The weather for the month of January has been surprisingly mild…and sometimes rather warm. On the first day of classes, students were wearing shorts. As the good weather extended into the weekends, I decided to go out and do a little geocaching. Ruben and others like Glenn don’t share my enthusiasm for the hobby. When neither Ruben nor Glenn was willing to go, I found myself introducing the art of geocaching to Brian. If anyone wants to go geocaching with me, just let me know! By the end of the month I reached a milestone by finding my 300th cache.
As soon as the last day of final exams came to an end, Aggieland turned into a ghost town (it happens every year). It’s nice at first, but it doesn’t take me long to miss the students. During this little quiet time, Ruben and I did much of nothing. This in-between-time was pleasantly interrupted by a visit from an old friend. Brian (TAMU graduate and mutual friend with Glenn) was back in town interviewing for a job on campus. He came by the house a couple of times to cook and celebrate Christmas with Glenn, Ruben, and myself.
October 22, 2011 It starts to feel like fall in Texas when the A/C doesn’t have to run all night long and being outside during the day is tolerable. From a visual standpoint, it starts to look like fall when I see the Aggie Habitat for Humanity Pumpkin Patch suddenly appear on the grounds of [...]
June 16, 2011 Thursday evening, Ruben and I held a game-night at our place. The main objective for the evening was to play a few rounds of Lotería (aka: Mexican Bingo). This was my second time to play the game…and my first time to win. This iconic Mexican game is very similar to bingo, but [...]
April 9, 2011 Saturday morning, Glenn accompanied me to Hearne to experience the grand opening of the town’s new railroad museum. The depot in Hearne is very unique in that it was nestled into the middle of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific lines where they crossed at an almost 45 degree angle. In 2001, [...]
March 19, 2011 Sometimes, when you want to get a group of people involved in a worthwhile cause, you need to throw in a dose of competition. That’s what some members of my church did when they wanted to convince the rest of the congregation to build school and/or hygiene kits (that will be distributed [...]
February 6, 2011 This entry will cover a few events Ruben I took part in over the past few weeks. The fun began on a cold evening in John and Paul’s backyard as we joined them and a few of their friends for laughs and drinks around a warm fire. A week or so later, [...]
August 14, 2010 When it comes to having a social life, it’s either “feast or famine.” Following Chris and Matt’s wedding reception, Glenn and I headed to two other events. The first was a birthday party/housewarming for Josiah. We had some great food (Josiah cooked) and enjoyed the company of Josiah’s friends, especially his mother [...]
