First FULL Weekend in Austin!

Schedule:

Friday-

1. Go to 8AM Calculus, Gus (professor) said "Ok" one hundred times. By the way, he is from Argentina! So cool!
2. Goof off in the campus computer store with Eric and Andrew waiting for class to start
3. 10AM Chemistry, bleh, but I did a lot better on the questions we were given in class!
4. Homework!
5. Noon- invite about 5 people to eat at J2, we ended up with 12 people at the table, a lot of fun but so crowded haha!
6. 2PM Hung out with Sephra, Eric, Andrew and Cathy in the guys dorm. We played some scary game on the computer (SCP?), then Eric did two crazy card tricks I still can't figure out, and Eric played a little guitar!
7. 3ishPM- Walked with Eric and Andrew to their friend's dorm to pick up something they left! I learned what Japanese Kendo is (Japanese Fencing)
8. 5PM- Engineering fall fest with free Jim Jim's Ice and a little bit of dancing! I ran into some Camp Texas friends I hadn't seen in awhile and made a few more friends!
9. 8:30ishPM- Leave to go to HOME SLICE Pizza on South Congress! There was an hour wait to get in, but the NY-Style pizza was SO worth it!
10. 10:30PM- Get on a super sketchy bus back to campus. Luckily I was with 4 guys, so I wasn't too worried, but 3 homeless people got on the bus
11. 11:00PM-Get back on campus and decide to rent out the pool table stuff and ping pong stuff!
12. As I was renting out the stuff, I left my key AND phone in the game room (on the basement floor) so I had to run back up to the front desk (first floor) and awk ask for a temporary ID, the RA just let me borrow his and I had to run it back up when I got into the game room. TOO MANY STAIRS end of story
13. Play pool and ping pong until well past 2AM
14. Sleep when you are dead is the motto, and by 3AM I was dead!

Saturday-

1. Wake up at 10am and begin Chemistry homework
2. Once Sephra woke up, we had a 3 hour dance party/clean our room session
3. During that, we ate ribs and OJ that her mom had given us! SOO yummy!
4. 1:00PM watch a little bit of the UT vs Penn State (#1) volleyball game. Our girls WON! Heck yes!
5. MORE HOMEWORK, Almost done with Chem, I am getting tutored by my FIG tutor in math on Sunday, and I am 10 pages away from finishing my Voice/Speech Class reading. I still need to look over my Mechanical Engineer powerpoint..
6. 4:30PM realize I have been in my room all day, so Sephra and I took another sketchy bus up to Amy's Ice Cream!!! SOOOOOO GOOOODDDDDD. I got Italian Creme Cake with strawberries, it tasted exactly like this homemade cake my dad's office manager makes for my family at Christmas. So basically DELICIOUS Amy's Ice Cream was also on our bucket list, so we scratched that off this weekends 
   
7. Get back to campus and meet up with Eric, Andrew, Ashley and some other friends and I learned how to play Ultimate Frisbee!!! That is an awesome game and I kinda want to keep playing it for, forever. (Sarah if you are reading it, I now understand why Baptists are obsessed with this game)

1. 8:30PM Go with that crew plus Eric Mayhew to Q'Doba, a burrito place on the drag! More yummy food was eaten and I started watching pieces of the depressing football game.. Oh Texas, I still love you, but come on.
2. 10:00ishPM Rent out ping pong and pool stuff again and play until 2:00am... because why not! It keeps up out of crazy stuff and it is free!

Sunday-

1. Wake up at 10am! Yaaayyyy for waking up late!

2. Do random homework and almost finish my Chemisty homework and my reading for speech class! I have found waking up early is good because then everyone is asleep and I don't feel about about not hanging out!

3. Around noon, go to a Turkish pita sandwich restaraunt! Soooooooo goood!

4. Until about 5pm, finish my Chemistry FINALLY, goof off, and watch Battlestar Gallactica with Eric and Andrew!

5. Talk to my mom and Marshall! :)

6. Catch up with my homie, Mauricio and eat oh so delicious Pluckers!

7. RUN to Kinsolving to get math tutoring

8. Presently doing laundry! Gotta have clean sheets!

Everyone constantly asks me what I am doing, and I always explain that I am doing way too much to remember. So I wrote it all out this weekend, but don't think this will happen every weekend! Anyways thanks for reading my long posts as always!

-Katie

PS: this is my beautiful roomie Sephra :)

Visits upon Visits!

It's just what the title sounds like! I had a visit from my little sister, Jennifer last weekend! It was awesome!!! I picked her up from the bus and off we went! We did so much so here is just a quick list!

Jen's Visit

1. Boba Tea (tapioca asian drink)
2. Big Bites Sandwiches
3. Ultimate Frisbee
4. Hang out with the guys until 2am
5. SLEEP
6. ASME tailgating fun!
7. Football game against Kansas State (we won!)
8. Quick tour around UT
9. Jen slept from 7:30PM-8:00AM
10. Mass at the Univ. Catholic Center
11. Meet up with mom in Giddings!

Future longhorn? ;)

The following week I had a calculus test, a chemistry test, and RIVALS WEEK. Let me explain. Rivals week is when the Engineers team up against the Business school and compete in a variety of events. Sunday was field day/kick-off(Engr. won), Monday was a Whose Line is it Anyway (Comedy) competition (Bus. won), Tuesday was Capture the Flag at the Capitol (Engr. won), Wed/Thurs I studied/took my chem test, and Friday was dodgeball and closing ceremony. The Engineers totally destroyed the business students when it came to participation, we generally had 50-100 students show up, and they had 20-40. At Capture the Flag, we weren't even able to split Eng/Bus. because they didn't have enough people to compete! During dodgeball, there was one gym of 20 engr. vs 20 business, and one gym filled with 60 engineers playing against each other! It was awesome! Ultimately, the Engineers stole back the title from the business school and were crowned CHAMPS this year! I loved being active and meeting new people, it makes going to school so much more fun! 

In the midst of all this, my BIFFLE SAR-BEAR (Sarah) came in town! She was only here for 2 days, but we also crammed as much in possible so here is the list!

Sarah's Visit

1. Dodgeball (Sarah was the last one on the Mech E vs everyone else game, pretty funny)
2. Sneak into Calloway House (Private dorm) and play pool!
3. Eat some delicious Pluckers (2nd time that week)
4. Play frisbee until 1 am! (Side Note: 8 random people joined us throughout the evening and it was really strange)
5. Sleepppppp
6. Eat legit thai food from thai spice (Sarah got something that wasn't the Chinese version of a chicken nugget, I was so proud)
7. Go to Mt. Bonnell!

For only coming up Friday afternoon and leaving Saturday afternoon, I consider it quite the success how much we were able to pull off!

I am so glad that Sarah and Jen were able to experience my college life and meet some of my new friends! Oh last thing, Sunday evening, since I had my car parked nearby, we drove to Chuy's and I was able to show Sephra, Eric, and Jimmy the wonders that is Chuy's! Such an austin-y place! Anyways, this week is pretty chill, I hope to get my work done before my parents come in town this weekend for the game, whoo! That's all for now!

-Katie

PS my Halloween was pretty crazy, ASME competed in a Chariot Race, and I rode in the cart! Long story short, some army ROTC guys were jerks and I ended up taking one of the guys pulling our chariot to the ER to get stitches on his foot.