Monday, Monday.

Well, here I sit at work on a Monday morning. The sun coming up over the cool, quiet land of Central Texas, dew on the thistles and the rustling of the oaks as the Earth wakes. I tell you, there are few places more beautiful than this land of ours, and we would all do well to pay it some respect here and there. The gifts it gives to all of us are manifold and generous. Need a caffeine uptake? Chew on a Yaupon cutting. Got a nasty infection? Make a paste out of honeysuckle blossoms and spread it on, or make a tea for something in the throat. Hungry? Most things are edible, we have nuts and fruits aplenty, and most everything will grow here. Seriously, look it up.

The weekend was grand as forseen, though lazier than expected! Alexandra and I found ourselves sleeping away a great part of it in naps. Who knows why we were so tired! Naps are a wonderful thing, though, I must admit. Especially when Double Dave's Pizza is holding a lg pizza for $6 deal and you want to be lazy. For sure, that Corn Beef I made on Friday was excellent, but once it ran out, it was out.

Friday a dear old friend, whose wedding we are helping with, came over to work on her Bridesmaids' dressed with Alex. It was nice to sit, drink coffee, and chat whilst the girls worked. Jenn and I go back quite a ways: we met at college orientation at UT, and have been friends ever since, save a brief period of estrangement in there. There really are few people in this world whose company I'd actually miss if I had to go be a hermit, and she is surely one of them. She and Alex became fast friends after they met, as they're quite similar ladies, and now she's Alex's best female friend, as near as I can tell.

On to other thing, as you all (may) know, I am a concealed handgun carrier. This is Texas, afterall, and one is wiser to be prepared. Better to have it and not need it. So, anyhow, I carry a few guns, depending on the occasion, and lately I've been looking for more of an opportunity to carry my Colt Single Action Army (also known as the Peacemaker). It is a traditional gun, with a large caliber, and just damn imposing if you're on the other end of it, I wager. Problem is that it can be bulky and difficult to conceal for a man of my stature. Here's a holster style I just discovered though, that may work. Remember Tom Cruise's character in "The Last Samurai"? He carried something similar.

I'm rather fond of it, and with a jacket over it (or a frock coat, as my lovely wife is working on some) it would be wonderful. The strap across the chest would be visible, but that isn't illegal, only seeing the gun itself is. I rather like that notion.

This week should prove to be quite loverly in its own right, I think. Today we're waiting on the arrival of my friend, Bob Hingtgen, who I have been friends with for over a decade now. We've not seen each other that much since we've been in school, but hopefully we'll remedy that soon. He is going to come down today and stay 'til Wednesday. Then, this weekend we've got a trip to go camping scheduled. I could use that. We're headed out to Canyon of the Eagles park on Lake Buchanan. Nice place, good fishing.

Well, I do believe that's about all on my mind right now. I'm deleting the facebook a week from today. I find it ironic that most people who have complained, though not all, are the ones who make no effort whatsoever to keep up with me. Funny, isn't it?

Until later! Hope all your weeks go well.