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I forgot to mention that on Monday afternoon, we went to Rudy's for some good Texas bar-b-que. This place advertises "The Worst Bar-B-Q in Texas". The place is like a convenience store where you can fill up with gas, and also buy Bar-B-Que by the pound.

They serve up the Bar-B-Que on sheets of butcher paper. Above, you can see that my plate is just about clean and Mom looks intent on finishing that last bite of sausage!

Tuesday morning, Mom and I did her first "interval" walk training. This was just a 25 minute workout, but it was a real effort. We started with a 5 minute walk warmup. Then, we power-walked for 1 minute followed by 3 minutes of easy walking. We did this five times (5 power-walks, 4 rest intervals). And we ended with a 5 minute cool-down walk for a total of 27 mintues. But boy did we work up a sweat!!

Then it was time to get to work and Tuesday was a pretty hectic day. I had a few conference calls in the morning before heading to the customer for my afternoon appointment. That went un

til about 4:30pm and I still had a little work to do after that.

Mom made dinner in tonight - some wonderful sauteed shrimp with the "compound butter" we bought at H.E.B - the lemon and herb butter. D-licious!

We made another run back to H.E.B. because I really did not like the pumpkin candy that I bought at Mi Tierra. Although they have great pralines, the pumpkin candy was really lacking... too fresh!!

Here's the pumpkin candy I bought at H.E.B. - nice and dark color, and really sweet!

Wednesday was a short day, mostly re-packing and getting ready to go. We went out for more Bar-B-Que at lunch - this time to Bill Miller's. They had the best cole slaw and I also had brisket, hash browns, and green beans.

Mom & Dad dropped me off at the airport around 12:20pm for a 1:45 flight. I got checked in and through security pretty quickly, only to find out that my flight would be delayed until 2:30pm. But you know me and my travel... that wouldn't be the end. The inbound plane had hit a bird and needed to be inspected and they also had to change a tire. That set us back until around 3:15 to board. Instead of arriving in Tampa at 5:15pm, we arrived at 7:15pm. Bummer.