This past weekend was one of the best in a long time. Not only did we have no classes Thursday and Friday because of Yom Kippur and Fall Break Day, it was also Amber's and mine three year anniversary AND both of our roommates were gone for the weekend (as well as over half of campus) The easiest way to make sure I don't forget anything is to write about it day by day, so here goes:

THURSDAY:
The first day of our vacation started out a little rough, but got much better. First of all, Lakeside Dining Hall was closed for break, so our only food option on campus was Cooper, which we both dislike. We made a vow not to go to Cooper once over break and we actually managed to pull it off. Starting with Thursday, we went to Arby's for lunch to try their new Mac n' Cheezers.

I got the idea of going to Carousel mall sometime that weekend, and Amber thought that Thursday was a good a day as any to go. We ended up getting slightly lost on the way there, I forgot that I had to take exit 9S off 481 to get on 81 but a friendly cop got us back in the right direction.

We spent pretty much the entire day at the mall, going to tons of different places. I got a pair of skull candy ear buds and a` mini iPod speaker at FYE which were both on sale. We went to Borders and I got the first volume of the new Legend of Zelda manga. I helped Amber buy a book too and she also got a Tarot card set and book. We got dinner in the food court and went home shortly after.

When we got back it was still relatively early so we decided to watch a movie, The Rocker. It was ok, Afterwards I went downstairs to play Uncharted: Drake's Fortune while Amber read.

FRIDAY:
We had decided the day before that we wanted to see a movie that night but we couldn't figure out which. We kind of wanted to see Eagle Eye and Lakeview Terrace, but with the mediocre reviews we found. we weren't sure. We finally settled on City of Ember. For lunch we both had leftovers and whatever we could find in our rooms.

City of Ember was nothing like I expected, but it was really good nonetheless. I didn't know it was based on a book, but I had a feeling it was before I saw the end credits. I thought it was supposed to be this serious action movie, but we still weren't disappointed.

For dinner we got McDonalds, and man that place was mobbed. The place was full of high school kids, but it was to be expected. There was a football game taking place right outside (McDonald's is RIGHT NEXT to the high school).

When we got home, Amber helped me (ok, she did most of the work) rearrange the room. Pics are up on facebook and Myspace of the new layout. Check them out if you wanted to see. It's less cluttered than it was before so I'm pretty satisfied with it. I spent a little bit of time with Amber in her room after we finished and headed back downstairs to get her anniversary presents ready for the following day.

SATURDAY
Our anniversary finally came. Amber got me a bunch of stuff including: 
a tripod for my video camera
a 4 gig HCSD card for my camera
a new necklace
a karaoke thing for my iPod
and my favorite, a t-shirt that says "Vegetarians Rock"

I ended up getting her season 3 of House on DVD and earrings, which we ended up returning because I thought they were diamonds when they were actually cubic zirconium (silly me) . She ordered something else online with the money instead to make up for it so she was happy.

We went to Ponderosa for lunch after going to Walmart (to return the earrings). I also discovered that Axe is finally going to make Shampoo as they had a trial size for sale along with hair gel also made by them.

We watched House that afternoon before going to dinner at Ruby Tuesday which was excellent. The food was awesome. We watched more House after dinner before we both went to bed.

SUNDAY
I spent Sunday morning cleaning up the room because Chris was coming back that night and afterwards watched more House with Amber. We once again had our own food for breakfast/lunch. For dinner, before I went to work, Amber made falafel, which I had never eaten before, and was pretty good.

Work was uneventful last night. We were supposed to have Boys Down the Hall practice last night at 9:30 PM because we didn't have any practice last week since no one was around, but I didn't have one single person give me a 100% confirmation that they were going to be there. Everyone said they were going to be late or were still on the road coming back. So, I canceled it. We watched House again until I went back downstairs and did my usual messing around on the internet before going to sleep.


Man what a weekend! I almost didn't want to go back to regular college life today. Who am I kidding, of course I didn't want to go back to normal!

As for today, there was nothing noteworthy going on. It's Columbus Day so no one has school, except for us. There was an open house today as well so we were stormed with crowds of high school students all day *shudder*. I saw the State Singers in the Campus center food court this morning and thought to myself that it would have been cool if we (The Boys Down the Hall) sung there. Then I remembered that Kris actually gave us the opportunity to perform there, but we would not have been (and still aren't) ready to perform. Our first performance is sometime in November for the next open house. I can't remember exactly, I have it written down somewhere.


So that is the awesome summary of my awesome weekend. Phew...my fingers are tired!