Time for the Parade

Well Lauren and I (and another cheerleader from school) are leaving out Tues. at noon. We are so excited and ready, well almost. Still lots to pack. I am ready for the break. All though we will be busy it will be nice to get away from here. Home, work, hustle and bustle of my daily hectic life. Our schedule is going to be pretty full. Lauren is not looking forward to the late nights and early mornings. Especially Thanksgiving Day when we have to be loaded on the bus for the parade at 6:30 in the morning. Boy that is going to be an early morning.
Since we will not be here for Thanksgiving I wanted to wish every one a great one.

I am going to miss the traditional being with the family and pigging out on our favorite foods but this will be worth it for her chance to be in the parade. We will have a Thanksgiving Dinner but it will be buffet style with only certain items from the hotel. So it won't be our favorites. (or home cooked)
I will have lots of pictures to share and I am sure lots of fun things we did.

Tuesday night we have a Mexican buffet dinner and meeting for me and a practice as a group for the girls. Then early Wed. morn Breakfast Buffet, off on the bus to NASA, then to shop at the Galleria, (Lauren is looking forward to this), then back to the hotel to get ready to go by bus to Tin Hall Ranch for BBQ dinner, dancing and entertainment. When we leave there they are taking us straight down town for an on site practice. We are not due back to the hotel til 11 p.m. Which by the way is the J W Marriott right by the Galleria.
The next morning is going to come early...... get up, get ready, down stairs for breakfast and load the bus at 6:30 am. Whew...... Lauren is going to be a wee bit grouchy that morning. I'll have to get her to drink a cup of coffee with breakfast. The Parade starts moving at 8:45. After it is over it is back on the bus to the hotel for our Holiday Dinner. Then really we have the afternoon to do what ever. I think we are going to try to go Ice skating if the mall is opened. That evening we are going after dinner to the lighting of Downtown Houston Festivities. That will be it really. We leave Friday morning!