(I think the fact that I just used the word groove pretty much tells me that I have...)
Life here in Jax has certainly been good. (I think I say that every time I leave a whole month between posts.) I guess since all of our adventures are quick little trips that don't cost hundreds of dollars, I tend to take fewer pictures. I also don't have any tests, papers, or projects to procrastinate anymore. What a shame... Not.
BUT. Last weekend (my birthday weekend, but more importantly the long-awaited match-up between Oklahoma and Florida State) was DEFINITELY picture worthy. Aaron and I had a ball being back in Tallahassee celebrating FSU football being back in business. Tallahassee was buzzing with people and had an energy about it that I had never really seen during my time as a student. It was so much fun! Even though the final score was 13 - 23 in favor of Oklahoma, the game was easily the best and most fun game I have ever been to. Here's the rundown of our Saturday:
6am: Wake up in Jax, eat some breakfast, deck out in garnet and gold, get on the road. (I love that we are able to to this...)
9:30am: Park our car at the BCM and high-tail it over to Langford Green for ESPN College GameDay. The following are some of the sights we saw out there.
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| Oregon Trail references were a big hit. |
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| Acknowledging a little Stoops sibling rivalry in Tallahassee. (Mark is the FSU Defensive Coordinator and Bob is the Head Coach of Oklahoma.) |
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| The GameDay scene. Something I thought would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience that turned out to be a twice-in-a-lifetime experience. |
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| Sayin' hi to the Good Year blimp. Which was funny to see in our small town of Tallahassee. |
2:00 (ish): Back to the BCM to finish watching the Auburn/Clemson game. And then a walk all around the west side of campus as a two-person tail-gate to meet up with numerous groups of friends.
We had a BLAST! And for those of you who sent your condolences for the loss on my birthday weekend, don't. Because it was seriously the best time I have had on that campus...win or lose! All I wanted for my bday after that game was a shower and a nice little nap, which one of my dear friends and former roommate provided :) She even gave me these pretty flowers to top off the weekend:
Anywho, it's game day again (a whole week later), so I'm going to get up and get a move on my Saturday. Hope all is well wherever you are...and GO NOLES!
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| Evidence of the Garnet & Gold guys at the BCM. We had a fun time remembering all the friends of ours who dressed out for this, since BCM now has a wall (and cage, apparently) dedicated to the "history" of these guys. |
6:30pm: in the stadium for pre-game festivities
8:00pm: kickoff!
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| In the Doak Campbell Stadium for the big matchup. |
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| Having SO much fun!! |
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| The energy inside the stadium was ridiculous. SO LOUD. |
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| Fireworks and everything, the place was pumped. |
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| The team watchin' our defense rock. Daniel, your buddy Parker is right there...number 35 or 36 I think. |
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| The view from our amazing seats. Row 2, 45 yard line. |
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| Sean Powell and Dustin Hopkins parked it on that bike between special-teams plays. I tried to say hello but Doak was a little too LOUD for that. |
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| Thank you Calyn & Kenley! :) |
