First, I dropped the worst dog in the world off at the kennel and skipped joyfully out to my car. Not really. I actually bumped into the darling soul who has been helping me train Cooper in the parking lot before I started skipping. I hugged her hard, told her she was free to tranquilize him, muzzle him, leave him outside all day, whatever she needed to do to deal with him was fine by me. She just laughed and said he would be fine, they would take good care of him. Then I went home and ordered some cookies to be delivered to them today. They deserve it.
I ran home and got showered and all packed up! I lugged my giant suitcase out to the car (Mental Note: Pack that thing downstairs!) and when I opened the trunk of my car the suitcase rolled down the driveway into the middle of my cul-de-sac. That was embarrassing.
No traffic on the toll road...drive was smooth. Tried a new off site parking situation called Fast Park (thanks for the recommendation Ansleys!) and it was AMAZING. Pulled up, scanned my reservation code, parked my Suburban and the shuttle bus pulled up right behind me. The driver hopped out and grabbed my luggage and within one minute we were on our way to the airport. The shuttle dropped me off right at the Southwest terminal where I walked straight to the SkyHop counter, they printed my boarding pass and took the big suitcase off my hands. I buzzed right through security and planted myself at my gate with a magazine and coffee with two hours to spare. Ahhh, what a great start!
Isn't that they way it goes, you make plans for a hiccup and everything runs like clockwork. We boarded on time, I got an aisle seat and my free adult beverage (thanks Mal!) finished my book and outside of flying through some bumpy air on our decent into Nashville it was a great flight.
My sister and her family were there to pick me up and we headed to their favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner. Now, this restaurant is one they go to nearly every Friday night and have for the last several years. I had heard lots about it and was looking forward to a great meal. Well, we walked in and it was like we were on the set of the old show Cheers. People were calling out to them. My sister was hugging waiters and waitresses. They introduced me to everyone. The owner came out and greeted them like they were family. It was really something! Everyone there was so friendly. Place is called Amigos if you are ever in SpringHill, TN and need a terrific place to eat.
I ordered one of their CoronaRitas that I had heard so much about and it was a spectacle to behold.
Look at that thing! It was surprisingly delicious! Everyone ordered something different to eat and I tried a bite off of everyone's plate. Delicious food. And the Queso was FANTASTIC! Kryptonite.
We took pictures. And laughed. We laughed so much. It was wonderful. The waitress they love is named Alessandra and she proudly brought over her two teenage sons to meet me and we visited with them. Such polite young men doing good work in the family business.
I haven't ever done a toast with a waitress before, but Alessandra is family now.
I think we were there for two and half a hours and had the best time. They had to roll me out to the car and I was in bed within 10 minutes of walking through the door.
Fantastic start to Christmas vacation!
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