Janelle, Anna-Kate, and myself just got back from San Antonio yeseterday. Janelle's dad's dad (her grandfather) passed away last week so we flew out their for the funeral. It was a touching as he was one of the kindest men alive, though I really didn't get the experience of seeing him in his prime. By the time I arrived on the Hensley scene he was not his "old self."
The whole weekend was kind of an ordeal due to the traveling with a child. Our flight was at 6:30 AM on thursday so we had to wake Anna-Kate up to get to the airport on time. Also to get a bereavement fair you have to fly American Airlines (the only airline that still offers them) and you have to have a layover or a stop. So we flew to DFW which thankfully that flight was rather empty so we had a whole row to ourselves. Then the flight to San Antonio was rather short so luckily it was over quickly.
I took my laptop along though in case of an Anna-Kate meltdown, i figured pop in a Baby Einstein dvd and all would be fine... well during a meltdown on the flight to San Antonio I was getting the computer ready and for some reason the laptop wouldn't play the Baby Einstein dvds... all the other dvds I put it in worked, but something about the Baby Einsteins crashed the various movie players i have on the computer. I blame Disney...
The service was touching though I missed the military burial due to Anna-Kate needing to nap. Mr. Hensley served in WW2 as a reconisance pilot taking pictures in the pacific theater. Pretty cool stuff. He then stayed in the Airforce after the war and retired a Colonel. Really cool stuff.
It was a rough weekend, due to bad sleeping by anna-kate (we were all in the same room so when she slept bad we did too). Also the house was very dusty and smokey (from its current resident a friend of the family) so our allergies are all out of wack and I'm still stuffed up.
The flight back to was a nightmare, delayed flights, 5 minute layover in dallas due to the delay, running to make our a connection, janelle carrying anna-kate while she slept in her arms, while trying to run and being pregnant, lost luggage... yeah just tons of fun on the way home. We got home and just crashed.
So not much fun overall. Though the mexican food was terrific. There just isn't anything in the southeast that compares to good texmex from texas. Fresh home made tortillas, steak that is properly marrinated, spicey salsa (not sweet like most places around here). Ooooof, man i miss Taco Cabana and Alamo Cafe already.
Posted by holtonian at November 5, 2007 11:33 AM