A Familiar Start

I pulled out of the driveway at around 4:00 yesterday and headed to Austin to pick Matt up on campus. The drive was great, and I love rolling the windows down right after La Grange. The air up there is so much nicer than the stuff in Houston - I really don't know why we put up with it. Once in the city, we headed over to Matt's place and hung out for awhile to discuss his plans for the night. Apparently we were going to Pluckers to get free wings and watch the rockets game. They had won trivia the night before and been awarded a free wings pass.

We got to the restaurant and delved in to massive quantities of free food. We started off the night right, and were even happier to find out that the Rockets are advancing to round 2... We met up with Brian, Chris, and several other people from my Memorial High School days. It was really great seeing all of them, and it was even better to know that they have stayed close through college. They're a great group. After dinner, we headed to Shu Shu's house and partied it up in preparation for a good night out in Austin. I met tons of girls that were, errr, different than Rice girls in more ways than one. It was a great time.

We took the West Campus E Train into town, which was an experience in itself. I guess the idea is to pack as many people as possible into a bus headed for the city. They sure know what they're doing...

It was fun to see sixth street again, and I couldn't have asked for a better time in the capitol of Texas. This morning I am headed to Kerrville to see the grandparents as a stopover between here and Roswell - that'll be the long haul. Wish me luck on the road, I've seen many tickets given out on this stretch of I-10. Then again, I don't drive like my mom.