We don't like Texas. It's nothing personal, but we hate it. We even like driving 16 hours straight better than sleeping two hours in a five-star hotel in Texas.
But you know what we do like?
BEING HOME!!!!! We woke up at 3:30 a.m. and all of a sudden we were in our crib at home! Rather than blood-curling screeches, we decided to audition for mezzo soprano to express our joy! Hopefully Mom and Dad have finally learned their lesson and will keep us home for a while.
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I have a friend who also hates Texas. Whenever he finds himself driving through the state, he has to stop the car somewhere and relieve himself in the great outdoors. He gets a great deal of pleasure from urinating on the state. Perhaps, when he's older, Ernie will also be able to express himself in such a civilized manner.
I'm glad Ernie enjoys being home. Maybe he's a bit of a homebody. How many states has he been in now? He's been places I haven't been yet.
Ernie has now been in 11 states. Nebraska (natch), Iowa (first visited on Memorial Day), Minnesota (for Uncle Chris's wedding), Illinois (on the drive to Wisconsin), Wisconsin (for Machaela's wedding), Colorado (on our layover to Seattle), Washington (to meet Uncle Darren), Oregon (to vacay with Uncle Darren and fam), Kansas(on the drive to Texas), Oklahoma (significant stop made to visit Zac on way home from Texas), and Texas.
If you want to argue, you can say he's only really "visited" (as in spent significant time there) Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon, Oklahoma, and Texas. That brings his total down to seven.
Only one I don't count is Colorado. You can't go through an airport and claim to have been there. "I loved Colorado. I think they're really known for something called a Cinnabon out there." See how silly that sounds? If you drive through it though you at least get some sense of what the place is topographically and climatically like. What the local drivers are like. You get to hear if there is an accent in the gas station attendee's greeting. Who knows, maybe you even get to sample some of their local cuisine: mmmm, fried pies!
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