We were back in Kansas for a total of 12 days, and my ego is nowhere near bloated enough to image you're actually interested in a point-by-point walk-through of the week. Instead, here's some of what happened in that almost-two-weeks, in handy-dandy list form:
1. Had four Christmases (Rebekah and I both come from divorced homes) and, in the ultimate life-meets-art twist, we spent part of our fourth Christmas watching the movie Four Christmases.
2. Went to B&C and ate bar-be-que. Only the once, unfortunately, but it was quality.
3. Hung out with my brothers, who are becoming all sorts of awesome.
4. Hung out with Rebekah's brothers, who continue to be all sorts of awesome.
5. Went to The Donut Whole and ate donuts. Only the once, unfortunately, but it was quality.
6. Had lots of nice people buy us meals, including stepdad-in-law John, old Orpheum boss Mary, and Dad & Cathy.
7. Got an assload of great Blu-Rays, books, clothes, and vinyl from a variety of marvelous relatives.
9. Saw Benjamin Button at the Warren East and enjoyed Freddy's both before (dinner) and after (desert).
10. Saw W. at the Palace and tried to imagine how many movies I'd seen at that place.
12. Went to Planet Sub and had Yelo Subs. Only the once, unfortunately, but it was quality.
13. Checked out and ripped some DVDs and CDs from the Wichita Public Library, which my wife finds absoutely ridiculous.
14. Gave Rebekah's dad a gloriously fat cat.
15. Ate my new favorite desert, a kind of reverse-Oreo drop thing that my Aunt Hetty made. Had many, many, many of these.
16. Weighed myself for the first time in over a year, and decided that it's time to diet or excercise or get lipo or something.
17. Had to have Uncle Dave sell some DVDs to Buyback's for me, since they require a Kansas driver's license. Yeah, cause I'm the guy running the big six-discs-at-a-time, New-York-to-Wichita, bootleg pirate DVD ring.
18. Realized that there is a lot about New York that I miss when I leave it for two weeks.
19. Realized that there is a lot about Wichita that I miss in general-- mainly, the people I'm lucky enough to have in my life.
All in all, a good trip. Happy New Year, kids.
The End.