Audacity and Auditions

So, this past weekend,

my mom and I enjoyed ourselves

in downtown Fort Worth.

I remember my Dad

conducting a wedding ceremony

down there

on one of the larger concrete blocks

back in 1984/85.

We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel

across the street

from the water gardens.

Saturday evening, we ate at the renowned

Joe T. Garcia's

... (since 1935) ...

located in the historic stockyard area.

After we ate, I took mother back to our comfortable retreat,

and I headed across town

to the storage unit

that held all of my/our earthly possessions.

This is the storage unit

that my middle miracle and I

tackled back in mid-June

... when we moved back to Texas

from Missouri.

I kinda blogged about all that here

Anyway...

it is time to transfer the stuff

to another location

so I pull into the storage facility

around 10:30 Saturday night

with another 17' foot truck.

By myself.

I planned to work through-out the night

with the sun asleep ...

there is no way in hell I could face another scorcher.

I open the doors, and this is what faced me.

I had to get real creative with the heavy/large pieces.

Please overlook the poor quality of the snapshots ...

I am still using my basic cellphone as my camera.

Here is an injury I sustained that night.

This is my left arm ... inside, at the bend of my elbow.

I was trying to lift an old rusted garden ornament

up, and over, a tall pile of stuff.

I lost my balance, and fell backwards with it, and it got me.

Got me good.

Here is the mean culprit.

This is the only decent picture I have of it

... it is buried into the ground ...

it was a large fire pit thingy before the bottom decayed.

It has jagged, rusty edges. 

Anyway ... enough of that audaciousness.

Before I close, I might as well tell y'all

that I am auditioning tonight

for a chance to go "in front of the crazy line" in Houston

to meet the producers of some new TV show

called The Voice.

I don't watch TV so I don't know anything about it,

but I am going for it.

If I am good enough to make the top 12,

KRBC will post the video of my audition online

for the public to make the final decision

on who to send to Houston.

I'll let y'all know how it goes.

Love y'all.