ok, small NM towns aren't so bad after all

Hobbs is kind of growing on me. I'm still not ready to move there but I don't dread it like I did before. We have been staying at a B&B and I'm getting to be friends with the owner. She and I actually drove to Midland to go shopping yesterday. It was very nice of her to invite me. She will even let us ride her horses which is nice. I did a horrible job of packing for this trip and getting out of town was an absolute nightmare. I left my house around 11am on Wednesday and didn't end up leaving the city until 12:45. Fast food at the drive through shouldn't take 25 minutes. The idiot at Office Depot didn't know what magazine spines were and I forgot about the damn construction on the freeway. I am mortified to admit this but I have been traveling with Paul for weeks now and up until now have done a pretty good job at packing but I neglected a few essentials this trip. Here is what I forgot: underwear (I'm rather particular about underwear and my options were to back track and go home to get some which was not going to happen after my issues getting out of town in the first place, sucking it up and dealing with no underwear or driving to Lubbock on Thursday), socks and tennis shoes, and pj's. I didn't change my underwear for 48 hours and I have never felt more disgusting in my life. I hope to never repeat that experience ever again. I couldn't wait to get home. Poor Paul had to be at 5:30am on Thursday but because of my underwear disaster he was kind enough to drive me home on Thursday night even though it was utterly miserable for him. I love that man. We didn't get home until 1am but clean undies never felt so good. I have discovered the people of Hobbs to be kind, welcoming, helpful, and extraordinarily generous. I'm not ready to start looking for a house there but I might be able to tolerate it for more than one week per month which was my previous limit.