Pointers

Yep...as much as I would love to post the most fantastic pictures of our weekend...sadly...I forgot my camera!  But lets just say that it is probably a good thing that I didn't have documentation of what went down! Ha!  We had a fantastic kid free weekend.  We shopped for houses (none that we couldn't live without), spent time with friends and family, and tailgated for the Tech game!  I am seriously going to write a book, because it seems like every time we get together with friends we have some hysterical stories to tell! I seriously could designate a chapter for each one! Here is just some insight to our weekend....without giving too much away! 

• Don't try to go out to eat the night before a BIG game in Lubbock, TX.  You won't find one! Its impossible. Don't get me wrong, I like 82nd street Cafe, but its definitely not my first choice!
• Also, don't go out to a bar/pub the night before a game. You wait too long for drinks, its crowded, and you spend too much money in the mean time.
• Don't hang out with any ex's. You broke up for a reason and just hanging out with them will remind you of why you broke up...but at the same time make you appreciate the fact that you only see them occasionally. 
• We had a great time with my brother and his new finance! We stayed at their house and I'm so glad we did! So fun!
• Get a plan BEFORE you head down to the "game area" and don't forget to do all your errand running prior to game day!
• If you don't buy tickets to the game because your husband is cheap and he suddenly has no desire to go into the game and the time comes when someone offers him their ticket at half time...even though it was really YOU that wanted to get ticket in the first place....and he goes in without you....it is definitely ok for you to use that as ammo when the next game comes around, you want tickets, and  he is being cheap...again.
• It is so important to take a good girlfriend and stay on the same drinking field as them. That way you can still people watch and have fun, but at the same time you don't find yourself apologizing to everyone about how drunk your friend got....and for her whacked out behavior!
• Take your camera!
• ALWAYS have a DD with you for after the festivities cause you never know when YOU will become the DD and have to put up with the staggering drunk that lives across town and he becomes your problem!!
• NEVER let your girlfriend think that she can fit a truck the size of a....well truck...in a space that is WAAAAY too small for the truck. Like the garage. Bad things happen. To the truck and to the house.
• DEFINITELY go to Raising Cane's drive through at 2am....I dare you not to laugh at the greeting...or the menu for that matter! For some reason it is hysterical!  
• Don't forget to eat between and during the festivities! Stay nourished and hydrated! I only remember 2 meals that we had ALL weekend because we were too busy having fun!
• During all of the hub bub don't think that you will be spending any quality time with your husband...especially if he is feeling EXTRA social. He will tend to act like he is running for office and forget that you are there.
• Don't try to spend a lot of time or make promises see everyone you know...its not going to happen. There just isn't enough time.
• You are 32... definitely not the same age as you were in college. Don't try to act like you are.  Try to be respectable and act like you are a mother of 3 and don't do anything you will have to apologize for later! (this is not aimed at myself but I witnessed these acts in others ha!)
• Above all don't try to make everyone happy. Someone is going to get left out or gripe about the decisions that is being made for the group. In the mean time...all the beer that you have consumed has gone to waste because you are the only one being rational!

We had a blast!