The Millets

So Monday night we stayed up packing for our departure to San Antonio for the first family vacation.  As we walk thru the house contemplating what all we should take with us the electricity goes off.  The first thought was ok did they not get the bill for the electricity because we sent it off well far in advance.  So at that point we knew that it definitely wasn't the electricity.  We walk around the house and come to the realization after flipping the breakers to get the power to come back on in the living room that our air conditioner has finally bit the dust. The positive side is the fact that even though the air conditioner went out the following day after work we would be heading to San Antonio for a family vacation.  The negative side is the fact that now we have to come up with the money to buy a new ac unit.  Not to sure how that is gonna happen considering how expensive they are.  Most of the time people can just have someone replace the outside unit on their house.  The house we live in is however not so blessed because the previous owner didn't take such good care of the vents.  So basically we are looking at having to purchase a new unit for the inside, outside and replacing all of the vents inside the house.    Good thing there are fans.  I think Monday night we slept with 3 fans in the bedroom and it wasn't too bad.  We can only imagine how the people back in the early 1900s were able to survive the heat. 




Tueady night we arrived in San Antonio and were greatful to be in a house with air conditioning.  Bud was very happy to be in a house with air conditioning.


Wednesday we were a little lazy around the house and didn't do too much as it was the first day of vacation.  The most memorable part of Wednesday was the fact that my sister in law has decided to start getting in to shape as she is joing the airforce.  So for those who are in the service recall the wonderful challenge of being able to run a mile.  To help prepare for this she has started getting herself into shape for the military.  One way she has decided to get herself into shape was to start walking.  After dinner on wednesday night she wanted to go for a walk so i offered to go for a walk thru McAllister Park.  Our goal was to go for 6-7 miles.  As we wandered thru the park it wasn't too hot, there was a breeze and the scenary wasn't too bad considering we saw lots of deer wandering thru.  Walking thru the park though there were several different routes to take...so yes we got lost.  We walked a good distance and were hoping that sooner or later we would end up getting back to the original entrance of the park.  Thankfully I took my cell phone so that if we needed anything we could call for someone to come and pick us up.  So as you can guess we had to have our husbands come pick us up.  Next time i think ill take the blackberry since it has google maps and this way i can just find out where we are and be able to navigate back towards the house.


Thursday we went for a relaxing day.  We went tubing down the comal river.  It was definitely an interesting day.  We packed lunches, chips, & drinks for a 5 hour tubing ride.  Sunscreen was packed for certain but was definitely an option for those who wanted to wear it.  Needless to say those that chose not to wear any sunscreen were willing to pay the price of choosing not to wear any and see what color their skin was later that day.  The tubing ride was definitely a long ride but lots of fun.  I am definitely glad we went when we did.  Had we gone sooner there probably would have been  more water in the river but with the work schedules its a little difficult.  So needless to say by the end of the trip the women were doing alright with the color they were getting from the sun.  The men however choose not to be so cool with the sunscreen and ended up having portions of their body looking like lobsters.  Everyone definitely got sun that is for certain.


Friday...a day of relaxing from the 5 hours of tubin in the river.  Currently all of the kids are out of the house at a coffee shop using the free wifi because at the millet house there is only 1 computer and 1 source of internet connection.....dial up.  Hopefully we won't be up here too long today since I would like to be able to go back out in the sun to make all of my body an equal color!