AT the Tournament

Ok everyone, so I'm here @ Pi Kappa Delta Nationals and I AM SO FREAKIN' TIRED! It's Friday afternoon, and I'm gettin' kinda sick of this school. We had to be at the airport on Wednesday @ 5:45 in the morning. So Tuesday on my way to practice, I got in a small car "altercation" which caused me to return to hydrocodone and flexeril for the week. Shameful huh?

We flew from Abilene to DFW, and from DFW out to Chicago, and from Chicago to St. Louis, where we are now. The tournament started at about 7:00 on Thursday, and we didn't get out of it until 2 HOURS AFTER THE SCHEDULE SAID WE SHOULD BE DONE. I'm gonna follow the advice of one of my judges and never look at the schedule.

Today's been kinda long - I STILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE DEBATE ROUND TODAY AND I'M SO DIZZY AND MY CONTACTS STING...OH THE PAIN.

More later

Lizz ;-)

Thursday & Friday, So Far

Well, yesterday Erika, Josh, Dylan, my dad, and I went to the beach. We chilled on the warmness for a while, and then, post my sunburn, went to pizza hut for grubbage and then hit the stores. Fairly cool. Exhausting, but cool. This morning I've done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING so far...oh wellz. I'm reading a TIME magazine about the coolness of the Bush Doctrine and what it's doin' to help out democracy and freedom in the Middle East - exciting. Josh, Dylan, and Erika are playin' CLUE in the dining room.

I need an email from those friends of mine in Croatia. Now would be nice.

Wednesday

Ok, so today my dad's on vacation [and back from California], so let's see...what did we do?

After we all, as a FAMILY discussed whether or not we wanted to go to the beach or waht, we decided we didn't feel like it. So instead we went to the Blue Onion for dinner in Weslaco [best pizza in the Valley @ least...] and crusin' in Harlingen for antique stores so that when my mom drives my grandma and aunt tomorrow they'll know where the best place to go would be. We settled on the Jackson district and headed home.

After droppin' off Joshua - who was CLEARLY in a bad mood - we [mom, dad, and myself] went to Barnes and Noble. Later that night, my dad and I watched the Daria movie. The end.

Tuesday

Well, not much to say as for my passtime for today. I wanted to go to KMART, so my mom and I went. I bought a John Mayer CD and Kelly Clarkson's CD for $9.99 each. Then, we went to a few other stores and I bought a 1960's style swimsuit. Eventually, we made it home and I chilled for a while. The end. Not too eventful, but the weather here is beautiful none the less.

Monday

Well, let's talk about my break so far. Since I was "UNABLE" to participate in my trade mission to Croatia due to what I would like to refer to as "Technical Difficulties" [p.s. Brandon, your parents STILL haven't called me about my passport which leads me to believe that it's @ ACU], I had to pursue alternative forms of entertainment this break.

I woke up fairly early Sunday morning, cleaned my house and began to pack for home [packing consisted of a couple pairs of jeans, a jacket and a hoodie, toiletrees, and two hampers of dirty clothes]. I called Tyler to make sure he was awake and began to pack the car. Estimated Time of Departure: 9:15 A.M. As I was packing the car, a very nervous Mrs. Cosgrove called me because Tyler wasn't picking up his phone. I reassured her that I had already spoken with Tyler and that he was most definately up. I got gas, picked Tyler up, and we were off! ON TIME I MIGHT ADD... and, with homemade bannana bread! MMM!!! [Good job Tyler, although baking in the dark is clearly a questionable practice!]

We were off! We made it to Dallas in record tiime, talkin' the whole way. We stopped in Arlington @ Braums and had lunch. Then we were @ DFW. My DB8 partner's dad helped us unload the car. I hung out in the terminal with them for a while until it was about time to go. I everyone a hug and took my leave. [The girls were not aware of the whole shindig, so when I headed out they were confused, and after I explained what happened and that I wasn't coming, they were noticibly upset.]

I headed to a hosptial off of 690 and chilled with Mary Helen and Norbert - old friends of la familia from Lockhart. Then, after a few hours, we headed to Austin.

I spent the night at Andrew's.

As I was on my way there Andrew and I decided I would get more concise directions after I was close enough to use them. Interestingly enough, Andrew wasn't answering his phone when I got to Austin proper. So, in a panic, I called his mom. HEHEHE

He and Scott and I took a tour of UT in the dark and ordered pizza from Austin's Pizza [frappin' good!]. Then, we ate it and watched Down With Love. Then, we went to HEB where, besides being scared by the ghetto signs reading "Hispanic Cookies" in Aisle 8, the number of inebriated people alarmed but didn't surprise me. Among that population were some of my dear friends from high school debate dramas: John and Barron Heymann from Corpus Christi King.

It was a good day, and a good night.

p.s. andrew - your roomate odds me out.

p.p.s. the outlet malls on they way home totally rocked.

I Don't Want To Talk About It - So DON'T ASK

Ok, so let me update those of you who don't know the story. This past Thursday I'm getting nervous because my passport is overdue in my hands for my trip to Eastern Europe. Well, on a hunch I give the State Department a call and lo and behold, my passport has been put on hold - or frozen if you will. It seems, that my birth certificate could not be authenticated. Yes it was a certified copy and no it wasn't from a hospital - it was from a county courthouse. Anyhoodlez, the only logical and tangible advice I get from "Natalie" the operator of death is that I should
1. BUY a new birth certificate from some random place
2. call my Congressman

I opted for #2. This whole thing went down at about 4:30 Thursday afternoon. By 11:30 am yesterday [Friday], Senator K. B. Hutchison had her office so all over it, the State Dept. overnighted my passport. El problemo? It never got here. Guess I'm not going tomorrow - I don't want to talk about it.

Freshman

Freshman never cease to amaze me. There are so many interesting people that come in with every class, it just doesn't surprise me anymore that ACU continues to be cool decade after decade. Tonight, I had the interesting pleasure of getting to know one of them.

Jordan Williams is a Freshman Class Senator from Longview, Texas. He grew up with farming in his blood, loves Snap-Dragons [the flowers], has two younger brothers and a strong belief that the middle child is the best looking one in the family. He's taller than me [as is everyone] and beyond that , I have NO IDEA how tall he is. He ran cross-country and loves music.

I also learned about his dad. Jordan's father was class president for three years [a class senator] and then was SA president and in galaxy. Jordan wants to follow in his father's footsteps. Moreover, he wants to compete I think, with his father. fI wonder if he has any other reason to want to be SA president?

The mall - with an OBVIOUS STOP at the new Best Buy for serious filmage - and Taco Bell and Starbucks. Fun - fun - fun...especially as I wonder WHERE IN THE NAME OF HOT GLUE IS MY PASSPORT.

Theoretically, if I go, I said I would join Jordan for skiing in Croatia - shamefully I hate snow.