This post is a few weeks overdue. Deal.
The tale begins on the 20th of March when we finally took the parent’s ashes and gave them a burial at sea. The captain and boat ride were pretty cool, nothing crazy. He found us a good spot to drop the ashes next to the SS Selma. Side note, I didn’t know the US made concrete ships in World War I because of a steel shortage.
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Yep, it’s just a floating hunk of concrete. As good as place as any. We decided to put the biodegradable urns in the ocean at the same time. For a while, they were behaving as you would imagine. Bobbing along with the current side by side. Dad’s urn started sinking pretty quickly, but this is an Adair outing. Things can’t go this smoothly. Mom’s was still floating with no sign that is was taking in water at all. So, there goes Dad’s urn getting its business done and going in the sea. Mom’s is floating full speed and getting the hell away from Dad’s. Seems fitting that she would get the last word. We were worried the urn would continue to float to the shore. The captain drove next to the urn and flipped it over with a hand net to so it would take in water. All in all, it worked and hilarity ensued.
The next day we drove to Albuquerque. Basically, we went there because the nephews thought they might go there for the movie industry after college. I went to go check it out just in case I wanted to move there as well. Long story short, I like the view. The city itself seemed fine, but I’m not going to move somewhere without really knowing anyone there.
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The highlight of the trip for me happened before we even made it to New Mexico at La Botana Mexican Grill in Early Texas. I was in a stall using the restroom, and I hear this guy go the the urinal. From the sound of it, he had an unhealthy gait, and he is coughing and wheezing. So, he gets to the urinal and fairly loudly he starts asking for divine intervention to rock a piss. I hear in increasing volume as he was breathing heavily and coughing the whole time, “Oh, come on Jesus … Lord please … oh, thank you … OH, SWEET JESUS!! OHHH! THANK YOU LORD IN HEAVEN!!!!!”. He eventually finishes his business and leaves. The whole Albuquerque trip, I was quoting this man when I was basically doing anything.
After a week in Albuquerque checking things out, came back to Houston and finally got a COVID vaccine. Got the Johnson & Johnson shot administered in Houston’s very own Chinatown. Which is just fantastic. I asked if they had a Chinese sticker for getting the shot. Sadly, they didn’t.
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I paired up my phone with the microchips that came with my vaccine, and now my phone will alert me 10 minutes in advanced before I need to use the restroom. It’s great.
Get a vaccine!