Frisco Texas

Today is Saturday March Thirteenth Two Thousand Ten. I am in Texas, Dallas to be specific hanging with my brother and his family. I was so busy in the two weeks leading up to this trip that I didn't have any time to get anxious about the trip. Its an excited anxious but its anxiety all the same. It took me a long time to understand that I, like most people, suffer from anxiety but its not crippling and I don't have to be medicated for it. The flights to Dallas Fort Worth were uneventful and I really liked Midwest Express with their chocolate chip cookies. I can't believe the flights out here and back were only two hundred dollars with tax, what a bargin. I hope they stay at that price point because I plan to visit here often. Its not only awesome to see my brother and his family but Austin is a short drive south and Dallas is so different than Massachusetts.

My brother's house is a frickin' castle that is made from stone and brick. It would be even cooler if it was all by its self in its splendor but its in a development with many other houses of the same size and type. I like it however and I need to remember that not every place in the US is like my home and that many people live in sub divisions. In any event, its a whole lot nicer than anything I own and I am always welcome here. There is a giant star on the front door and many other interesting details within the home. I have my own bedroom and bathroom and a very comfy bed. Whats interesting is that the ceilings are really high, like twenty five feet high and it must have something to do with how hot it gets here in the summer months.

I got to watch my eldest nephew play baseball today and I guess you could call that another "miracle of sobriety". Whats great is that I wanted to go and enjoyed not only spending time with my family and watching Spensley play ball but also flirting with the gobs of yummy mummies that turned out to watch their offspring engage each other in sport. I seem to look at almost any activity as an opportunity to flirt with xx chromos and I need at some point to calm my raging hormones. I guess you would call that the need to get some and don't I know that. I am going to my first Texas AA meeting tonight and I am very interested in it. I am thinking that its going to be huge like everything else here and that I will enjoy myself greatly. The gym I went to this morning is about eighty percent larger than my home gym and had the most amazing selection of equipment.

Went to the biggest AA meeting I've ever attended last nite, the church was the size of a mall. It happened to be the anniversary of the group so there were about two hundred people. They had two speakers, one from Al Anon and another from AA. It was interesting to hear the Al Anon one and get her perspective. The AA speaker was probably the best speaker I've ever heard at an AA meeting and one that aspire to be like some day. He spoke for more than an hour and used language directly from the BB. It was amazing. He was also from Brooklyn so his accent stuck out quite a bit here in North Texas. I've never heard someone speak so well and so completely at a meeting before, he was really on top of things. I was walking around this gigantic church trying to find the meeting when I ran into a bunch of people doing the same. Turns out one of those people was Peter M who was the speaker, funny how things work out.

I am going to a gun range next week for the first time in many years. Guns are much more accepted in the Republic of Texas than in MA so I am going to take advantage of it. The main reason I stopped shooting is that I was always so hungover I was shaking and that isn't the best thing for your aim. I found a place that rents some high end .45's and Uzi's as well. The Uzi is fully automatic and that ought to be an interesting activity. I am looking forward to the Kimber because they are known to be the best of the best and they are illegal for purchase in Mass. If you can find an older one to purchase you can do that but you really want a new Kimber because they are so nice. They are modeled on the Colt 1911 .45 and I can't wait. I will stop writing about firearms now because I can talk about them forever.