WHOOP!!!

This week was much better. We seemed to get in to the groove a bit more. It started with last Sunday, and it was good to have that spiritual boost. Monday came around and the week flowed pretty well. Nothing spactatular happened. Marques is trying to stay motivated in his work and reading. I had a few meetings on top of work, but the students are getting used to the new changes and are starting to see that they are not going to get what they want and adapting really well! I am so grateful to have such a good staff as well. They work well as a team and do whatever I ask of them! I owe them a lot! So making it to Friday, we went to what we call "First Friday", in downtown Bryan. That is the town next to ours. It is an old vintage style city and every first friday of the month, they put on a movie in the park, all the shops stay open, and live music, with venders are on the streets. It was really fun! And hey for dinner I had nothing less than Maroon and White nacho's!! GO AGGIES! After that we decided to go to Midnight Yell. This is where all the college students gather at Kyle Field, our football stadium, the night before home games at midnight to practice our theme songs for the games the next day. It was such a blast, but yet such a shock to see the stadium packed at midnight with fans ready to cheer on our team in good and bad!! Our Yell Leaders, equivalent of cheer leaders, but men dressed in aggie overalls and farm boots, lead the cheers. They incorporate stories for all the classes attending the school, and we all have actions for each thing they say. For example if they discuss our rival Texas University, we all hiss like snakes, but if they talk about us aggies, we WHOOP!! with a gun signal in the air. The whoop is Texas A and M's signature thing! One of the songs, they all linked arms and started swaying, we took a minute to get the hang of it, but in the end we got it and we had a good time! As for saturday, I must admit we slept in a bit due to our late night party, lol. Then we headed to a restaurant to watch the game. Our main drag here, Texas avenue was decked with flags and crowded with Maroon shirts. Yes even I was wearing one. The sense of team spirit and a devote love for the game was clear here, and really kinda cool. I have never seen an entire city unite for something like this. We came out a little disappointed in our team, with a loss, but Midnight Yell and the city spirit was fun to experience for the first time. As I read over this, it really doesn't do justice for the things that go on here on a football weekend, but you all will just have to come visit and see for yourselves.
Lastly, our puppy has to go to the vet. He somehow hurt his paw on Thursday, and was limping around. But as we have watched him and tried to make him take it easy, he has gotten worse and won't even walk on it now. We are hoping that it is nothing to serious and he just needs a brace or a few days off of it. So off the doctor we go for him in the morning. All though it has been a good sign that he still tears off after our squirrels... We have two or three pet squirrels in our backyard that Rio and Dusty love to chase!! And although limping 3 legged, the pain didn't overcome his drive to try and catch one!! So once again ending our week with a good Sunday. We decided to make it a Sunday night adventure to go feed the ducks, turtles, and our new discovery the cat fish! What a blast that is too!! Hope you all have good week. It's past my bedtime, Night, Night...