dentists, texas, and the wait

i'll have to show my dentist brother in law (who is coming to visit us this weekend) tripp's post. he just bought into a practice in lynchburg. maybe he should have a special meeting on this topic to make sure all the other dentist's know where to and where not to urinate. tripp…thanks for all the wisdom.

today i am feeling texas. i've been on craigslist houston. there is just so much you can get for so little there. and then i hear that person say exactly, that is because no one in their right mind wants to live there. but i know that isn't true. and parts of me like the idea of houston…even if i hate the idea of bushland. i like the fact that it will be warm most of the year. incredibly hot in the summer…but no freezing cold days in april like we have here in good old virginia. i like that we could own a home. a nice home. one with a natural pool (one of my latest obsessions). i like that we'd be a bit father away and i couldn't run as easily back to virginia and my mom and her needs. that sounds cold…but i need some space from her situation. it is so hard to be with her. i can't even see the healthy, strong, competent woman that raised me. and that kills me. i leave her house after a visit feeling empty. my heart aches and i realize there is nothing i can do to bring her back. but enough of that depressing topic (i feel blue enough…no need to drag anyone down with me) back to why i am feeling houston. i like the idea of really diving into a new place. maybe we'll hate it, but even that will be an adventure. we can always leave. as an aside on houston, at dinner with two guys from the houston firm we got a lesson on the dog races. how to bet. how to win. why they are the best. i sat there with a huge smile on the inside…laughing and wondering where the hell i was to be hearing this sort of talk. but i loved it too…loved being stretched to find some way to relate to this kid (and i mean kid…26 maybe and looking 21 and a lawyer with a few years under his belt) talking about dog racing. loved that he made me laugh. it was a crazy dinner. but in the end i enjoyed it. all that said…in a few hours i may be back to loving the idea of phili of nyc. we will see. decision day is less than a week away.

i have jesus camp on my netflick’s queue too. after watching the trailer i agree with tripp that a few drinks may make the movie easier to take. what a world we live in…did you see that mullet boy preaching. such passion in such a young man. is it real? what makes a child preach like that at his age? why isn't he playing outside? who are these kids? i guess i've been too cooped up in my liberal elite world to meet them. hey and that is another good reason to move to texas.

happy friday all.