Friday Five #7

It's finally here!  It's the last Friday before Spring Break!  Of course it's almost a game day so my spring break doesn't start until like 8:30-9:30 tonight depending on how well both teams play tonight.  But who cares?!  It's basically spring break!  Today is also just a video day for my students so today is a super chill day.  In honor of spring break, here are 5 things I'm looking forward to next week:

1. Orange Theory

I have a few friends that go to Orange Theory and they love it.  One of these said friends is my friend Emily.  Since she'll be in town visiting Monday & Tuesday she asked if I wanted to use my free class & go with her.  There's one not that far from me so we'll see how that goes.  Maybe once softball ends I'll join for real!

2. Stockyards

Let's be honest, by this I mean steak salad from Star Cafe.  When Emily & I first met/started working together the Stockyards was our thing.  Then sports happened, we stopped working in the same district, & then she moved away from DFW.  Since she'll be back for a couple of days we're going to relive the old glory days of the Stockyards!

3. Nash & Dolly play time

Emily is bringing her dog Dolly with her so Nash will have a live in playmate for a couple of days.  Nash & Dolly haven't seen each other since I first got Nash last June & he stayed with them for a couple of days while I was in Minnesota.

4. Magnolia Silos

My parents will also be visiting me over spring break.  Emily leaves Wednesday morning & my parents show up Wednesday night.  My parents & I tried to go to the Silos one other year when they visited but we went on a Saturday & the line was SO SO long.  So this year we're going on a Thursday.  Hopefully even though it's spring break the line won't be as long since it's a week day.  Apparently the day we're going is the first day of Spring at the Silos so we'll see about those line lengths ha.

5. All the BBQ

Ever since I moved to Texas back in 2012, & my parents first started visiting in 2013, we eat all the BBQ while they're here because BBQ is awesome & it's best in Texas.  I don't know how many we'll hit up but these are the options I'm giving them so that I can cross them off my own "to eat" list.

Cattleack Barbeque
Lockhart Smokehouse
Heim Barbecue

There are a few more that are in the DFW area that I could potentially add to the list.  They are only here for 4 nights though and I'm thinking that even though we used to eat there every single time when I lived in Houston, that the first night we'll eat at Spring Creek Barbeque because there's one not far from my apartment & we haven't been there since I left Houston in 2015.