Update

I had actually started another post last Sunday, but since about five days have passed since then, I figured I'd start a new one haha.

So Monday was the official move-in day for our apartment, but the place called and actually let us move stuff in early on Saturday. So I got most of the big things moved in then and just had to bring in the desk and the rest of my small things in on Monday. Having my family there to help organize things definitely helped move things along. Went back home to help my mom with some computer stuff/finally fix our home computer, then drove back to the ATX that night. We discovered that one of the people that previously lived in our apartment was still getting his Netflix delivered here. So of course, we had to open it up to see what movie it was. It was Greenstreet Hooligans which turned out being pretty sweet-tastic. We dubbed the Netflix person "The Oracle" and sent the movie back to see what The Oracle had next in store for us. The next morning was Harry's 21st birthday which we started off with breakfast out on the balcony and a Costco/HEB run. While at Costco, Harry saw this giant 53" teddy bear, so of course, he had to buy it. And honestly, he's been an amazing investment so far. He's an awesome snuggle buddy, and he's been doubling as Meg's bed while she stays here for the next week-ish. After running errands, some of Harry and Meg's Pines friends came to visit. They made us dinner and baked a cake for H-dub. Both were pretty delish. And somewhere in the middle of all of that, we (Harry, Mike, Meg, and I) signed up to audition for American Idol.

We got up at about 5:30 the next morning (the alarms had been set for 5 which only really Meg got up at that time), and the four of us walked over to the Erwin Center with two guitars and a cajon. There were probably a bajillion people lined up outside when we got there, and there was a guy telling everyone in the giant crowd what to do as they were filming stuff for the show. Sadly, we got there a bit too late, so we missed out on that. Once inside, we were greeted by Ryan Seacrest, and some other guy got us(everyone in the center) to sing some stuff that they also shot for the show which was pretty cool since they split up the guys and girls. After that we had a heck of a long wait, but we met some pretty cool people. We got bored sitting inside after a few hours, so we went outside where there was more space to jam. It started off with just the four of us and Joe(a guy from Denton that we met there), and after a while, more people started to gather around. That was definitely one of the high points of the day. I love how music has the power to bring random people who had never met before together like that. Well, after about 8 hours of waiting, our section was finally called up to audition. Meg actually managed to sneak in early because she had to leave for boxing class before 5, but Harry, Mike, and I went up together. I must say, Harry's rendition of Rock Jesus Loves Me was probably the best thing ever. Mike and I, along with a random girl in the group behind us, did backing vocals. It was awesome. None of us made it, but it was still a lot of fun. =) After all of that craziness, we were all dead tired pretty much and just kinda crashed in the apartment for the rest of the day.

The next day, Meg, Harry, and I got up for 8 am mass at St. Austin's then came back to the apartment (to a still asleep Mike) then headed out to Guitar Center and HEB. We picked up Laura, another Pines person, on the way over. We got Meg's guitar fixed, found possible cymbals to go with the cajon, jammed out to Christ is Risen while 'testing' out the different ones, and found a really cheap acoustic bass that might need to be bought at a later date... After that, we got some food stuffs for lunch at HEB and came home to cook it. It turned out rather scrumptious, and after hanging out for a few hours, I had to head back home to Temple for a dinner that our youth minister was having for all of us who helped out during the summer. It'd been a good several hours since lunch by the time I got there, so I was pretty hungry by then. The food they'd prepared was amazing. Steak, chicken, sausage, corn on the cob, beans, and more. Needless to say, my stomach was satisfied. We played a game afterwards which was pretty fun. The girls beat the guys, so I guess they're not the worst all of the time(though MJ would beg to differ)...

The next morning(this one's), I helped my mom with some quick stuff on the computer, then I drove back up to the ATX. Harry and Mike were actually just leaving as I was walking in, so I said bye to them for the next few days. John actually came by not too long afterwards to drop some stuff off as Meg was taking off for boxing class. Since the apartment was empty, John actually invited me over to his house in Round Rock for dinner, and I got to meet his mom and brother which was cool. And I had steak for dinner two nights in a row. Awesomeness. xD Then we both came back to the apartment, chilled for a bit till Meg got back. He took off, but will be back again tomorrow with Kaitlin to drop some stuff off, and Meg took off to go babysit for the night. Hence my current freetime to actually write something in this blog haha. And now, we're here. I made some queso to go with the chips I bought the other day and am probably gonna go hook up my computer to the TV and go watch some Firefly. Or The Proposal or The Blindside. =p Oh, and we also have confirmation that Jo-C is alive after finding out that his brother is friends with Laura Pagels(oh the benefits of fb stalking), so hopefully we'll have a full apartment soon! And that is it for now I think.

kthnxbai