Texas is the one American state that has the option of demerging from the USA and becoming its own Country. The lone star is in reference to the flag which represents the state's former independent republic and serves as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. Before they realised that the food is awesome and worth cooperating with the Amigos over.
I've left the house and the cat in the capable hands of Chris, who is working away at the joy of tidying the spare room. I've come to Houston for 3 days of team building with my colleagues, then I'm off to the Dallas office of my company for a week. Not that it takes that long for me to get a phony American accent.
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This was my quote of the week. Or it's the quote that I can safely upload here without my colleague Katie taking a bag of oranges, replacing the oranges with bricks, and re-educating me. What gets said in Houston over many bottles of Shiraz stays in Houston.
I'm staying at the La Torretta Resort on Lake Conroe, which is beautiful and really really hot. I burnt my left ear today. I always miss something with the suncream.
The view from my 18th floor balcony. Good morning.
So we've been hard at work with membership retention plans and team building fun. Then today for my day off I went to Anthropologie and slightly lost my mind over how much stuff I could have bought if I'd had the sense to bring an empty suitcase on my trip.
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| An old pump jack, which there are lots of in Texas. |
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| sunset |
And here are the contents of my room service: 'small' ceasar salad and a 'starter' sized portion of wings. Good night.
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