Aggies Won! WHOOOOOOP!!!

My new bed kicked my ASS! It took me about 35 minutes but I finally got the top mattress up the stairs, which is not a straight shot; there are 4 curves to go through. Damn that pillow top all to hell! Then the frame was a huge pain in the ass to put together. I have no less than 3 bruises, and I walloped the "funny bone" on the inside of my right ankle. Well, it was either putting my bed together or watching "While You Were Sleeping" for the 5th time. In the end I think I would've cried less if I had just watched the stupid movie.

Actually, I really like challenges like that. It's kind of like hiking up a mountain; it pretty much sucks while you're in the thick of it, but you get such a sense of accomplishment from completing the task that it's typically a positive experience. Unless of course an 8-yr-old Tobi Berkovicci pukes on the van ride to your dropoff site, and while you're washing her socks in the sink of a rest stop, a small chunk flies into your mouth. That happened to one of my co-counselors on a hike in VT. So, yeah…I guess you could say that it's all relative. (Becca Stein, wherever you are, that one was for you.)

Thanksgiving was good. There were some empty patches, what with some relatives going to the "other" side of the family to celebrate, but all in all it was fun. My cousin David and I are planning a trip to Spain in July, I got to roughhouse with my nephews, and I entreated my cousin Anthony to lob a piece of pumpkin pie at a tree stump in our backyard, which made a most satisfying "SPLAT!" sound. (He wasn't going to eat it anyway, and he's got really good aim!)
Last night I got to hang out with some good old friends from my hometown, and tonight I'm headed to a Tejano bar w/my roommate. Let's all hope that I get home safe and unmarried.