Episode 2: Back to the Real World

Long drives are the best.

Not to be confused with road trips. Road trips can be fun, don't get me wrong, but that term implies restless siblings, families shouting at each other, way too many bathroom stops, and cramps from sitting on your butt for 12 hours.

No thanks.

I'm talking about long drives. It's just you in your car. The sun is shining, your playlist specifically tailored to this occasion is blaring, you're jamming like a rock star in the privacy of your car, life is good.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

I think the car is about equal to the shower in terms of quality of alone time. Some of my best ideas and speculations on life come while I'm in the car. Not to mention, the acoustics are wonderful and make you sound like a freaking musical god. The only problem is, both shower and car time come to an end eventually. As much as I would love to, I can't stay in the shower forever. And not just because we get to wrinkly and would need to eat eventually. I got League of Legends to play. Until I get a completely waterproof laptop, my video games will always take precedent over endless showers. Combine them, and that's a whole different story.

But I digress.

My long drive, wonderful as it was, eventually brought me back to Texas Christian University. Not that I'm not excited to be back. I love this school and all the people in it. I've made some great friends here, and love playing ultimate and singing in Frog Corps. It's just that having a WHOLE MONTH (that still blows my mind) off of school was just magnificent. Almost surreal. No cares, no work, no blaring alarm clock yelling at me to wake up and be productive. Life was good. I got to see SO much of my friends and family, and had some really great times. Getting away from all that, quite frankly, sucks. It's mostly just the class aspect that has me down. I am not ready to be productive. Probably won't be for a while. Such is life, I suppose. But I think, overall, I am ready for this semester to start. I mean yeah, I have to do work and do things with my life, but I'm glad to be back in the college environment. My own room, my own schedule, my own responsibilities. I missed it. I'm also really excited to get back into ultimate. I didn't play nearly enough over break. This game, man. I love it. Love it, love it, love it. Granted, our first practice was SOOOO brutal. I don't work out as it is, but being away from any and all physical activity for a WHOLE MONTH just made it so much worse. Not to mention, it was BELOW FREEZING. I could not feel any sensation in my hands after practice was over. If I didn't love this game so much, I might consider myself insane. Well, I kind of already do.

SUBJECT CHANGE!

You know what's awesome? Gardetto's. You know, that Chex Mix-esque snack with the pretzels and breadsticks and delicious rye chips? Yeah, those things.

You know what's even more awesome. Finding a bag of JUST THE RYE CHIPS. I kid you not, that exists. I found one in a gas station on my way back to school. I would just like to say, that is some seriously fantastic marketing on somebody's part. I don't know why I don't see them in more places. Why anyone would turn down a bag of just rye chips is beyond me.

EPIC TRANSITION!

So that's about it for this episode. Thanks for reading! More updates to come soon, hopefully. I tried to update this a few days ago, but I accidentally closed the page and couldn't find my saved drafts. It was just a mess. But episode 2 has finally come. And you have read it. So thank you. Tune in next time and follow my experiences playing this game we call life! See ya!