We drove straight toward Hurricane IKE (not Gustov) when we headed to Waco, Texas for the WSU versus Baylor football game (Go Cougs!) and to meet Kyle's girlfriend (who is super nice). The plan was to drive on Friday and meet up with Adam's WSU buddies then to attend the game on Saturday. But, with IKE, the football game was moved to Friday night. So, we headed to Waco early on Friday morning, drove all day, and made it to the parking lot at Baylor's football stadium just in time to find our friends and make it for the start of the game. The weather was calm, a little sweaty, but pleasant.
Saturday we drove to Austin, Texas to stay with Kyle, who's brother and sister-in-law were also in town, and hang out more with Burns and Adam's other buds. It was going to be so cool...we were going to be intown for a Univ. of Texas football game- but, it was rescheduled due to the threat of Gustov. The weather could not have been more perfect on Saturday- sunny, breezy, and pleasant. We walked around downtown Austin and ate in sports bars and watched football. That night, we watched college football projected on a huge outdoor, lounging on a bar's rooftop, surrounded by live music. The weather was awesome, breezy and just perfect.
Sunday, we woke up and the boys (Kyle, Burns, and Adam) were playing Wii and having too much fun. From Austin, we drove to Jackson, Mississippi for the PGA Viking Classic.
A few of Adam's students worked the Viking Classic PGA golf tournament. We were there Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Came home on Wednesday; I subbed and Adam got organized and ready to head back out to Jackson. Also, my Dad drove a huge moving truck with furniture from Grandmommy's house to Starkville. So, Wednesday we unloaded the truck then returned it and spent the rest of the evening hanging out with Dad. Thursday, Dad and I visited while Adam was working, then that afternoon, Adam and I hit the road back to Jackson for the remainder of the golf tournament. We were there Thursday through Sunday.
We were volunteers for the Tournament Office and Adam and I worked right along side of his students. Adam set a great example of hard work and leadership for his students. Alan, (Adam's coworker) and his wife were also there in Jackson, so we all worked hard doing random tasks anywhere from taking lunches out to the volunteers on the golf course, boxing the lunches, picking up trash, shop vaccing the flooded tent, and eating lots of food. Nicole (Alan's wife) and I even attended a Viking food/chef cooking demonstration. All of us were able to attend a golf demo for kids where this golfer hit a golfball through a watermelon, drove one 300 yards using a putter, and hit the middle ball out of a 12-pack of golfballs. He was pretty fun to watch. Fortunately, our hotel room and meals were comped!
We made it back to Starkville and it's back to the grind. Adam has been working hard with schol and I have been trying to get things back in order around the house (after being away for so many days.)
Tonight we did something so fun! We went swing dancing! A friend/volleyball buddy of ours, Scott, is the swing dance instructor. We had a fun evening of dancing and being together. Now, Adam is hard at work on his computer getting ready for class in the early morning, and I am...well, you know what I'm doing, I'm writing a little somethingon this blog...finally.
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