My dad picked me up from SHSU at 12:30p.m. and we drove the 2 and a half hours to Baylor. Tim introduced me to his friends there, and Ryan came to say hi and see us off. Then Tim took his 5-hour energy shot and we were on our way. He experienced a couple of funky chemical reactions due to the crazy energy shot, but it worked for the most part. We listened to pretty much every CD in his CD wallet, and reminisced on all of the awesome times we've had together as a group, basically coming to the conclusion that our group of five was the coolest group of best friends known to mankind. Can't fight the love. When it got dark, we stopped at a Taco Bell to eat, and kept on remembering all of our fun times, which we never seemed to run out of now that I think about it. Back on the road, we finally entered Oklahoma and Tim tried to stay behind a certain truck that seemed really good at weaving in and out of traffic, but I think he noticed us tailing him and he succeeded in losing us. Shucks. Joe kept calling us for updates on where we were, while Tim and I noticed a lunar eclipse happening and almost saw it eclipse completely until the clouds got in our line of vision. When we finally reached OBU, Joe ran out into the street and attacked Tim's truck, then clambered in and directed us the rest of the way. It was all joyful screaming by then.
Joe led the way into his dorm building, where the lobby was packed full of his friends waiting to greet us. It was a nice welcome. After meeting everybody and checking out Joe's room, we all ventured outside looking for something do to. In a small town like Shawnee, "you have to make your own fun", as Joe puts it. After aimlessly wandering outside in the freezing cold, picking up friends here and there, we finally settled on getting out of the cold and playing Catch Phrase. One of the highlights of the trip was sitting on the couch in one of the lobbies with Joe and Tim on either side, just talking and laughing like we used to. It was so happy! At around 1 a.m., we went to IHOP and that's when I began to crash. The three of us shared the appetizer sampler, and I almost fell asleep on the table numerous times. Tim also found a new friend in Beth, the girl who relentlessly gave him foot massages on request. Poor thing.
After sleeping in and waking up just in time for lunch, Joe took us to Bricktown to see Slumdog Millionaire. Well, the movie was basically for him and his friends, since Tim and I had already seen it, but it was so good that heck, we'll see it again! I mainly wanted Joe and his girlfriend Savannah to see it because they just came back from a month-long trip to India, and I think that affected their view point on the movie quite a lot. Then Joe attempted to give us a tour of Shawnee but got lost in the process, and we retreated back to his room where Tim serenaded us on his guitar and I fell asleep for a good hour or so. Then dinner, and a basketball game. OBU won. The other team had these twin asians playing and Tim kept trying to insult them from the stands. That was funny.
The next morning, the three of us went to an early lunch at the Cracker Barrel, then said our goodbyes at a gas station. It was so depressing. We hugged for a good ten minutes before Tim finally pulled out and began heading home. The gas station was sold out of 5-hour energy shots, so he bought a Monster instead. When we stopped in Dallas to have an early dinner with Chelsey at Cheesecake factory, Tim was beginning to crash from the aftermath of the Monster energy drink. Seeing Chelsey was fun. We've been best friends since freshman year and it's almost hard to believe that our friendship has hardly changed after all this time away from each other. She took us to her apartment after dinner and we just relaxed for a while. Tim left eventually and Chelsey and I started watching "50 First Dates" until my dad came to truck me back to Huntsville.
I love my friends. They make life amazing.
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