I worked in the morning at the dentist office, went home and packed my stuff in the car. I left around 11:30, got on the freeway and headed to Federal Way to meet up at Katlin's house. I got there just after noon, talked to her mom and dad and packed my stuff inside her car. Dre was dropped off several minutes later by one of her friends. We packed her stuff and away we went. We stopped at the store for a few things before we left town for good. This included the liquor store.
We jumped onto Hwy 18 and merged onto I-90 east. We chatted about a few things, I sat in the front with Kaitlin and Dre made herself at home in the back seat. She even started drinking way before we got to Pullman.
We got into Pullman around 6:30, found Ashley's brother Ryan's place, unloaded our stuff into the room we would be sleeping in and went to My Office for dinner and beer. We talked to Jackie, one of our friends who still works there.
Of course we drank a little too much. I ended up wandering around campus and talking to Brad on the phone. I went and hung out with Ashley Atkins for a while in Community. I wandered back to Ryan's place and I got the floor. That night I was so cold it was hard to sleep and I was even in a sleeping bag. I knew I needed to find another blanket or something for the next night.
This is how cold it got last night.
We got up the next morning, ate breakfast and drove down to the blue parking lot across from the stadium to do some tailgating with some people my friends knew. This was the first time I got to tailgate at WSU before a game. We had a lot of fun. People offered drinks, food, a seat, some of the RV's had TV's, other games playing on the TV's, laughter, jokes and an all-around good time because everyone was a Coug fan. Jackie ended up scoring some free tickets into the game. I was the only one without a ticket so she handed me mine and told me have fun.
It was almost time for Cougar football so we wandered over to the student section gate and waited in line. The first couple thousand fans received Cougar bandanas. I ended up with one. We all found a seat and tried to stay warm.
It was a fun time but unfortunately we lost to Arizona State 27-14. This was the era of win or lose we drink more booze! We lost a lot of games over the course of the 2009 season.
After the game I met up with Ashley Atkins and her family. They invited me out to dinner at the Mexican restaurant in Pullman. We went to Walmart and did a little shopping. I made sure to buy an extra blanket so I wouldn't be so cold on the floor of where I was staying for the weekend. I found a good price on a twin sized cougar fleece blanket that had a stuffed Butch attached to it. I think I paid $20 for it but it was worth it. I hung out with Ashley and her roommate Tori for a bit.
I made my way back to Ryan's house and re-made my bed. I was so much warmer than the night before.
We got up the next morning, packed our stuff and had breakfast at My Office before we left. We said our goodbyes and made our way back over to the west side. We got back to Kaitlin's house around 6:00 that evening. Dre's ride didn't want to drive all the way to Federal Way so she hopped in my car and I took her to the Starbucks in Dupont. We had perfect timing. Her friend got there just as we did. I went home, unpacked the car and relaxed before I went to bed.
Next Adventure: TBA
