No Place Like Home

     On Saturday, it was homecoming and we played Samford.  The band had to be at the practice field by 6 a.m, which kind of threw me off because I've gotten used to late games.  Whenever we lined up to jog out of the tunnel for our pre-game show, I turned around and noticed that football players were sitting on the benches that we normally sit on before the show!!  I was really confused because that has never happened before, and wanted to ask them why they were sitting there. Trust me, I was getting many laughs from band people because I was trying to talk to them haha.  They were in my normal spot anyway, so I went over there and stood beside them.  One of the guys tapped me on my shoulder and said, "Hey, that guy wants to ask you something".  So I looked towards that direction and a guy was like "Can you play a song on your piccolo for me?  Just really quick?".  I couldn't help but to laugh, but I had to tell him that we weren't allowed (I felt pretty cool ;)) I then asked them what they were sitting there for and a guy replied "Just chillin".  That wasn't really the answer I was looking for but okay.  Then I remembered that it was senior football recognition day!  I don't even know who they are, because I was trying not to stare! Then during the pregame show whenever the band marches "TIGERS" down the field, I go to the field goal line along with most of the other piccolos and to my surprise, standing about 5 feet in front of the piccolo player beside me was Gene Chizik!  It was crazy and so cool!  I didn't expect him to be standing there.
    
     Aubie was acting really crazy on Saturday.  Seriously, he was crazier than normal!  He jumped from where the band stands and into the flower bed.  Then he started rolling around on top of the flowers... it was really unexpected but so funny!  Then he yanked a bunch of the flowers up (with the roots still dangling) and gave them to random bystanders.  He also jumped from the mic man's platform and basically body slammed the ground.  You could hear the student section's "ooooo" even though the student section was way down from normal.  I guess I'm just not used to Aubie being a dare devil :)  As soon as the game was over, I ate out with Leigh Ellen and then went back to my room to pack all of my stuff for thanksgiving break!  I couldn't wait to get home. 

     During my break I got to catch up with some good friends and family :) I also got help with my homework.  Poor Shelby's dad... I sat in their living room for 5 hours with him helping me to understand it.  I feel terrible, but if it wasn't for him, I don't know how I would've gotten through it.  Thank you so much Mr. Bill!!!  Also during the break, Shelby and I went to visit Catherine Grace because she got her wisdom teeth taken out.  After that, Shelby told me that she had a surprise for me.  I hopped out of the car whenever we got to Samurai and ran to the shiny silver Maxima that is one of my best friend's.... Haley :) I haven't seen her in 2 months and I was just so excited!!!  I also got to see my best friends Callie and Holly this week too... It has just been a great week all around.  I already miss both my friends and family.

Shelby, Haley, me, Callie

     On Thanksgiving, my family got together with my dad's side of the family.  My cousin Abby just had a baby boy named Porter and let me tell you... he is the cutest thing.  I've never really had experience with really tiny babies.  They kind of scare me because they just seem so fragile!  But this time I felt more comfortable and really enjoyed holding him, even if it was just for a few minutes.  He was so content. 

 

     After lunch, my cousin Claudia, my brother Andrew, and I decided that it might would be a good idea to continue the tradition of raking the yard and jumping into a huge pile of leaves!  My cousin Abby also has a daughter name Kylie, and she LOVED playing in the leaves with us. 

     It was hard to believe that I had spent 5 days in Andalusia... it feels as if I was only there for a day.  But today I had to be back for band practice.  After band practice, the piccolos got together and had our Christmas party.  We all brought food and played dirty santa.  I love my dirty santa gift that Blair made! It's the Auburn band symbol, and the music shown in the back is actual piccolo music such as war eagle, tiger rag, the horse, etc.  It was such a great idea!  

So tomorrow is the Iron Bowl... it should be an interesting day!  War Eagle alllllll the way :) It's great to be an Auburn Tiger!