SHAMWOW: What a Week

So here I sit either late on Sunday night or early Monday morning…however you look at it. As I sit here I wonder “Hmm, where did the week go?” This week has been a lot of work for me because of my Foreign Service Officer Test was Friday March 5th. And boy did it sneak up on me.

-I cannot for the life of me remember Monday-

So Tuesday was a day that blind sided me and hit me with a test in Advanced Leadership Theories. Luckily I was awakened before class by a fellow classmate and I had a chance to look over the materials. A little tip for the wise…ALWAYS READ FOR YOUR CLASSES…it helps a bunch. So the test went good and after class I went to work at Lowe’s. I got off at five and it was then time to go to my other job RA (DUN DA DUUUUN!!!!) Thankfully I had a slow night.

I found Wednesday to be a day of nerves getting the best of me. All day I was think about the upcoming test on Friday and leaving on Thursday to Amarillo. To my surprise I received my income tax refund early so I treated myself to a gift. I was thinking “Hey I’ve been good; I deserve something nice.” And so I purchased a GPS and now I drive my girlfriend crazy with it…haha

Thursday… nerves are running rampant. A cold sweat is on my brow. The dragon is upon me…oh wait that was my dream. On this day I awoke in Monahans at my parents house, got my oil changed, picked up my girlfriend and hit the road to Amarillo. We drove for what seem like eternity. Finally salvation came with the GPS telling us that our hotel is on the right. So I went in to check in….wait let me back up a bit. Bout a week before March 4th I paid for a room for two nights through an online booking site(I will leave the name out for legal matters). Now let’s fastforward to March 4th, 2010. So I went to check in and gave my name and all that good stuff and then the guy asked me for my credit card. So I told him I already paid for the rooms through the before said online site. So he called the company. According to that site I booked a room at the hotel Duk in India. If you have ever looked at a map Amarillo and India are nowhere close to each other. For the longest time the customer service reps could not understand what I was wanting. I went ahead and paid for the two nights and graciously the guy honored the rate that I booked online and upgraded our room to the Executive Suite. So after about 5, 5! phone calls lasting about twenty minutes each I was told that the hotel I was staying in was not going to charge my account. After all was said and done I only paid for 1 room for 2 nights and not 2 rooms for 2 nights. Finally, I was able to relax and prepare for the next day.

D-Day aka Friday started at 8 o’clock in the morning. Went and got a good breakfast, then went to find the testing site. The testing site was only 2 minutes away from the hotel..SCORE! So a little exploring of Amarillo followed since the test started at 1pm. Went and took the test…feel pretty good…will not get the results until about 4 weeks. After the test, we went to the Big Texan, home of the free 72oz. steak *If you eat it and the sides in less than an hour; if not fork over about $80. I did not attempt this heroic feat, but I did however do some damage to this 24oz. steak.

Saturday was a day of adventure went to the Botanical Gardens but disappointed when everything was dead or under construction, went to the Amarillo Zoo saw some lions and empty tiger cages and bears…Oh My! Afterwards we found our way to Amarillo College and realized that it was not as visually pleasing as good Ole UTPB. After some more site seeing we decided it was time for us to depart this old cow town and head back yonder to desert. But on our way back we stopped at Canyon to see WTAM and again I was let down by the appearance of the campus. Eventually we made it back with enough time for me to sleep to go to work early Sunday morning.

Sunday-work.

So with this week in review I leave you with a song that has been stuck in my head since Thursday, Amarillo by Morning by George Strait

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