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Trivial pursuits

Aggieland, Another day

So. I believe I've mentioned that it's Spring Break. I know what you're thinking. TELL ME MORE. Gulley and I made plans a while back to take the kids to College Station for the first half of the week and so I spent last Friday getting ready to go out of town for five days. Specifically, I cleaned our toilets. I hate to make it all sound so glamorous, but it's the truth. I've just Read More

The glass case of emotion

Aggieland, Another day

Well. So this pretty much sums up my demeanor on Saturday afternoon as I watched the Aggies play LSU. It was a low point. The great irony is I felt good about the game before it started. I wasn't worried about LSU. Which, in hindsight, feels pretty stupid because LES MILES. It makes total sense that if anyone has truly figured out how to stop Johnny Manziel, it's him. He's some sort Read More

Reunited and it feels so good

Aggieland, Another day

I didn't even mention daylight savings time yesterday. It's not that I don't appreciate gaining an hour. Because I do. I totally do. I just don't really understand the point of the whole thing. We are no longer a nation made up of farmers who need more or less daylight or whatever the original intent. But like so many other things in life, the government doesn't seem to realize that the Read More

Alligators who wear vests

Aggieland, Road trips

Well, I didn't mean not to post yesterday. Which isn't exactly true because I'm in Bryan with Gulley and the kids at Honey and Big's house and we were too busy laughing at a random assortment of things for me to take time to focus and write. Not that I really ever focus but, you know, there's always a first time. This trip wasn't originally part of our Thanksgiving week plan, but Gulley and Read More

Dear SEC, Welcome to Texas A&M

Aggieland

Y'all. There are people who believe that college football is just a game. And to those people I say...well...I don't say much because we don't have anything in common. After the game on Saturday, I got so many texts and emails from y'all congratulating me on the big win over Alabama and reminding me that I believed it could happen. But here's the thing about being an Aggie, I always Read More

There and back again

Aggieland, Friends

I'm sitting here on the couch right now and trying to keep myself from eating an entire bag of Lifesavers Gummie Sours. They are my kryptonite. Actually, they're only my kryptonite on occasion. I can go months without eating them and then all of a sudden I'm hit with a massive craving and then I'll eat them until I can't feel my tongue. I think this particular craving started when I took Read More

It would appear I have found my words

Aggieland, Friends

So here's something great. Caroline's out of school for this entire week to celebrate Thanksgiving. Which means I won't have to be up at 6:45 a.m. packing ham sandwiches and carrot sticks in a lunch box. Instead I'll be up at 6:45 a.m. growling, "GO BACK TO SLEEP. IT'S ONLY 6:45 IN THE MORNING. WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?" I know this to be true because it's what I did on Saturday and Sunday Read More

We are the champions

Aggieland

It seems like something momentous just happened, but I can't remember what it was. Oh yeah, now I remember. THE AGGIE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM JUST WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Y'all. I realize I am slightly biased but it was one of the best basketball games I've seen all season. Those girls played their hearts out. I was seriously impressed. And then when Tyra White hit that Read More