Deep in the heart of Texas

Sorry we never posted a blog last night, but we have a very good excuse. We were all food comatose from copious amounts of rich, gooey, chocolaty, delicious dessert. Franz Marie, my former boss from back in the day, and still a good friend, was in Houston on business. She stopped by in the evening for a visit and brought us what is called Capirotada from the restaurant Pappasito's Cantina (which is excellent and highly recommended if in the area). Capirotada is a warm chocolate bread pudding topped with custard and served with vanilla ice cream, sticks of chocolate and a chocolate covered strawberry. The dessert was huge and sinfully rich! We all ate so much because it was just too good to stop. So we were a little immobile last night. We also had a good time seeing Franz's latest pictures of her 11 year old son Tosh and 2 year old daughter Marley. We were hoping to see pictures of Casey, which was Marjorie and Terry's old Senegal parrot which Franz and Lippy adopted a few years back. She didn't have any pictures on her phone but said she would email us some when she gets a chance. We also got to hear about some of her experiences working with famous Oncologists at MD Anderson. It was a really great visit.

It was also Marjorie and Terry's anniversary yesterday. Unfortunately, Marjorie is here...deep in the heart of Texas...while Terry is in California. This was a bummer. So Jason and I were stand-ins for Terry when we went out to dinner. We talked about him a lot so it was almost like he was at the table with us. We probably could have speaker phoned him in, but I don't know if the restaurant would have appreciated that :-)

Terry, Jason and I got Marjorie the new iPhone for their anniversary. It was a bit of a quest that took Marjorie and I all over Houston, but we were finally successful at an AT&T store. After about 10 phone calls, we found a store that had the phone in stock and we were able to pick it up yesterday afternoon. She has been playing with it ever since. She is getting very tech savvy between her new Garmin GPS and the 3G iPhone.

Jason has been doing a lot better since taking Naproxen and he has finally been able to enjoy his second week of recovery. Better yet, we got news today that he wouldn't have to be admitted to the ICU until Monday. He has appointments most of the day tomorrow, but they aren't going to start his second treatment until next week. We were so happy to hear this because my mom and sister are coming to visit this weekend and we thought they would have to spend most of their visit at the hospital. Now we might be able to explore Houston a bit. We have hardly been out of the townhouse but now that Jason is feeling better, we can hopefully check out the city. Hopefully we will have some more scenic pictures for the blog after this weekend. Thanks for sending the comments and we miss everyone back home!