the new deal

this morning i found em packing up all of her animals and blankets into this plastic bag.

she walked away from it and then built this

which sort of looks like this

she hugged it

and took it for a ride in her car

dashboard confessional

the view of jeremy's dashboard on any given day

1. calculus textbook
2. analog phone handset
3. syringe
4. remote control
5. plastic stegosaurus
6. scrapes from carrying his crutch around in the truck for two months

down low

an annoyance of the job

people who are too lazy to ask for their size or even sit down to try on shoes. they drop one shoe on the floor and start cramming their foot in (toes grip down, the rest of the foot pushes forward, and repeat. think of it as if you're watching a calloused, swollen, dirty caterpillar move). well what size do you wear? a nine and a half? well i don't think that six is going to work.

it's sometimes more than i can take.

while the cat's away

while we were gone, em spent time...

swimming at rah rah's

 going to the water park with evan (borrowed hot pink disney princess swimsuit, obvi)

 riding trains at zilker park

bathing

playing hard and sacking out

roadies

we decided to take a last minute road trip to new mexico over the july 4 holiday. the harlows were up in santa fe so we decided to make that our first destination.

jeremy recently found out that his great grandfather, wc echols, was a famous wolf hunter. he is mentioned in many books, has artifacts in the smithsonian as well as a few mentions in cormac mccarthy's novel, the crossing. jeremy downloaded that book as well as a few others (many of mccarthy's books take place in NM and west texas) to listen to during the drive.

the hotel room in lubbock, 40$ per night. the last time we slept in a full bed together was years ago and it did not go well. better this time, maybe the faux bamboo floors made us feel more at home.

 rocky mountains driving into santa fe

 dinner out at the shed on july 4, no man wears gingham like jse.

 we headed south and went through this town, jeremy said he would like to live here. i said i would too as long as i have a jet/helicopter available.

we went to a museum in lordsburg, nm, jeremy found pictures of his grandfather, i found this.

we even got close enough to mexico that we went through a border control station. the german shepherd was the highlight.

then we drove into texas and stayed in alpine at a quaint hotel called the holland hotel. we also visited marfa, fort davis and marathon. five days, 3000 miles.

the great reveal

last week, the time on jeremy's casts expired and he went to get them removed.

the un casting machine.

 waiting expectantly

 this one too

 tried sitting up on the table with daddy, not so much

 cutting through the cast

 look at that shriveled arm!

 watching intently

 second round

 also left with a tiny, yet strangely swollen little leg

 thanks for the memories

sunglass half full