Now it is June and we are in the home stretch. Our lease here ends on July 31 and we will not be renewing it. This means to me that we will need to start hoarding boxes, start thinking about moving trucks, and start thinking about the transition to a new place. I think that both of us are equally looking to get on with it and have some of these things planned and ready to go.
In the meantime we need to keep working, and sending out resumes. We also need to keep having fun. With all that has been happening and the stress that comes with it, we need fun now more than ever.
So, we have discovered that at the local bowling alley/glow in the dark mini golf/laser tag/arcade place, they have .50 cent Skee Ball. It’s fun to stop in for a few games. Last night it was giving me extra balls but only registering the score for 5…which made it look like I really was sucking…not true!
A dream of mine is to someday have the capabilities for fountain soda, Sonic ice, and a full-size Skee Ball game in my house. I just have to graduate first…
Tonight Teresa and I went to see Garrison Keillor on Texas A&M’s campus. It was pretty darn good.
Ahoy there, 10-gallon-friends! It has been a long time (too long of a time) since I was on here, and unfortunately that seems to be the trend for me…perhaps 10 Gallon Hat will make it to my New Year’s Resolution list…
In the meantime, I have had some good reasons for being absent. In the few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, things at the Student Counseling Service really kicked in to high gear. I was seeing a ton more clients, and hence, was really wiped by the time I got home. It has been really great to be learning so much about therapy and being a therapist full time, but I will be honest that there is a bit of an adjustment period. Luckily, Wylie is very nice and supportive. In addition to all those students who somehow just realized that they should have been doing their homework all semester, we have been reviewing applications for interns for next year. I am enjoying being on this side of the process, that is for sure. The SCS got about 90 applications this year and we will invite about 30 folks for interviews…it is very interesting to see how it is done.
We have been fortunate enough to squeeze in some R & R on the weekends–today we went and got massages, which was awesome. And the weekend of Nov. 14 we went to Houston to see some friends. (The son of my dad’s BFF from his Air Force days and his wife). I was pleasantly surprised by what Houston had to offer, and it was really fun to see Joe and India and their wonderful pooch, Lennon. We went to a showing of The Big Lebowski in a park downtown, explored the Montrose area vintage shops, and saw the butterflies at the Museum of Natural Science.
It was a really wonderful weekend, and a much needed break…and a nice getaway from Bryan/College Station. We are looking forward to getting back to Houston in the spring for some rodeo action, and some NASA action as well…
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As you might know, Teresa and I have joined a softball team here in Bryan. We have been on it for several weeks now. Everything happens on Thursday; practice, and games. So, we had two practices before the games started. Our first game was rained out, and our second game was actually on the same day as our third game (making it a double-header for all you non sports people out there). The first game in that double-header started fine, but mid way through it started pouring, and the game umpire called the game. Our third game was called due to the same weather that got the second half of our second game. Our fourth game is tonight, and if things go well, we will still be playing. The weather for today called for rain, but so far the skies are only a little cloudy. Hopefully things will stay that way and we will be able to complete our first full game. If it doesn’t, we will be playing make-up games all the way into next year.
I should mention that the photo above is our team t-shirt.
