Monday::

            We got a late start today. We kicked off the morning with a fantastic lunch with the Keaton family. Grants parents and I talked about seminary and ministry (Grant rolled his eyes and snuck out of the room. )

            We get in the car to start our craziness and somehow we slipped in to the Tylight Zone!!! We were looking for a simple thing, I needed coffee  and smokes and Grant needed a pop. Simple enough right?! Go to a Gas station, or a fast food place and get smokes later down the road. One would think.… After crossing downtown Houston we exit the highway. We proceed to drive… and drive… and drive the feeder. No gas station, no fast food… There are the occaitional sit down placed, but nothing to get a quick drink. We continue driving, 5 mins goes by, Nothing, we pass a Sam’s club. Suddenly there is a stream of car dealerships. (surely there’s a Gas station near here right?) Nope… Not one. I see on the other side of I-10 there is gas station, and  I say to Grant, “should we just cross over and hit up one of those stations?”

 “Na!” He says, “Hold strong Rosie”  he pats my hand and smiles.

“Ok, there’s got to be one of this side soon right?” I sugest

We continue down the road. We begin a discussion about how if we would open a Gas station on this side of the highway we would make bank! We could pay for everything, because this side of the highway is a baron wasteland… Seriously Its baron!! There is shopping malls and strip centers and gas stations Galore on the other side of the road! We have empty fields and rundown apartments…. We Pass another Sam’s Club.

“REALLY?!?!” I yell, “What if someone ran out of gas! What would they do?”

“Right?!?” Grant states ”Or needed a Big mac… Stat”

“This is starting to creep me out.”

“yea,” grant said “ OH wait!!! Look at that highway sign!”

And there is was one of those Blue informational signs that said there was a station with a shell/sonic that was Actually going to be on this side of the Highway! Cheers erupted in the car. All is well I thought, my coffee intake will be refueled soon! We drive up to the light and notice there is nothing at this corner. NOTHING! NO, Sonic, No Shell, No coffee..

“What?!?!?” I proclaim “Is the Universe out to get us??”

“That sign said it was on this side! WTF is happing?”

“I don’t know, why there is nothing on the side of the road! I haven’t even seen a Starbucks!”

Grant shuddered “Ooooo your right, I am creped out now…”

We continue to drive along… and drive. The emotions in the car switch back and forth between giggling about the silliness of it all and being angry in a haze of caffeine withdrawals. We keep driving

Giggling I say “Ya, know is this getting kind of ridiculous”

Grant’s face changes and he yells “ IS THAT ANOTHER F’ING SAM’S CLUB!?!?”

I burst into laughter!! “ It IS!!!”

“Three Sam’s clubs and not ONE fast food or Gas station!!! What the Hell is going on!”

“I’m not sure” I say “maybe we should get back on the highway and try again a little down the road”

“NO Rosie!!! Were doing this”

“Grant”, I say” its been like 20 miles…”

“Hold strong doll face, Hold strong”

“ok….”

We keep driving. Another five/ ten min goes by… No one speaks. The only sounds in the car are the occasional scoff of disappointment, and the chuckle/headshake of absurdity. As we drive along, I begin to realize that we are moving into a one lane feeder. I start to get a little worried that we are going to veer away from the highway. The we crest the top of the hill and…. The road ends!! It ends!!

“WHAT?!?” I scream!

“Did the road just beat us?!?”

“The road ended… I CAN NOT belive this!”

So we flipped around, and got on the highway. Disappointed and a little heartbroken we realize that we drove 26 miles on the feeder with nowhere to stop. As we continue driving One mile up on the highway, There was a Love’s Station, on our side of the road.

            Damn You Universe!

After that we drove in to Austin and See  Katie Beth! We met up with her and her fiancé and they told us there engagement story. Its was wonderful. Gant took notes on an etch-a-sketch After that KB, Grant and I went back to KB’s and talked about wedding stuff and My internship this summer. Grant got suckered in to the wedding talk, and I got him hooked on this website call Off Beat Bride. After that we stayed up all night and caught up. Day one ended and it was WONDERFUL!!!

Day two has kicked off to a good start. More on the NEW AGE MO RANCH MISSONAL ROAD TRIP tomorrow!!!!!

Peace.