Fantastic Weekend

I actually trekked up to Sioux City Friday after work. This was my last chance to see one of my good friends for a while because she is moving to Emporia, KS for grad school. I am so glad that I made this trip. Friday night after I got there, I met up with Amanda (the one going to grad school), Karena, and her boyfriend for dinner at one of our favorite places - Buffalo Wild Wings (a.k.a. B'dubs). Then we just hung out in Karena's apartment, where Amanda and I both stayed this weekend. We also made a late night Taco Bell run, which is always fun.

Karena gave me the souvenirs she picked up for me while she was in London on May Term. I got a shot glass, an eraser from the London Zoo, and a pencil.

Here's a photo I have of Amanda, Karena and me from this last school year: (We took some photos this weekend because it's just one of the things we do, but I failed to get a good one of the three of us together)

When we woke up around 9 on Saturday morning, we headed to Caribou Coffee, which is always fun. I took Shalimar to the bank, and on our way back I see a car that looks like Dr. Heyborne, and as we get closer I say "Is that Dr. H?", I wave, and it sure looked like him. Then, here comes a call from Bill Heyborne on my phone... He says to me, "Yes, this is Dr. H. I could read your lips, which was really funny." hahaha Amanda and I then ate lunch with Shalimar at Olive Garden, while Karena was getting ready for work. After lunch, I helped Shalimar move her stuff from Roadman to the Garretson house along with our friend Brittany. We were M'side football game buddies this year. Here's a photo of Shalimar, Brittany, and me at one of the games:

Then, Amanda and I went and checked out the flooding. It doesn't really look like it went down much from the last time I vistited Sioux City, although I was able to take Interstate all the way there this time. We also went and visited Karena at Target, which is where she works right now. We decided to try a new place for dinner tonight - Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar. This turned out to be a great idea! It was so much fun, and we tried some new things. We ordered some crab rangoon sushi and... get this... Eel sushi. Yes, EEL! It was good, too :-)

This is one of those places where they grill some food right in front of you, so we also ordered an entree that we split -shrimp, noodles, rice, and vegetables.

As the chef was cooking the rice, he started flinging some at those of us around the table, and you were supposed to catch it in your mouth. Amanda caught hers on the first try... Me, not so much. haha  I finally got one though, after some rice hit my nose, went down my shirt, and ended up on the floor. haha What a fun time, though.

Then, I had to stop in Matt and Ryan's room to pick up some mail that my friend Jeremy asked for me to bring back to him. He lives in Ankeny. As I was up there chatting with the boys, Matt asked if I had seen their new house yet. He, Kyle, and Jeremy will be living with one other guy off-campus this coming year. I had not seen it yet, and Matt said he was headed over there to play some Nintendo 64 if I wanted to come check it out. So, I got Amanda and we went along. Can I just say, I haven't played the Nintendo 64 since Sheldon and I had one when we were younger. Brings back memories, and it was such a good time. Saw Kyle while we were there. We all played some Mario Kart, and then they put in Super Smash Brothers. Amanda rocked that game, and the boys were baffled. hahaha Then, after the first round, I kept taking 2nd place behind her. That's right boys... girls can play, too. Amanda and I kept laughing as we beat the boys at their game. We all had fun together, even though the boys didn't enjoy losing to a couple of girls so many times. I think they'll live :-)

This weekend just kept continuing to make me laugh and smile. Felt good to be back for a few days again. After the Nintendo 64 with the guys, Amanda and I went to Dairy Queen and walked around campus until Karena got off of work. Then, as we were hanging out again, Amanda suggested doing a little photo scavenger hunt for fun. I've heard of these things before, but never actually participated in one. Well, Amanda and I were on a team with our friend Kendall vs. Karena and Andy. My team won, thank you very much. haha

Here's a few of the things we took photos of and did.
1. Photo on a home plate:

2. Photo by a hummer:

3. Photo of a garden gnome: (we got creative with this one)

4. A ring from a vending machine:

5. A receipt for $0.17 worth of gas:

Soo much fun. I love going around and taking random photos with my friends. Then, Sunday, Jackie and Jessie came back so I got to see them. Jessie has been my roommate for the last two years, and Jackie is her twin sister. Before leaving, Amanda, Karena, Jackie, and I went to IHOP for brunch together. All in all, a mighty fantastic weekend with a handful of my friends from Morningside. I loved every minute of it. Soo glad I made it up there. A weekend I'm never going to forget :-)