O Who?

Good Morning!! Dustin and I are enjoying out 2nd weekend in a row of not being busy/going out of town. Last Friday when we both came home from work I realized it was my first free Friday since school started. We hardly knew what to do with ourselves. Last night we continued our relaxation. We did dinner at Texas Roadhouse and went and saw Moneyball. I was extremely reluctant to see it, but knew Dustin was dying to because he had actually read the book. I absolutely loved it! I always forget how much I love sports movies.

A few weekends ago we went up to Norman for the Tech/OU games. My brother-in-law, Brent, went to OU and my baby brother,Jared, goes there too. So it was a family rivalry game on both sides! I had so much fun getting to see Jared and meet his friends. Friday night we went out to 747 and then met at Brothers where Brent used to work. Jared left to hangout with his dear old lady sister.

Saturday was so fun! I almost felt like a college kid again. We started the morning off at 747 having some drinks and eating lunch. Then I went to find Jared at his tailgate. There is a pizza place right next to his frat house that is their hangout. It seemed like nearly the whole fraternity was in there. Everyone was watching games, playing games, and just having fun. I got to meet a lot of Jared's friends who were super nice. He took me on a tour of the Lambda house too. It was sort of weird because I had been there a few times in college when I used to come visit Lauren and Torri. Then we headed to what Jared called a tailgate. It really was a HUGE party going on in this kid's backyard. I ran into some younger Coppell people, Annie's cousin, and even some of Lauren and Torri's friends that I had met before.

The game was UNREAL! Unranked Tech playing #3 OU? We assumed we were going to get killed. We weren't even going to buy tickets until Dustin found them for about $30. There was a rain delay for about an hour. I threw a truly child like tantrum that I have to say I was horribly embarrassed for. The storm completely freaked me out because we were stuck in the stadium. I was. ready. to. go. I was cold, wet, knew we were going to get killed, and had probably had a little too much fun with Jared. Tech started incredible though! We were in the lead quickly and just kept going. I have to say it was probably the weirdest and most calm game I have ever been to. The Tech fans knew better than to get too excited because we probably couldn't hold the lead for long. OU fans didn't know what to do. They all figured they would make a come back. OU hadn't lost at home in 40 something games, but I think they didn't want to be too confident. Both sides cheered when they scored, but the whole environment was just calm. In the end Tech came through, and we WON! I still can't believe it. We left the stadium to lots of boos, name calling, bad words, and a few people purposely running into us. We didn't care since we had won!

Unfortunately, Tech got creamed the next weekend at home playing Iowa State; so our pride was short lived. We are ready for this weekend's UT game though! In fact, in start in 5 minutes. See ya!

Here are a few pics from our OU weekend.

Dustin and Jared showing their school pride. Our first night in Norman.

Jared and I in the Lambda house.

This is Jared's friend/roommate Matt. They have known each other since early elementary, and now I teach his niece!

Jared and I at the tailgate party

Tech/OU game

Beautiful site isn't it?

Did I mention one of my best friend's Morgan moved to our apartment complex from New Mexico? Soooo excited!

Lately...

I've been so busy that I haven't had any time to blog lately! School has of course kept me busy. My students are awesome this year and they make me laugh every day. Volleyball has kept me super busy with practice, games, working Guyer games, and scouting for Guyer. I'm still loving it though! I'm not sure how Dustin is feeling about it all though. Before we got married it was always okay that I worked so much because we never saw each other. Now that we are living together I think he has realized that I am never home. I'm up almost 2 1/2 hours before him and home 1 1/2 at a minimum after.

We have also been busy going to Tech games and watching the Rangers! We kept our season tickets this year, and have been having so much fun going to visit everyone. We went to the Texas State, A&M, and Kansas State game. I miss Lubbock so much! Here are a few pics of everything that has been going on...

 This is what you do when Tech and OU play at the same time at the Gahagans

We got to see our precious niece Morgan. She is 6 months today and I can't believe how big and cute she is. Love her more than anything.

Ferg was pumped to be watching Tech football in his jersey.

Mendy came to Lubbock with us for the A&M game. It was her first time since 2007 to come to Lubbock.

Best part of going to Lubbock is getting to see some of my best friends who still live there. Hanging out with Lauren at Rockies!

Lubbock has a new bar called The Roof at the top of the parking garage that overlooks the stadium. As expensive as it was, I wish we had this when I was there!

We ran into Josh Abbott and Roger Creager at the The Roof. It was a tan bit windy.

Watching Johnny Cooper at Raidergate Kansas State weekend

So funny story... lately I've been curling my hair with a sock. A great way to do curl with no heat and no time. I'll do a how to sometime soon when my hair is longer. It hasn't worked as well since I cut it. Well I found this other website that talked about curling your hair with twisty buns so I tried it. Dustin made fun of me the night before I went to sleep when I had about 20 buns sticking out of my head. He even warned me that my hair was going to look awful the next morning. Well 5am with no time to shower, my hair was a fright! I look like I have a bird's nest on my head. It was wild and out of control. I couldn't tame it at all. It finally fell a bit, and I just put it half up. Maybe I'll try again when my hair is longer.