This past week I spent a wonderful five days in Texas with Preston and his family. It had been 12.5 weeks since I had seen him last, and although I most definitely signed up for this type of relationship, 3 and a half months was difficult. I can only imagine what a deployment will be like, but hopefully by then I will be working and not have the added stress of nursing school on top of trying to figure out when I'll see him next.
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| My first Texas sunset :) |
Texas was beautiful! I didn't expect there to be so many hills! I told Preston that the trees were very short, haha. I was also on a mission to find a tumbleweed, because for a long time I've told Preston that all Texas had were rattlesnakes and tumbleweeds (per movies and television, of course). He assured me Texas had neither... but I wasn't convinced. I spent our time on the road admiring the scenery and holding his hand. On my last full day and after miles and miles of traveling back and forth across Texas, we were driving to Austin to have some fun in the capitol and guess what flew in front of the car!! A little tumbleweed! I was so excited that I found one. Preston tried to say there was something on his sunglasses or that it was a "blade of grass" which made me laugh really hard. :) He's so funny.
Let me backtrack... the first night there we had breakfast for dinner (YUM!!) complete with fresh eggs from the chickens! Seriously, you can't go wrong feeding me bacon and eggs, lol. Later we played a board game called Quelf, which is a game that Preston and I played with my brother last Christmas at my house. It was so much fun. It's super silly but hilarious, definitely not a game for shy people. His littlest sister- Faith- wrapped her head in toilet paper and couldn't get out of it until someone in the game rolled a 4 which took about an hour, haha. His mom made up a rap, we all had to exercise to move forward on the board.... among other things. It was just hilarious. I have pictures and videos. So much fun.
Preston took me out to the horse pasture to see the sunset also on that first night. It was gorgeous! (The picture is above) The views in Texas are incredible! It was so peaceful out there :)
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| Faith mummified |
For Thanksgiving we drove to San Angelo where his oldest little sister (Lettice) and brother-in-law Ryan live. They made dinner and everything was so good :) It was just like being home for Thanksgiving. Everyone was so nice to me the whole time. Ryan and Lettice's boys are absolutely adorable!! It was Benson's birthday on the 25th and Lettice's birthday on the 26th so Preston and I stopped and got the boys some toys to open and play with and Lettice a gift card so she could get something she wanted or needed (since I had never met her, I didn't know what she would like).
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| Benson playing with his birthday present |
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| Preston and I had to bribe Porter into smiling lol |
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| Nap-time for Preston |
On my last full day in Texas Preston and I made our way to Austin to explore the capitol. He took me to the capitol building which was absolutely gorgeous!! We climbed SO many stairs, haha. The architecture of the building was incredible. I wish pictures did it justice. I did get a few pretty decent shots, though! After exploring the city we found a really delicious sushi restaurant that I swore I would remember but now I can't, but I will find it again! It was so good!! And in Texas they have happy hour so everything is half off which is about as good as you can get next to North Carolina's BOGO sushi :)
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| the ceiling inside! |
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| besties with Lyndon B. Johnson |
Overall it was a really wonderful trip. I'm glad I got to know his sisters a little bit and I'm really glad I got to spend some time in Texas before I move there. I can't wait to go back. :)
