Family Visit: K-State Game

My speaking partner and I have both been extremely busy over the past month and have not had time to meet.  One of the reasons why both of us were so busy is that we both had family visit us in Texas.  In my case my brother flew down to experience TCU and Ricky had his family fly in to visit him.  We were both very occupied showing our family members around the area.  We decided that we would focus on our family members and meet up after they had left and we had some more free time.  

It was the week of the K-State game and my brother was flying in on thursday.  I was excited for him to come down and see TCU.  He had only been down here once when I first moved in as a freshman, and a lot has changed since he last came.  In addition TCU had, arguably, its biggest game of the season this weekend.  Even though I was excited for him to come visit it was a little stressful because I had two tests the following week.  This meant that I would have to entertain my brother while finding time to study as well.  This proved to be a harder task than anticipated.  In addition to my tests I also had to work.  I felt bad leaving my brother at home on friday while I went and worked for 8 hours but I had to do it.  I was able to take lunch off, however, and go to Texas De Brazil with my brother.  This is one of his favorite restaurants and was something that he was looking forward to doing when he came down so the day was not a complete waste.  After work my brother and I hung out at my house and played a little basketball at the rec.  Saturday morning was next and we both were very excited for the game.  As we got ready we decided which tailgates we were going to attend and when we were going to head over.  We decided to go to a friend’s house and then to a fraternity tailgate so he could experience it.  My brother seemed to be at home with all of my friends and said he thoroughly enjoyed the tailgates.  After the tailgates it was time to go to the game.  We had stayed a little late at the tailgates and were walking over to the game later than we wanted.  As we walked up to the stadium I remember seeing my brothers face light up.  We both went to a small high school and never had large attendances at our high school football games.  As we entered the stadium I could tell that it was unlikely we’d find a seat in the student section.  We walked around the student sections and looked for openings.  Unfortunately we were not able to find any so we had to sit on the upper deck.  

The upper deck was a lot different from the student section.  In the student section, sitting down was unheard of, however, in the upper deck almost everyone was sitting down.  This section was filled mostly with parents and alumni so the “feel” of the crown was much less energetic.  Although it was not as an exciting atmosphere I enjoyed sitting up there.  At one point in the game my brother had to use the restroom and left the upper deck.  As he was returning ushers would not let him back up to the upper deck so he snuck into the student section and found some people he recognized from the tailgates.  He stayed down below and watched the game until halftime when I went down and met up with him.  At this point a lot of people decided to head home so there was enough room in the student section.  We both went back down to the student section and enjoyed the rest of the horned frog victory in proper fashion.  After the game we went back to the house that the tailgate was at and celebrated the victory.  

On sunday I had planned to study for my two tests, however, it did not go as planned.  My brother was scheduled to stay until Monday so we spent the day relaxing and hanging out at the house.  Although it was nice to have my brother in town it was very time consuming and left me with no time to study for my tests.  When my brother did finally leave I realized how much work I had put off and had to pull two all nighters to study for my two tests.  Even with the all nighters it was very much worth the time spent with my brother.  I had not seen him for almost 6 months because I spent the summer in Fort Worth working.  Overall the weekend was a success and I enjoyed both watching the frogs destroy K-State as well as hanging out with my brother.  Only time will tell if he also chooses to become a horned frog.