Years back I was stationed in Texas, loved it, miss it to this very day. One time happened to head down to San Antonio and visited the Alamo. The Alamo isn't very big. Its pretty small. Much smaller tan the church next to it. But, I saw the Alamo. Many years later while living and working in Illinois, my company sent me and some other guys down to Austin for training. From the time we got on the jet at O'Hare one of the guys said that he rented the movie the Alamo and watched it TWICE the night before, and wanted to go see the Alamo when we got there. "I wanna go to the Alamo...I wanna go to the Alamo". We get to the hotel and check into our rooms, "I wanna go to the Alamo". Next day, all day in class, "I wanna go to the Alamo". The following day, Tuesday in class, "I wanna go to the Alamo". ENOUGH!!! After class we get back to the hotel, pull into the parking lot, "I wanna go...", so the other guys bail out and I drove the guy 70 or 90 miles from Austin to San Antonio to the Alamo, and when we got there it was dark. Do you know what happens at the Alamo when it gets dark? It has no electricity, so its closed if you get there when its dark. I drove "I wanna go to the Alamo, I wanna go to the Alamo, I wanna.." 70 or 90 miles to a closed Alamo, because it was dark.
But guess what? It just so happens that it was Fat Tuesday at the Mardi Gras, and for whatever reason, they either celebrate the Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday in San Antonio along the River Walk with a flotilla of boats. AND, they serve beer, lots of beer along the River Walk boat flotilla on Fat Tuesday in San Antonio, so I got hammered to make it worth my time, and when I was good and done, I made "I wanna go to the Alamo" drive me 70 or 90 miles back to Austin afterwards when I gave him the keys.
I got over it, he got over it. Life isn't perfect, but a Fat Tuesday in San Antonio changed my whole attitude that day, or night. As a matter of fact, the whole danged state of Texas will always be good for me. Give it a shot sometime.
And get this. Years later, my company sent me and about four other guys to training in California. The "Alamo" was one of the guys. A couple of nights later, all five of us go out to dinner after class and come to an agreement that we were going to drive some 40 miles to some town to take in some sites, and we ALL agreed on it, even the "Alamo" agreed on it. It was my turn to drive, so I drove and when we got there, we happened onto a night club that had...dancers and decided to go in. As we were getting out of the car, the "Alamo" started whining "I want to go back to my room". Huh? We all agreed, so here we are. But, "I wanna go back to my room" kept it up, so we all climbed back in the car and drove the "Alamo" 40 miles back to his room, with him whining and complaining the whole way. As we got to the parking lot, I don't remember what he said, but after opening the door to get out, he said one too many wrong things, so I yelled, "Remember the Alamo", floored it out of the parking lot, back 40 miles to the club and told him to catch a taxi back to his room. Four of us went in, had a great time, the "Alamo" caught a taxi back to his room. Life is not perfect.
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