BR Recap

I'm mainly going to do a recap of my trip back from Baton Rouge. I feel like I've already told the stories multiple occassions, but thought I would clear the air with everyone that was wondering what my last tweet/status update was about.

To recap the weekend as a whole, it was good times> It was great seeing my good friends Shannon and Emily and to finally meet their little one, Sophia, who was all smiles. Other highlights included:
-Super Mario Bros Wii
-Apples to Apples
-Turkey and other homemade goods
-Photochoot with Shannon
-Beating Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on the arcade, in one go
-Fewds at La Carretta and Oscars
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-Walking around downtown BR
-Fun Poker game, which I played awfully.

And to recap yesterday's journey back home:
My goal was to head out about 9. I got out about 8:45, only to discover Shannon's driveway isn't flat. It's hard to explain, but basically the frontend of his driveway has a small ditch and while pulling out I front driver's side found the ditch. After about 20-25 mins or so, we got it figured out. Maybe less. I dont know. Anyways, I got out, got some gas down the street and I was off. Passed Lafayette, and 45 mins outside of Alexandria, one of my tires goes flat. I have no idea why so, but it wasn't a total blow out. After a little work (me having to half stand/jump to loosen the nuts), i got my spare tire, drove the 45 mins to Alexandria. Very fortunate Walmart auto dept was open and had an extra tire for me. Got that, then headed back on the road. A few hours later I hit a massive storm. I've drove/been through some crazy thunderstorms, but never encounted a wall of rain and hail like this. It was to the point that everyone on the highway completely stopped and I couldn't see outside my car. After about 10 mins of that, I made a pitstop in Longview then continued on. I hit another storm and some intermittent bad traffic around the Dallas area. The last stretch, I ended up driving for over 5.5 hrs. Whew. Total road trip time yesterday was 12 hours (should have taken only 10). It was a long day. But I'm very thankful that I was able to make it back safely and on the same day nonetheless.

Things in the que this week:
-Toasters Show
-Watch Star Trek
-Cook Jambalaya
-Possible UCO/OU hockey game this weekend
-Indoor soccer game Saturday
-Possible viewing of The Road