and to visit friends and their children.  It was a good trip.  I was apprehensive about the all day travel each way, but there were no major issues.  The luck of returning on the day we turned the clocks back an hour helped a ton, although I was sad that I made the kids miss their school Halloween stuff.

All in all, the trip was better than I expected.  The kids love that group of people, as do Sarah & I of course, so much fun was had.  We were able to trick or treat in nice weather, which was odd, but saw a festive scene in that neighborhood.  JT fell asleep before we were finished, but the girls kept going well into the night with a memorable (long and loud) serenade trying to attract trick-or-treaters to the end of the cul de sac.

The football game was a good game, since we won, and the Baylor fans are of course very nice.  Someone had the audacity to give us a “thumbs down” after the game, only to be immediately scolded by the rest of his group.  A bit different than the drive by shoutfest in Austin.

The better than I expected part, though, was really no one having any real breakdowns, myself included.  At least 8 people in Waco that Sarah thought very highly of, so it’s a tough group to be around in a lot of ways…. especially in leaving that group.  I’m not sure whether to take it as a sign of progress or a sign of sadness that I was able to leave without having some panic.  Progressive sadness, I guess.

MU Basketball season unofficially starts this week.  I’m expecting a bit of a reliving of the early football season stuff, as there were routines to basketball season too.  Primarily, Sarah sat in exactly the same spot for each game for the past many years.  I feel bad for those that sit on either side of her, as they will feel that missing too, I’m sure.

Finally, I’ll be glad when elections are over tomorrow, if for no other reason than I’m sick of people telling me how they’re going to vote.  If I wanted to know, I’d ask you.   Also curious to see if all the “We Support Our Commander in Chief” signs that still fill some yards come down when “our” becomes someone they don’t like.