Shoe Scores Free Stuff

So we had this great dinner that couldn't be beat: brisket, potato salad, beans, and cornbread muffins. Maybe more, but I'd had a few Shiners by then. GuyK brought some homemade gumbo.

Shoe took me by her house to meet her mom who's been reading me for a long time and wanted to meet me. The kids came out and said hello. I told Shoe's mom about how much fun we had in Nawlins and some neat stories about her daughter, much to Shoe's dismay.

On our way back to the hotel, Shoe stopped to pick up some cigarette lighters for the people who had flown in and had them confiscated by the TSA. My question is, why didn't they pack some lighters in their luggage?

She stopped at a convenience store and came out with a handful of lighters.

Shoe: You see that guy behind the counter?

Me: Yes.

Shoe: Dude. I think he has the hots for me. (He was probably looking at her boobage.)

Me: Why is that?

Shoe: I asked him to give me the best deal he could on some cigarette lighters and he picked up a handful and gave them to me. Free!

Later she told me that she looked at them and they said "Free with a purchase of a carton..." She was a little pissed because they weren't free after all and maybe the guy didn't have the hots for her. I pointed out that since she didn't purchase a carton of whatever, they were still free. She gave most of them to Erica who managed to lose most of them. It's times like these that I am glad I quit smoking over 30 years ago. How do you guys afford to smoke?

This was a real laid back group. Without Yabu and V-man around we didn't have to worry about being kicked out of the hotel.

Kerrcarto showed up and we just sat around enjoying the night and the company. I made it until 12:30 and then I had to go to bed. I had already driven over 400 miles that day.

Becky showed up in the morning and as the name of her blog states, she is one tall cool drink of water. Also a babe! Jim showed up with his arsenal of weapons. I haven't seen Jim since a Kim du Toit birthday party many moons ago. It was nice seeing him again.

We started back up around noon. Shoe and I made a lunch run. All the Blown-Eyes chipped in and we wound up with $117 to pay for $38 worth of food at the el cheapo Mexican place. Blown-Eyes are generous. Leslie alone kicked in $40. Everyone got a nice refund.

Then it was time for the Elderly Brothers, Jimbo and I, to perform. For all of you folks bitching about no Saturday Bach (Charlie Delta) I played some at Kerrville. See. You come to a Blown-Eyed Blodger meet you get Saturday Bach. I had to do my version of Pretty Fucked up twice. Fortunately, there weren't any kids around so I could sing the uncensored version.

It was GuyK's birthday. You can see the cake and some of his presents we got him here. Erica did a lot of work on that including ordering the cake. We should have sent Shoe along to get the cake. She might have gotten it free.

Soon it was time for dinner and since we were too lazy to go out, Shoe sugggested pizza. The pizza place she uses screwed up an order a while back and gave her a coupon for two free extra large pizzas to rectify the matter. She figgered we could get four pizzas and two of them would be free. Guess what? They screwed up again and couldn't figger out how to make two of the pizzas free so they wound up giving us all four pizzas free. I'm thinking Shoe's boobage might have been involved in this.

Around 10:00 they kicked us out of the pool area and we migrated to another area. I bailed around midnight since I had to drive home the next day.

Jim asked me to knock on his door before I left and Shoe had me call her at home so she could come and say goodbye. While I was waiting, Jim and I chewed the fat. It really sucks that the Blown-Eyes live so far away from each other and we can only meet up twice a year. More would be better. We need a midway point between Georgia and Texas. Two years ago we did Nawlins. Jim suggested Mobile.

Shoe gave me a big hug and sent me on my way. She looked hot in a skirt (First time I've ever seen her in one.) and a black top.

My GPS routed me through the Hill Country and I picked up I-35 north of Austin. It was a pretty drive. I made it to Monroe Louisiana and spent the night there.

The next day, cruising on I-20 just east of Birmingham I experienced some highway karma. I came upon a huge traffic tieup. Nothing was moving at all. Fortunately, I was at an exit. I jumped off of I-20 and stopped my Garmin so the lady wouldn't bitch at me and found Highway 78 heading west. After driving two miles, I reset the Garmin and it found the next entrance to I-20. There was no one on I-20. It must have been a bodacious accident to have shut down all of the eastbound lanes.

Made it the rest of the way without incident with the exception of Atlanta traffic on I-285.

I had a great time as I always do when I meet up with a bunch of Blown-Eyes.

Posted by denny at May 9, 2007 06:02 PM