January 26, 2014
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Austin
This was my birthday weekend, and I'll have to say that it's one I won't forget. God has blessed me in ways that I rarely take the time to appreciate.
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Friday, the 24th, was cold. I woke up, looked at my phone, and it was 25 degrees outside. Not that I get to school early on Fridays, but Connally was delayed until 10. I'd texted a few people on Thursday to gauge interest in going to Austin. I had heard back from a couple of people, but plans were still up the in air at this point. I got to Connally, did some work, ate lunch with Dad, and we looked at a house. Lunch was good; the house was not. I went back to Connally and kept working. Rae texted me and told me that school had been cancelled for her, so that was cool. She told me she was going to drive in, but I didn't expect her til 6 or so because of school. Now she'd be able to leave earlier and beat the traffic while there was still a little daylight left.
She arrived about 4:30, and I met her at Baylor by the Visitor's Center so she could drop off her car. A couple of days before, I saw Cason and Jessica post a picture of them at Lover's Leap in Cameron Park. I'd never been up there before. At least, if I had, I couldn't remember it, so I took her up there. It was actually pretty cool. The view is pretty nice from up there. Unfortunately, it was just too cold with the wind to spend much time there. I drove her around Waco what little I could. I hadn't prepared for an early arrival, but she didn't seem to mind. Garett got off work at 5:00, so we went to his apartment to met up with him. I gave her a little Garett promo before we went in. We went in, they met, and we talked for a bit. He asked her some of the same questions I did on our first day, which I thought was funny. In the end, I borrowed a blanket and "The Matrix" from him, and we left for dinner.
I hadn't been to "Bangkok Royal" in a while, so I decided to take her there. As usual, the service was terrible, but the food was very good. After dinner, I thought it'd be cool to watch the Matrix at Lover's Leap, but I decided to change venues 1) because I thought the park might be closed and 2) because I didn't want to get shanked. The Ferrel Center parking lot was my next choice. I knew there'd be a lighted areas with a police patrol, and it wasn't far from her car. So, the girl that I've seen three times and drives 2 hours to see me was totally on board for watching my favorite sci-fi movie on a laptop in the back of my car in freezing weather. I'm seriously running out of reasons not to really, really like this girl. We got about an hour into the movie before both of us needed to go to the bathroom, which was hilarious.
The movie ended around 11:15 or so, and I drove her back to her car. She gave me a big hug, and I looked into her eyes, and I just wanted to kiss her. So I asked her if I could kiss her. She nodded, and I did. I kinda wanted to wait until Valentine's Day to kiss her, but I couldn't wait that long.
