For Labor Day Weekend our best friend decided that he did not want to spend the holiday working so he requested that we come on down to Texas to give him a reason to take some time off of work. He enticed us with a free eye exam for Kristy and Sea World for the kids. We were simply happy just be able to spend time with him but those added bonuses sure excited my girls.
We arrived a few hours before Ray was done working so we decided to pester him in his optometry office located in his local Sam's Club.
As promised Kristy was given the Royal treatment in Ray's office. He had the "kid" check her in and prep her for her contact lens exam.
Then Ray went into his "better one....better two" routine. It was very fun watching Ray be a "Doctor", professional and all. Molly and Neleha got a real kick out of this other side of Ray.
Kristy was given her prescription and tried out a couple of colored contacts.....at the same time, for comparison purposes.
Aqua and green.......we all decided aqua looked best, her left eye ..... I think.
Then Ray gave us a tour of his other office which was located in a nearby shopping center. This office was very modern and huge and actually had toys for kiddies in the waiting area. I wonder what the lack of toys in his Sam's Club office tells us.....hummmmm?
Back at Ray's place we had fun watching movies, eating some awesome stackers breakfast sandwiches, and playing on the computer.
Ray finally gave us the "walking" tour of the Texas A&M campus. The last time we were down he gave us the driving tour, which was nice, but this time we actually got to fully experience this most awesome university campus.
He showed us this very solemn memorial reminding all concerning the great tragedy when 12 students lost their lives assembling the legendary fire tower for A&M's annual rival game with Texas State. The memorial was done very well and truly evoked the respect of which it was built for.
Our tour continued with a walk through many of the buildings and the football stadium. Ray had always told us about the tradition ladened atmosphere that is very typical of Texas A&M and we saw our first taste of it when we saw a line of students waiting in line for football tickets at least 12 hours before the ticket office was to be opened. Those are some serious fans.
The girls were very fond of the "Twelfth Man" statue which is the heart of all their tradition. The idea is that the spirit of the twelfth man is to be willing to give what the school needs when it needs it. It was a very interesting concept.
Ray showed the girls this very old tree that sort of leans over a particular section of the sidewalk. Ray explained that it is under this tree that many students come to propose marriage, something about good luck.
The above statute is where students place a penny before an exam for good luck on the exam. Tradition ladened indeed.
Ray also took us down the night club area of College Station where all the students come to let loose. One particular area was called Bottle Cap Alley which lived up to it's name. Apparently people throw their bottle caps from their beverages in this alley and this has resulted in a bottle capped lined alley. It was pretty cool to walk on.
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