things to look forward to on this trip

We are taking a trip to visit my family this week and I am being a pill about it. Also stressed. Also cranky. So I am going to take a minute to write a list of things to look forward to, so I will enjoy this trip instead of being a crabby patty. Check it out after the jump.

What I'm looking forward to:

• Nieces and nephew. I love all the adorable children.
• Fried turkey. Turkey fried with bacon. Baaaaaaacon.
• The other kind of turkey, with lots of gravy.
• And cornbread dressing.
• And pie. Pie from that place in Katy. The amazing pie. I love pie.
• I'm going to think of something that isn't food-related now. I promise.
• Oooh, maybe we can get a roast-beef po-boy!
• That was food too. Okay. Hang on.
• Seeing relatives like my grandpa. Because I am nice like that.
• Sneaking away from the relatives on Wednesday or Friday morning to have breakfast at Camillia Grill, assuming it's not too terribly crowded.
• And maybe taking the streetcar down St. Charles and looking at all the lovely houses.
• "New Orleans ... home of pirates, drunks and whores ... tacky overpriced souvenir stores ..."
• And we are thinking of doing a walking tour in the Garden District if it's not too rainy. Perhaps there might even be a stop at a local bookstore.
• I wish The Prytania were showing something that wasn't Quantum of Solace. But there might be other movie watching goodness.
• And beignets. There must be beignets.
• And I promise not to make any jokes about that traumatic time with the Fuddruckers in Katy Mills.
• Or to tease my sister about peacocks.
• I'm going to bring my camera and take lots of pictures, of the kids and po-boys and stuff.
• Having a full night's sleep without a cat walking on me. Such a novelty!
• Piiiiiiiiiiiiiie.