The last week in Texas has been rather hot, but good. We've apparantly had a milder August than usual (it's only in the lower 90's instead of the upper 90's) so that has been nice. A lot of my projects at work have started to wrap up and before I know it, I'll be doing my final presentation. One very cool thing that I got to do with week was to take a little trip all day Wednesday with some of the other interns from work. We got the chance to visit one of the refineries in Houston, had a lovley lunch, and went to an Houston Astros game. I had never been to a covered/air conditioned ballpark so that was pretty cool to see. I learned at the game that the vast majority of people who attend afternoon ball games end up being retirees. This was pretty funny since there were two very opinionated older gentlemen sitting right behind me and about 20 grannies behind them. It was rather funny to see the older gentlemen trying to show off to the ladies. Things never change. ; ) Probably my favorite part of the whole time was BSing with the rest of the interns during our 3 hours of van time. We all get along pretty well so it was fun just to tell stupid stories, make bad jokes, and get some time to catch up on what each of us have been up to.
This weekend has been fairly relaxed around town. We had a pool party Friday night at a friend's house nearby which was interesting. There was definitely a girl who was chain smoking and pregnant there. I hope very much that in my lifetime I never see a pregnant woman chain smoking again. Beyond that mishap, the party was fun and it was good to relax with some of my friends from work. Yesterday I got my first hands on experience with a classic Southern crap boil. The place I went to managed to cook about 50 lbs of crab, a whole bunch of shrimp, fries, hush puppies, etc. To say the least, it was a feast. The crab was very good and well worth having to bash the shells with my fingers and the plate. By the time I got done attacking my plate full of crabs, I was almost completely covered in spices, oil and crab guts. I even managed to get some down my shirt. : / I'm glad I got the opportunity to try out new food, though! : )
Beyond all those events at work and this weekend, things have been pretty calm around here. One of my very good friends and ex-roommates from back home has agreed to fly down here and drive back up to Michigan with me. I'm very happy about this! : ) It's been really hard for us to connect since she's graduated so it will be a whole lot of fun seeing her again. True to form, I've already booked her flight and two of our hotel rooms for the trip. I just have to figure out what we're going to do for lodging in Cincinnati then we will be all set!!
This coming week should be pretty decent. It will be sad to have my roommate move out this Wednesday, but I know she's ready to get away from this small town. A lot of my friends will be finishing up their internships in the next 2 weeks so things will start getting a lot quieter around here. Pretty soon I will have to start packing and getting all my stuff together for the big trip home. I'm hoping to donate anything I don't need from the apartment and hopefully go home with less stuff than I came with. We'll see if I can manage that. It may take some serious effort, but I'll definitely make it happen.
That's about all for now. Back to doing laundry and getting my stuff taken care of so that I'm set to go for the week!
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