Although it seems a little cringe worthy to include a gym in my list, I could not help but add it into my blog. This building is rather simple and not very impressive to the eye, but I have spent a lot of time in there. The building actually used to be a restaurant on Main Street in my home town. Now it is a gym that is one of the few functioning buildings in my town. It is actually the only building to have any colorful lights to look at during night time so it does stick out. Besides being a place that I workout at, it is a place that has its own little community of people within my town. Every time I am in there I see someone I have gotten to know over the years of going there and it is not uncommon for us to have conversations with multiple people in there. I guess you could say it is one of the few social hotspots in my town for adults.

I put this restaurant in my blog because it was my family’s favorite place to go when we all lived in Houston. I can always count on my family to talk about a memory from when we were younger and it was usually in this restaurant. As far as restaurants go it was pretty standard although in my memories it is some of the best food I have ever had. The main thing I loved about it was that it always seemed like a positive experience when we were there. I can never remember having one of those dinners where someone had a bad day or there was an awkward silence. These restaurants actually went out of business sadly, but we were in the process of moving to Oklahoma already so we did not really notice till we went back to visit. One thing that also really sticks out to me was the way these restaurants were designed. They kind of looked like a house that I would imagine in medieval times or something.

I chose to include the OU football stadium in my blog because it has been a significant part of my Fall season since 2009. I moved to Oklahoma in 2009 from Houston, Texas and at the time I remember not knowing anyone from around here. I was also really into skateboarding as a kid, and when you move just outside of a small town into the countryside it becomes difficult to stay enthused when you do not have friends to skate with. One day however, my grandfather told me he had got us season tickets to the home games at OU. Until that point I had never played football, watched football, or even had a favorite team. So going to my first home game was truthfully my first football experience, and when we went it was something I will never forget because ultimately it helped change my life in Oklahoma. I quickly started loving to watch the Sooners and even decided to play football for my school. It was through football I made a lot of friends that I still have today. It also has kept me and my grandpa close because we both love talking about it. We have seen a lot of great games and a few bad ones, but those seem to be more rare. I also believe that attending these games helped shape my decision to come to OU because walking around campus before games really helped me familiarize myself with the campus and I knew I wanted to go there. Unfortunately the Corona virus has kind of put a damper on things this year because we could not get our season tickets, but I certainly look forward to going next season if I have the opportunity!