Back in the Wac: Part 1

This past weekend, Sean and I had the privilege of driving up to Waco to see my sister star in the Baylor theatre production of Bye Bye Birdie.

Being a Baylor alumni, I was thrilled to have a chance to get back to the campus-which has so many more cool things than it did when I was there. There are new dorms on campus and a posh new science building complete with fun fountains. Not to mention all the amazing additions to the city of Waco-a Cheddars, a Bahama Bucks AND a Panera. I am currently pondering career and/or educational paths that will bring me back to this now bustling metropolis.

When we arrived, we met up with my mom, my Aunt Dale and Lindsay's BF since Kindergarten, Holly. Lindsay lives at the best apartment complex because each apartment has a fun red porch swing in front of it. These apartments did exist during my time at Baylor-however, I never had the privilege to live in them. Lindsay on the other hand, has rocked The Center and the "red swing" apartments-which, as any Baylor people will know, is high society!

There was all the appropriate squealing and hugging and picture taking-


and comparing of cute shoes.

But our time with the burgeoning starlet was short lived as she had to make her way to the theatre. I was fortunate enough to capture a photo of her intense, pre-show ritual.

While Lindsay was off getting ready for the show, the rest of us decided to walk around campus for a bit. I love the Baylor campus. So many great memories come flooding back and an amazing feeling of peace and contentment comes over me. I'm sure Sean got a little tired of me exclaiming, "I LOVE BAYLOR" all day.

I was most excited to see the new Brooks hall-and lucky for us, it was a recruiting weekend, so all the buildings were open. So I got to see the highly acclaimed Brooks up close and personal. Again-my fellow Baylor peeps will understand why this is a big deal. Let's just say the old Brooks was a bit, um, ghetto. It was leveled and a new masterpiece-a "living and learning community"-was built in its place.

Just take a look at the Brooks dining hall-

It's totally like Harry Potter-except without the magic-'cause that kind of thing is frowned upon at Baptist universities.

I didn't take any pictures of the actual dorm rooms (which were amazing) because the girls were already weirded out by me when I told them I went to Baylor 7 years ago. The way they looked at me definitely communicated their belief that I was incredibly old. But I did take a picture of the dorm chapel-


and a shot of the cafeteria from the outside.

Some more photos of our jaunt around the campus:

Holly and me on the green and gold swings

The Immortal 10 Memorial and Pat Neff

My home away from home-the Carroll Science English Building

And then it was off to the theatre . . .