Yesterday I had the most interesting Dining experience that I've ever had to this day.

Two couples( Ryan and Kira, Micah and Cami), my wife, and myself decide we want some of the P'Zones being offered by Pizza Hut and make a date to go.

We arrive and see that there are no tables set up for larger groups. The waitress stares at us and walks to the back. I start heading for a table and pushing them together. The waitress walks up to me and ask if I will be dining in, carrying out, or delivery. To which I respond "dining in" I tell her there will be 6 of us and 3 kids and we need to make a bigger table. She says ok, but she doesn't know if we can put the tables together

We sit catycorner from each other so the guys can talk and the girls can talk. The waitress asks who will be together on the tickets. We point at our partners and are promptly asked to move next to our partners so we don't "confuse her."

We all decide on what we want and she comes around and asks for my name so she can seperate the tickets by name We tell her we want the two P'Zones for 10.99 deal and two drinks. She responds "It's not really a deal. You see the single P'Zones are 5.99 each and that's the same as the 10.99 deal" (5.99 +5.99 =11.98) We say... "Great... we'll have the 10.99 deal."

She moves on to the next couple who ask for the same thing but they want to cut the green peppers and add black olives instead. She writes on her pad for about 10 seconds and replies "I'll write that down.... but you'll have to wait and see what they give you to know if they can make that substitution."

Finally she goes to Micah and Cami and they ask what all combinations they can have. She says they can have 3 of whatever they want. :youcrazy:

After we've all placed our orders.... A man from another table gets up and heads to the back (restrooms) The waitress chases him down telling him she can check him out at his table. She follows him all the way to the door of the men's restroom to tell him this.

Finally our food comes out and she walks out and asks who has 2 P'Zones (We all did) We ask what's on them and says "I don't know. You look inside"

She brings the rest of the food out. We seperate it.

Afterwards we ask for some ranch dressing. This reply is "I don't know... I'll have to go see what the bigwigs in the back say."

The bigwigs say the ranch is a go.

Micah, Ryan, and I are talking as she walks up and asks if we need refills.
She's sitting behind Micah and says this while he's not paying attention.. She waits a few seconds and yells "MICAH!!!!!" He turns around... "Would you like a refill?"

At the end she comes out and says... "I'll go get your tickets... which you do have to accept."

Thanks.

Finally, Cami calls her son Aiden "Buster Brown" and the waitress overhears and asks what his name is. She replies Aiden. The waitress thinks for a minute... and says she "has a cousin named that. no... a second cousin... or a cousin-in-law.... no wait... it was her neighbor's son. And he was named Adrianne... not Aiden."


When she brings our tickets she asks who had what (we all had the same $15.12 ticket) One friend hands her a $20 and the waitress asks if this is her tip. Cami said "No, but keep the change."

"So.... no tip?"

"No, there's a tip, I said you keep the change."

"Oh... I thought the company got to keep it."

Wow.

To end the night another waitress drops a drink tray and our waitress comments... "Ha. Not me this time."

I really wish I could tell you that I'm embellishing this story a tad bit or that people came out w/ cameras afterwards... but alas no. True story and Candid Camera wasn't there to my knowledge.

I thought things were supposed to slow down after you graduate....


whoever told me this lied. it just seems like no matter what i get accomplished I still have a million things to do when i get done w/ that first list.

Part of it has a lot to do with having a kid two weeks after I graduate and the day I was supposed to start a new job. It never felt like we got to enjoy that spot of marriage where neither of us were in school and we didn't have a kid (We weren't ever DINKs if you know what I mean...) It was graduation... and poof. Full time job and dad in one day. Not that full time is incredibly different than being part time, but now when stuff breaks you don't get to get off because you have homework or a test the next day.

Don't get me wrong... I love my job. It's rewarding and pays decent (for now). And I love being a dad... how could you not love this? Even if your a TT or UT fan



It just seems so sudden to be a dad fresh out of college. I have a lot of other friends (some of you post on here) who are married or unmarried out of college and it seems like it's such a different life.

You don't get to go out nearly as much because if you want alone time you have to get a sitter and if you want to bring the little guy it requires him bringing his entourage of stroller, carrier, pacifiers, diapers, etc.

Then you don't get much vacation because it's your first year of a job and they don't start giving you many hours till after your first year (dumbest idea I've ever heard of).

All this to say.... it just doesn't seem like I have enough time. What's weird is that if I did an audit of how I spent my time I don't think I'd find a lot of waste. I don't watch very much television... I haven't played a video game in over a month... and the time before that was 3 weeks... I don't do just a whole ton around the house other than things I have to do. Very strange.

I do take solace in the fact that I do spend time every morning w/ my Lord and spend my evening hours w/ my wife and son. I've really learned the power of saying "No." to people at my church and family. That's hard for me because I'm not good at it. I'm too much of a people pleaser and I promised my wife I'd try to stop it this year. It's resulted in a lot more saturdays at home.

I guess you just have to take the good w/ the bad and enjoy the time i do have to relax.


But anyways.... I digress...

Football season is upon us. I will start posting some links to some good reviews as well as doing my own very soon.

For now... a way to early guess on the BigXII outcome:

North
1. Mizzou (Yes, I'm serious)
2. Nebraska
3. K-State
4. Colorado
5. Iowa State
6. Kansas

South
1. Texas A&M
2.Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas Tech
5. Baylor (Yes, I'm serious)
6. OSU


Breakdown.:

I think Chase Daniels and the tigers get it this year. Nebraska returns a good core, but start over at QB and at a few D positions. Mizzou brings back most of last years offense. They do lose a little at D (especially Brian Smith) K-State and Prince may make a splash but we'll have to see how it goes from there. I very seriously doubt the other 3 will even have a chance

The south is pretty open. I give it to the ags for 3 reasons.

1) One of the best offensive lines in the nation
2)As good as Justin Warren and Melvin Bullitt were... they are very replaceable. The D will only get better from here
3) They're my team.

I just don't think Texas is going to be National Championship caliber this year. Neither will Oklahoma. (Not that A&M will be) Both just lost a lot to graduation (and prison for Texas)
Tech will finish its average 8-4 4th in the south (You know it's true jay) And OSU and Baylor just aren't consistant enough to be a factor I don't think.

We'll see how it goes. I'm not a professional at this stuff.