Well, we started the week thinking we were going to go visit family. After talking to mom and getting the guilt laid on thick because we haven't seen them since 4th of July, I had told Wife we were going to have to have to go down for a quick visit. She then had to add that her family was having a party on Sunday, so we then could stop on the way back and visit with them as well. This is all great on paper, but the reality is we are drained at the end of the week. With football practice, it is like we are all there with Mijo, especially since we don't get home until almost 10:00pm, most nights, when we add in going to eat.
I ended up talking to mom, telling her we would be showing up late in the day Saturday, Mijo has a team meeting on Saturday mornings to discuss the game, then he was going to go eat lunch with the linemen. I told mom we would probably be on the road around 2:00pm. She then said it didn't make sense to try and go in that case. It was a nice gesture, but it's not really a visit if it is only a few hours. It was then nice to hear from the other side that Wife's family was also unable to get together, one of our nephews plays soccer and they were going to have an extra game on Sunday afternoon, or something.
Once freed, we were able to take it easy, well, not really. Wife had scheduled to go pick up blankets, the small ones she donates to the school where she works. this always happens early, so after dropping off Mijo at school, we headed out to the mall parking lot where we usually meet the lady. After this, we headed back to our side of town. A niece of Wife's secretary moved to Austin, and she got a TV she wanted mounted on the wall. Wife was nice enough to volunteer me to do the work. I don't mind, but I like to overdo things. She had a big 60" TV which is nice, but the wall mount is one I would feel iffy using on a 30" TV. It was small and only hung on one stud in the wall. She assured me the instructions said it was rated for up to 100 pounds, which flat screen TVs are not near that weight anymore. I told her I would do it, but I wasn't responsible for anything that went wrong.
It took a good 40 minutes, but we got it done, then headed back in a rush to pick up Mijo. He only brought one friend to eat with us, I guess the rest of the guys weren't in a celebrating eating together mood. We then came back home and pretty much napped the day away. We ended it with a very lame cheap burritos and corndogs meal and watched a movie on Netflix.
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