The Ungame, Dallas and Cold Milk

After a long day at work, I packed up with the family and headed to Dallas for Mike's first appointment at Baylor Medical Center. Danyel provided us with her cards from a 1970's game called the Ungame, it was apparently endorsed by James Dobson. The games consists of questions, some deep, some not so much. Things like "What is one of your favorite possessions?" and "Describe a time when you felt lonely." Most of the time when Danyel whips these cards out, people run for the hills. However, we were trapped in the car, so where could we go? We rotated drawing cards and answering questions. I have to say, it's been a while since I've done something like that with family. It's always interesting how surprised you get when you hear one another's thoughts. Mike shared one of his most embarrassing moments. This one happened not long before he had the stroke. He went to a gas station on his way to the nursery to pick up some sod for a job he was doing. He later remembered that he had stopped at the gas station, but couldn't remember pumping gas, a glance at his gas gauge confirmed his suspicion and he promptly headed back to the station. He explained to the clerk that he had forgotten to pump the gas. The clerk began searching through her receipts and eventually got her manager on the phone. As they were trying to figure things out, Mike remembered that his truck has two fuel tanks. It was at that moment that he realized where the gas had been all along...in the other tank!

That's just one of our stories from Wednesday night's drive that made us laugh.
We arrived in Dallas at about 9:45p and headed to the La Quinta off 75 and 35E. After checking in, we got settled into the room and took a quick trip to Denny's next door. Nicholas, Mike's youngest needed some milk in his sippy cup so me and Mike walked over and got it filled up for a mere $1.89.

Now, as the traffic whizzes by on the highway just outside our hotel room, I'm reminded of what an important day tomorrow is. I couldn't be more happy about Mike's progress so far, it's really unbelievable. However, the next stage is crucial and will require lots of effort on our part to support Mike and Becky.