Felines make for great traveling companions

The Austin Roadtrip 2K5 was a lot of fun. Thunder Jones and I sat comfortably in the back while Don drove and Colby played navigator. We played the Who-is-this-band-and/or-artist game, and a few missed turns later we eventually got to Austin.

We didn't get much sleep on Friday night. We rolled into town late and had to be at the fields early the next morning. I'm just glad we got to stay at Don's Dad's house. Though I hear that the people staying at Mike's parents had a hot breakfast in the morning and his mom made them dinner as well. But what can you do? He did buy us all Gatorade, which was pretty nice of him.

After a full day of ultimate, we went back to the house sweaty and stinky. We took showers and then went with Vijay and Lars out to eat. We went to Chuy's, a fun mexican restaurant with sanitized silverware and blessed food. Afterwards we went and rented Memento from Blockbuster and vegged out on the couch. That's pretty much all we had energy for. I had a lot of fun hanging out with Don, Vijay, and Lars, though. (Colby was at the UT football game with his cousin) They're pretty funny guys. Then by ten o'clock we were all in bed. It was a pretty wild night! I guess I didn't get to experience all that Austin has to offer. Like 6th Street with all the bars. Maybe next time... (or when I'm 76 and going on roadtrips with my sister in her motorhome!)

We had another full day of ultimate on Sunday. We were all planning on only two games, but we surprisingly won the first one so we got to play a third. I'm glad we lost that one, though, because I can tell you right now I didn't have a fourth game in me!

After the tournament we went back to the house and showered before we headed out of town. Since I was with a bunch of boys I had to sit there and watch football while everyone took turns showering. Not so much fun. But then we got to nap. So much fun!

Don and I were conspiring to either ditch Colby or just hijack him and head for the coast. I thought it was a really good idea until I found out it was just the Gulf and there aren't any big waves in the gulf which means no surfing. It just wasn't worth the extra three hour drive (one way) for no waves to play in.

So Austin is a pretty cool place. I really liked it. If it weren't so bloody hot and humid I would probably live there. Or I would just deal with the heat and humidity and hopefully get used to it. But I'm not looking to move to Texas anytime soon, so...