Road Trip

This past weekend I went to visit Jessica in Waco because my K-State Wildcats were playing her Baylor Bears. It was great to see Jessica and be in Waco, but I will let her talk about the whole football game.

This week is Homecoming week at K-State. I didn't do anything with Homecoming last year, but now that I am Greek I have to participate. I performed in Pant the Chant tonight. Pant the Chant is a stomp and chant routine. We did a really good job and if we place, then it gives us a good chance of doing well in Homecoming. If I find a video performance of Pant the Chant, I will post it.

I am really excited for my Thanksgiving break because it is from Nov 19-28! It is so long and will include two K-State basketball games, with one game possibly being a matchup between #3 KSU and #1 Duke! It will be so fun!

I am on two volleyball teams. I formed my Co-Ed volleyball team, Spiketacular, again from last year. We went 2-3 last year and missed the playoffs. This year we have only asked the best players back and made our team smaller. Our opponent didn't show up to our first game so we are 1-0 and only need 1 more win to make the playoffs. We look really good though. My other team is Delta Sig's house volleyball team. I don't know how good we will be, but our first game is tomorrow!

That is a small update from my world.

Cool pics

We just had a thunderstorm pass through Andover and I took these pics from the deck.

Look familiar?

I went to Huntsville to visit Courtney, and we ended up in the Woodlands. Look what we found...




They added weird palm tree shrubs to the front of the walk.

Our weekend full of labor

This labor day weekend Robert and I did some house stuff. Here are some before and after pictures of our entry way (we don't have the baseboard done yet):

Well... shit.

Part of my job on Mondays is to upload interesting videos to the video page of the station's Website.

Today the weatherman came in to tell me that "Poop cake" video was accidentally on the Weather page.

It was probably the best conversation I've had at the news station so far and the highlight of my career.

I'd explain more, but I think it's better this way.

(Note the title "Weather Video" above the vid.)

This is funny

So a guy in my fraternity shared this video with me on Facebook. Instead of making you go to Facebook to view the video, I thought I would share it here. I think it is super funny and I thought you all would like it too!

Here it is!

I waited all summer for this...?

My life the past two-ish weeks:

So, Aug. 10 (about 2 p.m.) I get an e-mail about a Part Time Web Producer position opening at KCEN HD News. I decide to apply. Thirty minutes later, the News Director callas me and has an initial phone interview. He then asks me to come in to the station for an official interview at 4 p.m. I go and chat with him for about 15 minutes. The next day, he offers me a job as a part time Web Producer.

Meanwhile, my friend Nikki calls and asks me if I want to look at apartments. Having just gotten a job, I decide that I will live with her and say "yes!" On Aug. 12, we look at apartments and find one we love. On Aug. 13 we move in.

Meanwhile, I had agreed to build a football program for a local Catholic high school. Friday, I was working with the head lady on the program and gathering all the materials I would need in order to complete it this weekend. She makes a joke about how she hopes I don't have a social life or a boyfriend since I'm gonna be spending my whole weekend on the program. I tell her no, I don't have a boyfriend and she says she will set me up. After asking for my criteria, she opens an old football program and points to one of the assistant coaches. He was pretty cute. I say yes, hook me up with that one. She said she'll introduce us at one of the games. I'm praying she wasn't just saying that because I would really like to talk to a boy... It's been awhile. (I use the word "talk" loosely).

Meanwhile, Aug. 16 I began training for my job. I trained that Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The next Monday was my first day on the job on my own. Late in the afternoon my boss calls me in to see if I've heard about the weekend News Producer position that is open. I say no, and he asks if I'd be interested. "Of course," I say. So, I shadow a night producer that Wednesday and resume work on Friday as usual. Today, he calls me in and HIRES ME FULL TIME!! I will be the weekend News Producer (working 1:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.) and then work 3 9-hour shifts during the week doing other random things. They are going to begin looking for my replacement for the Web Producer position. I will get a SALARY and BENEFITS!! WHAT?! I have never even taken a broadcasting class before... hahaha. Basically, I am writing everything the anchors say, in addition to some stories, organizing the line up of the show and making sure everyone stays within their allotted time. It's gonna be so cool!!!

Meanwhile, my car completely died. Engine fried. And I had to get a new one. But I found a car that is the exact same model (one year older) but with some extra features (moonroof and 6-disc changer), half the miles, they sold it to us for way cheap and it's blue! And now that I have my new job, I can start paying it off!!


Crazy how you spend 5 months trying to figure things out and they all fall together in a mere three weeks.

(Also, sorry I'm posting this on the blog and didn't call most of you about these epic events).