5 more days after today to be in this nice house in Helotes.  Well, we try to make the most of the time we have left here.  We go out on the porch whenever we can.  We go out there every night to admire the city lights in one direction, and then look in the opposite direction to see how dark the skies and land looks with so few lights.  We try to eat most of our meals here to take advantage of having such a nice kitchen and place to eat.  Little things like that.  It will be hard leaving next Thursday.

We had John and Angie over for dinner on Wednesday evening.  John brought steaks and we grilled those and some vegetables.  We had a fun evening, and John and Angie even ended up spending the night!  In the morning, we went to breakfast at Jims and then they went back home and we headed over to Sergio's house to pick up our Nissan truck.  So, we have our truck back now!!!

Today we drove around looking for a new suitcase and finally found a good deal.  A green TravelPro suitcase - a close-out so the price was excellent.

We also tried to get a registration sticker for our car, since the current one will expire while we are gone.  But they said it's too early, and MAYBE they'd let us do it in October.  Looks like those last few days before we leave for Europe are going to be really busy.

Still no rain around here and still hot, but certainly not as hot as the past week.  Where it was 110, 107 and 105 degrees all last week, now it just gets to 100.  Those few degrees sure are noticeable!  They are predicting 102 for tomorrow and hopefully that will be the last of those kind of temperatures.  Supposedly, starting Monday, the highs will be in the mid-90s!!!  That will feel cool for sure!