Day 30: Let's Geaux Tigers!

      Good afternoon world! This past week was excellent as it was full of celebration and new experiences. The start of the week began with the usual routine of returning to classes and getting in the school mentality. However, on Tuesday, I turned the big 21! Unfortunately for me, this also meant no big celebrations due to it being the middle of the week. Being far from home meant that I would be making frequent trips to the post office due to all the gifts coming in. Thankfully, the post office here isn't much different from the one back at the University of South Carolina. I simply had to sign in on an iPad and approach the pickup desk to receive my packages and letters. As it turns out, there are cakes online that apparently you can ship people. Not going to lie, it was surprisingly good for internet cake.

      The rest of the week went just about the same as always. Most of the days were spent attending class and completing homework. On Friday, I was finally able to celebrate my birthday. My friends and I went out and I was able to order my first beer. It wasn't my favorite, but it was definitely a first in a lot of new experiences I've had here. Saturday saw to the arrival of the infamous gameday!

     I spent the whole of Saturday with my friends. We stayed in our conveniently air conditioned apartment and tailgated before the game. As game time got closer, we went out into campus and made our way towards the stadium. Unlike South Carolina, Tiger Stadium is located on campus. So long as there is a green space (grass) that isn't reserved, you can set up anywhere on campus. We also made our way past Mike the Tiger's habitat. Mike was out on gameday, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get any good pictures of him. The game was amazing and LSU absolutely kicked Northwestern State's butt. I was lucky enough to get close seating to field. However, leaving the game was a bit of a nightmare. Traffic was terrible leaving gameday and I had to drive my friend home who lived off campus. When the game ends, LSU turns all streets into a one way exit road. Luckily for me, traffic delayed me long enough that the roads had switched back to normal by time I headed home. All in all, it was a great week!