So, spring break was last week…and likely the last one I’ll ever go on (in that this semester is my last one that involves an actual “class” with real “exams”). With the time off, I flew down to Texas to visit Andy S. and Brett for the week in San Antonio and Houston, respectively.
I flew out on Tuesday at 3:50…but weather in Dallas (where my flight was heading first…) postponed the trip by a few hours. After we finally got to Dallas, I ran to the terminal, found that there was one flight left to San Antonio (’cause I’d already missed the one I was supposed to be on…) and that it was already boarding… So I got my ticket transferred and got on at the last minute…and somehow, my baggage followed me, despite switching flights entirely.
So, Andy S. went to work on Wednesday while I played 9+ hrs of “Twilight Princess“…poorly… I had to get his help on some parts, but I still did most of it myself (although he may argue with this…). There’s a good 50+ hrs left in the game, so there’s plenty more to do… Brett came down to San Antonio Wednesday night and we went out to dinner, hung out a bit, etc. The next day (Thursday), Andy S. worked a half-day so “we” (read: “he”) could watch the NCAA tournament and, honestly, some of those games were pretty good… Anyway, we had a good time hanging out in San Antonio…
Friday, we all drove to Houston, a few hours away from San Antonio, to stay at Brett’s place. While there, we played board games, Wii (…I suck at “Smash Bros.,” by the way…), and went out… Saturday, for St. Patrick’s Day, we went by a brewery for a few hours and then by one of Brett’s friend’s houses to try some home brew that he had made…
The brewery we went to was Saint Arnold’s Brewery, which I’d never heard of… They’re a regional brewery out of Houston, much like Schlafly is, here. Saint Arnold’s, however, runs their operation out of a warehouse and doesn’t operate a restaurant. Apparently, every Saturday, they open the place up from 1:00 – 3:00 pm, you pay $5, get an 8 oz. “tasting glass,” and four tokens for four drinks of anything they’ve got…which included around 5-6 varieties. If you go often, then it behooves you to buy a larger glass from them that they’ll also fill, making that $5 stretch quite nicely over the two hours… Regardless, the beer was excellent and a good time was had by all…
But yeah, came back on Sunday and the flight back was rather uneventful… I had lots of reading to do last night, so I didn’t get a chance to post this sooner…and things are getting busy again already!
Anyway, overall, it was a good trip… We didn’t do much sight-seeing, but that was fine by me…just wanted to hang out and play video games for a week, and that’s what I got!
Thanks, guys…
What a PG trip review. So family friendly.
But yeah, you suck at Zelda and don’t act like you aren’t going to watch the NCAA tournament when it comes back on Thursday. You love it now. Watch the games that are happening in San Antonio – I got tickets today, so a whole crowd full of people will get to hear me beligerantly yell at Texas A&M instead of just you guys. Try and find me on TV. Anyways, was a good time buddy! Hope we can do it again sometime.
– Andy
So………….Andy S……….. is there an “R” version of the trip??
Glad you guys had a chance to get together!
Andy L’s Mom!
Not really. Just hitting a dozen strip clu… I mean… playing a dozen nintendo games. Haha, just kidding Brooke and Mom!
I will however divulge that Andy is a 2 beer drunk. Which was pretty amusing.
…this is only because Andy S. keeps no food in his apartment. I ate a total of two bagels that day…with cream cheese…and a glass of milk… This is simply the way of things… 😛