Cowboys game and everything else...

Well I am fresh off the cowboys loss yesterday so I am still trying to figure out how the heck that happened, especially to the Redskins (I mean come on)!! Other than that I am enjoying learning more and more about college life. I am starting figure it out, I think? Though I am struggling at times to get my laundry done. I am also really enjoying the people on my floor, I feel blessed that the people who surround me are people I really like, which makes a world of difference. Homecoming is this week and I am really excited about that. Army here we come! My mom is also coming down for the game so I am extremely excited to get see my mama, ha-ha! These past few weeks I have been able to get plugged into some neat groups around campus and I have kind of figured out which ones best suit my abilities, which is cool. It has been a challenge to manage everything and I still don't think there is enough time in the day to get everything done; but overall things couldn't be going better and I am learning more and more about Tulane everyday!

Back in Business...

By tomorrow I will have officially been in school for a week, Hoorah! It has been a very productive yet busy week. I have been going to class early in the morning (8 AM!) then going to track practice in the afternoon. College is very different from High School. I find myself always trying to balance my free time and constantly checking my calendar on my phone to see what need to get done. I have also tried to see how many times I can eat at Bruff in one day, so far the most I have been able to go is 5 so we'll see if I can beat that, ha-ha. Anyways, the campus looks great though one of business school buildings received some cracked windows, but other than that everything looks just as it did before. My flight back was a funny story because my dorm neighbor, Tim, and I were on the same flight back to New Orleans and he had purchased a shuttle ticket to get back Tulane from the airport in advanced and I was going to just get a ticket at the airport. So we are in the shuttle line after getting our bags when a man comes up to now three of us asking if we were Tulane students. He then directs Tim to his shuttle line since he already purchased a ticket and takes myself and the other student to his stretch suburban that already had some other Tulane students back to Tulane. Now on campus, I unpack all my stuff to organize my room again and by the time I am finished; Tim is just now getting into his room. Oh and his shuttle that took forever and my stretch suburban were the same ticket price. 

Gustav

Well I got to experience my first evacuation this week and I have to say it was kind of cool. I was originally going to drive with my roomate to his home in Covington. However, I got out of class even earlier than I expected on Friday so I started to look at flights. I went ahead and booked a flight back to Fort Worth because I would be able to see my little brother and cousins' football game that night. I ended up taking a cab to the airport and luckily three other girls asked to share it with me so I didn't have to pay for a whole cab ride myself, which was nice! As I watched more news coverage I was feeling pretty good about being back in FTW, though when I got in town it almost felt as if I had never left. My brother's football game was exciting to watch and they won 26-20. My little cousin who is a sophomore had a huge sack, which was well worth my trip alone. Then on Monday I watched all the news coverage of Gustav and I was glad to see it was only a category 2 and not worse. It was definitely crazy, but I was pleased to see how well New Orleans was prepared, especially Tulane, for the storm. I am excited to get back on campus on Sunday and I am glad we only had minimal damage to the school! Thankfully God was watching over Tulane and the people overseeing the campus. Now I am just enjoying the rest of my time here in Fort Worth until I fly back, I will also get to see another one of my brother's games so I am pumped about that. I hope that all of you are safe wherever you may be and you're enjoying your unexpected vacation.