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cherylpf
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 Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:03 Post subject: we made it (subtitle: gallowwalkers are faster)
Not much time now, we're fighting over internet use...but just wanted to check in.
After I last posted it took me 3 hours to get from downtown houston to my parents house in the northern 'burbs, long enough we decided to get some sleep and leave in the morning. After debating what perishables would last in a cooler, which appliances to unplug and what to move from windows and up off the floor, we got on the road at 5am yesterday. 1pm we checked the trip odometer: 39.1 miles, I kid not. We would get out of the car to walk to stretch and would have to turn around and walk BACK TO the car.  Idle, brake, park. Idle, brake, idle, brake....
we discovered many farm to market roads and eventually got to a point where we could go over 20 by about 3pm. God bless Henry's Hideout "Horniest Bar in Texas" in Fetzer (sp) Texas, first bathroom open, 8 1/2 hours into the trip. I was miserable. Those greasy bikers are my new boyfriends. I hugged them.
um whatelse...
we're staying at my uncle's, family time has hit its max...my cat made the trip Amazing and surprisingly well and he's happy as a lark now except seems to have developed an infection so we're going to my uncle's vet today...
I have a sick aunt and healthy uncle who didn't get to leave...they're near the astrodome, prayers for them
the latest turn makes me feel like its going to be easier on us than originally expected, which is good.
I dread the ride back. Do you think Baylor takes transfer students mid semester?
more when I win the "internet time" straw...
mom's turn....
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robp
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:09 Post subject:
Glad you made it safe and sound.
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TriBob
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:11 Post subject:
Hey bikerchick. Glad to hear you finally made it.
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:14 Post subject:
glad to hear from you!!!! A gentlemen I run with was fretting about his daughter in Beaumont, she was figuring 24 hours to get to Dallas. I told him "too bad the kids are with or she could hop on her bike (she bikes hella fast). Her husband was staying behing
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monk25
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:16 Post subject:
Cheryl, is that you?
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prohemp
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:21 Post subject:
Glad to hear you and yours are safe
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:23 Post subject:
Too bad you didn't get on the bicycle, it woulda been quicker!
Keep ur head low pf 
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rolling rock
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:26 Post subject:
glad you're safe
i think i'd have lost my mind in that exodus. literally. and you had a cat with you???? 
stay good and safe to the pf family and God Bless Texas! again.
hope the kitty feels better. 
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:29 Post subject:
Stay safe, you. 
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:31 Post subject:
Glad you made it!
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 11:44 Post subject:
Glad you made it safely.
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 13:15 Post subject:
 my first use of this smilee
glad your safe and DIVA tells George(?) to get well soon. did you take your bike? i'd would have to figure which skates get saved. i mean how can you decide which ones you love more.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 13:18 Post subject:
mom and I said all day "should have done this on the bike!" "I would have been there by now on my bike" "we could fit george in a baby seat...do they make cat helmets?"
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akern
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 13:27 Post subject:
Glad you're safe. Was thinking about you while reading about the horrific traffic.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/23/05 - 13:34 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Glad you're safe. Was thinking about you while reading about the horrific traffic. |
It was really something, but based on the news stories we're seeing, I think we had a relatively easy go of it.
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