Weekend Stop-Over

My father and stepmother came by this weekend on their way home from Tennessee. They had gone to the Grand Ole Opry for my father's birthday and diverted their way home to roll through Dallas. Of course, I got wiped out at the end of last week with the same HFM virus that took down Troy, so I was barely functioning most days. But they weren't really here to visit me as much as Troy, so it was okay. Besides, Troy was really eating up the attention from them.

As a gift, they brought him this giant dinosaur egg, where each of the pieces of the dinosaur are encased in a different unpleasant substance, like sand, or slime, or playdough. Troy loved it! It entertained my wife, stepmother, and father for half an hour too, so I guess it was holistic entertainment. When the dinosaur was finally cleaned off and assembled, Troy immediately told my father and stepmother that it was a hybrid...of course.

They had been asking my wife about her new lab, so we also managed a jaunt up to UNT, so she could show them around. The whole space was really neatly designed, but Troy didn't care much about that. He just enjoyed running around the halls, opening doors, and exploring. All in all, a good, but short trip.