At the folks' house in Morgan's Point. Am here until Thursday. I'm enjoying their cable television and wireless internet.

Went out last night with all the regulars. It's odd that when I come back here for holidays, when I go out, I hang out mostly with people back from Austin like myself. There were a few old Temple people there at the new, small town, yuppie bar in downtown Temple (where beer costs a good bit more than in Austin.) One of them was probably my best friend when I was in elementary school. He lives in Austin now, too, but I think in all the time I've lived there I've only run into him once. I'm not sure I'd want anymore than that anyway.

When I was here over Thanksgiving I was feeling very nostalgic so I took a photo tour of my old schools. One of them has been taken over by the Catholic School that was across the street. One is even more rundown - it's right across from some not so nice government housing. One doesn't seem to have changed a bit. I also saw my middle school band teacher while I was at lunch. God, I hated that woman.

So I'll be here for a few days. I'm going to try my best to do something besides sit around and eat and watch tv. I'm not sure what's going to be open tomorrow (the day after christmas) but I'm going to try to hit the few thrift stores in town as well as the used book store that I used to buy my comic books at.