Weekend Shenanigans!

It's been a while, but I'm here to link up for Weekend Shenanigans!

This is probably the last *really* fun weekend I'll have until November because October in grad school means MASS CHAOS.

My weekends always kick off Thursday evenings around 9:30. After class, my friends Caty and Callie and I headed to Chili's for dessert and drinks. I needed chocolate. We all needed drinks. It was a good time, obviously.

Friday afternoon I met Caty and Callie for lunch at McKinley's, one of my all time favorite lunch spots on Fort Worth. They have the best chicken salad and cookies ever.

After lunch my day went downhill for a number of reasons including the mass amount of traffic I encountered on my way back to my apartment because it was parents' weekend. It took me almost an hour to get home. Ridiculous. Then I took an extra long nap and spent the evening doing homework. The glamorous life, y'all.

Saturday morning, I got up early and prepared for the Battle for the Iron Skillet. I checked the weather channel website at least 6 times in about an hour long time period to make sure it wasn't going to rain. Then I headed over to Lauren's cute little house for breakfast and mimosas before going to the game with Lauren, Callie, and Emily. We had a blast at the game (despite the random, short downpours) and I got to see two of my campers and two other camp girls!

After the Frogs came out victorious over the ponies, I came home and played with Nappy before my bestie from high school, Katie, came over for dinner and a mini girls' night complete with Cracker Barrel and brownies.

Sunday was pretty low key and full of homework. But Saturday was so jam-packed that it was nice to stay in PJs all day and not go anywhere. Nappy enjoyed the lazy day, too!

How was your weekend? Did your football team win?!

Fan Friday: the Battle for the Iron Skillet

Two posts in one day? Three posts in one week? I know, guys, just be prepared for basically NO posts next month. I'm just here to tide you over while that happens...

Anyway, this weekend, TCU's "cross-town" rival, SMU, comes to town to play in one of college football's greatest rivalries: the Battle for the Iron Skillet. TCU and SMU have played each other every year since 1915 with the exception of six years. TCU leads the series, by like 5 games, I think. It would be more if we TCU didn't have a really sucky period back in the 80's when SMU was playing players with cars, drugs, and hookers. What college aged boy wouldn't play well with that incentive?

Anyway, I'm here to link up with Sarah for Fan Friday to explain the fun (and maybe a few not-so-fun) parts of in-state rivalries, especially between two private schools located about 50 miles away from each other that are both really good schools. Just maybe never good on the football field at the same time, although I will gives props to SMU because they've made four(?) bowl games in a row lately, so kudos.

Playing football after your bye-week and it happens to be a big rivalry.

When a delusional SMU fan says their school is better at everything, football included.

The one random year SMU beats us.

When we beat SMU and the Iron Skillet stays in Fort Worth.

Sitting behind drunk frat boys at the game with your mom in the rain...

When it rains every.year.at the smu game. every.year.

That time sMU thought they could get into the Big 12 before TCU...

That time TCU got into the Big 12 before SMU...

I'll say this though, between the frat boys at TCU and the frat boys at SMU, there is some nice eye candy at this game.

Do any of these apply to your college's big football rival? Oh and GO FROGS! Pound the ponies!

Humpdayyyyy Update

What day is it? Hey, guess what day it is!

HUMPDAYYYYY!

Since I'm actually on top of grad work this week, I thought I'd give you guys an update.

Grad school is a major time suck. I don't know what I do with all of my time, but I use it up. It's insane. But I am still alive and I've made new friends, which is nice, obviously. Gotta have your people no matter where you go.

I went home over the weekend to partake in eating fair food with my friends and to see one of my bestie's baby bump! By the way, one of my besties is preggers!!! I cannot wait to meet the little nugget and snuggle him/her. We've still got 6 months til that happens, though. But I ate my weight in fair food this past weekend and I've been trying to recover ever since, hahaha. So much fried deliciousness.

mmmm, funnel cake...

My mom is planning on a visit in about a month and I can't wait! The Fort Worth zoo has not just one, but TWO baby elephants right now and I'm dying to see them! I haven't been to the FW zoo (or any zoo, really) in about 4 years, so it's beyond time. And then I'll go again in November when my friends come visit, too!

This weekend is one of TCU's big rivalry games, SMU, aka the Battle for the Iron Skillet. It's supposed to rain and I swear it rains every.single.year. on the day/night we play SMU. It rained last year. It rained my senior year. It might rain this year. Ok, so that's not every single time, but I swear, at least half of the time it rains. But my plans are to go. Maybe it won't be as hot if it's raining...?

Then it'll basically be October which is going to be my busiest month for grad school. I'm dreading it, but I'm really trying to be on top of my stuff and start early on things I can. Here's hoping I don't keel over... Especially because I'd really like to see those baby elephants. And get a new iPhone. There's so much to live for! hahaha but really, October will be stressful, but at least I'll have Fall Break thrown in there somewhere, even if I will have to do homework.

I hope you're all doing well out there in blog land. I've been lurking and have stayed on top of a few of my favorites, just little time to post.