if it's saturday it must be the mountains of new mexico and men fighting in a cage...

so we bypassed st. louis due to time considerations and headed for the best burger possible in kansas city...missouri that is...

oh my god but was it good...it was a toss up between kansas city barbecue or beef...we went for the beef (lunchtime beef) and it really was the best burger i ever had...

kansas city is an amazing city...the buildings are gorgeous...the old west with a LOT of style and architectural beauty...and what a big city it is...i was amazed...

but not as amazed as the styled within an inch of her life hostess who seated us and JUST COULD NOT GET OVER THE FACT THAT WINGMAN IS A BOY!

we may have scarred her for life

"but he looks just like my victoria" (her four year old daughter) she wailed incredulously...

poor victoria...

it's been at least since before we left that wingman has had a bath coupled with his hair permanently under a seattle mariners ball cap he's not exactly ready for prime time...i doubt victoria has looked this bad on her worst day...not to mention the spiderman shirt he INSISTS on wearing every day (i finally confiscated it and he's no worse for the wear...yet...)

so when we were leaving she had to call over all her workmates as fast as she could and ask them all excited and angry and nervous and giggly at once

"so, girl or boy!?!"

they all failed...

it lasted all of about a minute and wingman and i (the lord of the ring and the duke were still wrapping things up) put up with it like pros...it's not the first time he's been the flavor of the day due to his hair...he's the roll your eyes and bear it king...

huh?..i do wonder where he gets it...

so from there we hit oklahoma, texas, and tonight, new mexico...

my boys are currently up late, drinking soda, eating coffee ice cream, and watching sweaty and scantily clad grown men fight each other in a cage on pay per view...

i would explain, but i think it would take far more energy than i currently posess...

what happens on the road stays on the road...

tomorrow, it's phoenix for spring training...

and just so you don't think i've totally lost my mind, i'll be poolside with a book and a drink...

x.