My Visit to Fort Worth!

So, a few weeks ago, I was able to finally go back to somewhere I've been longing to be...my second home, Fort Worth and TCU!  I just happened to have a free weekend the same time that all of my friends there were free because there was an away game, so I hopped on a plane and headed back to Cowtown :)

My lovely Little Kayla picked me up at the airport (after I got up at 5:00am to get to the airport, this will be important later) and I just about lost it then...I missed her so much!  Then we went to see Julie at her place of employment and had a tour of Brainhealth.  We headed back to Fort Worth and ate at the new In-N-Out Burger and then went back to her apartment until band.  I got to see Lauren then and catch up...and also watch the O.C., which Kayla and Lauren promised I would soon be addicted to and which indeed proved to be the case!

Anyways, it was soon time to leave for band practice.  I have honestly been really missing band, so I was glad to have the opportunity to go and I also got to see so many friends.  I received so many hugs in the space of ten minutes...I have rarely felt so loved.  I was so glad to see so many people: my museum buddy Michelle, Olivia, Natalie, Molly, Cristi, and the Amandas and so many others, and, it goes without saying, the rest of my family!  Being with Kayla, Audrey, Callie and Meridith again made me feel complete again, really bring home that I had felt like something was missing.  I love them all so much and seeing them again...ah, there are no words.  Anyways, so practice continued on and I got to help out with the rain jackets and see their show so far.  Then, at the end, I was able to sing with the chapter which definitely brought tears to my eyes.  I know that college can't go on forever...but I wish that I had more time to be in band and TBS with all of these people I love so much.

After practice, we met up with Julie for dinner at Pappasito's for some good old Tex-Mex like they definitely don't have in Lawrence!  We had a great dinner and a lot of fun together.  Then Julie and I went back to Kayla and Lauren's to get ready to go the Fray concert at TCU that night.  The concert was fun but not super exciting, though we got to hang out with Meridith and Callie some more.  Afterwards, we went out with some other people and had a very exciting night!  Long story short, though, we didn't go to bed until after 3:30, and I had been up since 5 that morning.  Yikes!

The next morning we were up bright and early too for the Heart Start Walk, which TBS has participated in since my sophomore year.  It was fun and afterwards Kayla and Traci and Joellen and I had a lovely breakfast at the Vickery Blvd Cafe.  Then Kayla I went back to her apartment and basically laid on her floor for hours until Meridith and Callie came over and inspired us to do something.  We went to this really neat and delicious pizza place called Pie-5 to eat and watch the TCU game.  After halftime, Amy and Allison came to meet us and it was more than I had hoped for to see them as well!  After the game was over, we went to this place called Sweet Sammies and had ice cream sandwiches...mine was purple, of course, to celebrate our victory!  Then Kayla and Callie and Meridith and I explored the new Charming Charlie's.  Callie had to leave but Kayla and Meridith and I watched one of our Pink! family movies, She's the Man.  Then we dropped Meridith off on campus and went to the Black-Out party at the drumline house.  However, it was super crowded and I was too tired to deal with crowds and so we left, got Whataburger, and watched some more O.C.

The next morning, we got up and Callie and Kayla drove me to the airport.  Being September 11th, I was worried about security, but it was fine in Dallas.  It was a bit surreal to be sitting there watching the ceremonies in New York while sitting in an airport...especially after my plane was delayed because of a bomb threat at KCI.  So, it took quite awhile to get home, and I was stressing about the week to come.  Still, I wouldn't trade my time in Fort Worth for anything!

So, there is an extremely detailed account of my time in Fort Worth.  I'm glad I didn't have to wait until Homecoming to see everyone again.  I really needed to renewal of being around my friends and people who loved me and I did not realize how much I missed being hugged!  Now I'm eagerly counting the days until I can go back for Homecoming!