I spent the day in Bandera, TX today – population: 957. I was the “sound guy” for my friend Jon who played some country music with his cousin. As a “sound guy,” you really need to be a strong individual. It takes brute emotional, intellectual and physical strength to be exact. I can’t articulate just […]
Texas
The Land of 1000+ Activities
The past few days I’ve done so many interesting things. A few of us went to a small town called Gruene that feels like it’s stuck in the 1920s. Their actual slogan is literally, “Gently resisting change since 1872.” We danced in what felt like a big barn and everyone was like family. It was […]
All in the Family
Mi familia (my family) will be coming down to visit me on Monday, and I’m trying to come up with some fun things for us to do. So far, here’s what’s on the agenda: San Antonio Riverwalk and the Alamo Glass bottom boat ride through Aquarena Springs Watch the bats fly out from under the […]
Just when you think
it couldn’t possibly get any hotter, you see this on the thermostat in the apartment: It’s 100 degrees tonight. That means I’m soon to lay in my nice, sweaty bed…and just soak in the hot.
Holy Cow
This is a picture I took after church last week – a police officer in the middle of the road chasing a rampant Black Angus. I thought this only happened at the Zmikly household on Saturday mornings.
Here in TX
Whelp, it’s getting to be my first year here in Texas, and a lot has happened…too much to tell. But, alas, I will try. First of all, I just want to say how extremely blessed I am to be in little ole San Marcos, doing everything I’m doing and meeting so many new, interesting and […]