Ramblings of Reese

Friday night, I drove to Medina to see my girlfriend, Katelynn, again. We had plans to meet up with some friends and go to the Grafton Haunted School House. I was already pretty scared on the way there because, first of all, I hate haunted houses. Second, our friend Nick, who was riding with us, said it looked like it was going to be scarier than the haunted house we went to a few weeks ago in Columbus. That one was already pretty scary, so I wasn’t exactly excited to find out what we were getting ourselves into. When we arrived, there was no line, which meant all the scare actors who would normally be scaring people waiting outside were focused entirely on our group. There was a lot of anticipation, but once I walked inside, I could tell the budget was much smaller than the one for Fear Columbus. There were only a handful of actors who would scare us, then quickly have to move to their next positions. Given the budget, the haunted house was by no means bad. I actually got jump-scared ...

After classes on Friday, I grabbed lunch with some friends, then headed back to my apartment to pack for a busy weekend. I’m in an organization called PRSSA, and this weekend, we had a conference in Orlando, Florida, called ICON. It’s a conference where PRSSA chapters from all over the country come together to learn, network and have fun. I planned to ride with two other PRSSA members, Isaac and Brant. They picked me up around 5 p.m., and we headed to the Cleveland airport. Getting through the airport and onto our flight went smoothly. We didn’t get to our hotel in Orlando until pretty late, so we unpacked, settled into our rooms and went to bed. Luckily, we got to sleep in a little because we didn’t have anything scheduled until the luncheon at 11 a.m. the next day. The luncheon was a salad with grilled chicken. It wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but it was good. They also handed out awards, and ONU PRSSA was recognized as a Star Chapter for its work throughout the year. After th...

My only two classes on Friday got canceled, so I had a free day. Around noon, I met my roommate Alec for lunch, then we both went over to help the musical theater majors sell donuts to raise money for their fraternity. We ended up selling all the donuts and making a pretty good profit. After that, I drove home, and to my surprise, my Grammy and Aunt Pat were there. They live a few hours south, so we don’t get to see them very often. We had pizza, watched movies and played card games until about 3:30 a.m. The next afternoon, I headed to Cedar Point to meet up with Alec and some friends. Little did I know, it was going to be the worst drive to Cedar Point I’ve ever had. I got rerouted three different times, and each route was supposedly going to save me time. Instead, each one added about 10 minutes to my drive. When I finally got to the gate, the line was horrendous. Once I got in, I had to park in the very back of the parking lot because it was so packed. I don’t think I have ever seen...

Friday after classes, I got some homework done, watched some TV, got some food and took a shower before deep cleaning the whole apartment. My girlfriend, Katelynn, along with one of her friends, Camryn, and her boyfriend, Nick, were coming to spend the weekend at ONU, so I wanted the apartment to actually look decent. I swept the whole apartment, cleaned the tile floors, scrubbed the toilet, cleaned the mirrors, and did the dishes. By the time I was done, the apartment looked like we had just moved in. After that, I was invited to a musical theater after-party since Friday was the first night of their showing of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” We had some pizza, I congratulated them on their first night and then headed back to the apartment just in time for Katelynn, Camryn and Nick to get there. The first night was really chill. We just played some video games, watched YouTube and hung out before going to bed. We had a lot planned for Saturday, so we got up that morning ...

Last Friday, the plan was to head straight home after classes to go to a Jon Pardi concert with my family. Unfortunately, I was not aware of my choir concert until the week of the Jon Pardi concert, and they just so happened to fall on the same date and time. I talked to my choir director, and he said there was not any flexibility when it came to concerts. I was not mad about it because that was what I expected, but I was definitely bummed because I was really excited for the concert and we had planned it during the summer. Instead, after I got out of class Friday, I did not have much to do, so I decided to play some video games. I was getting kind of sick of the same couple of games, so I downloaded “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag,” an action-adventure game set during the Golden Age of Piracy where you play as a pirate and explore the Caribbean. I played for a few hours before meeting with my Group Communications group to make our slides and assign everyone’s parts for our presentati...

The fun started early this weekend. My family, including my girlfriend, Katelynn, and my brother Blake’s girlfriend, Tori, had tickets to see Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour in Millersport, Ohio, on Friday. Because of that, I left Thursday night after a long day of classes and got back home just in time to go to my brother’s soccer game against Whitmer, a school in Toledo. Whitmer is a pretty big school, but its soccer team is not that great, so I was not too worried about the game. By halftime, we were up 4-0, so we started putting in some of the backup players. That only slowed down the scoring, though. I honestly lost count by the end of the game. All I know is that we scored a lot and they scored one. After the game, we headed home and waited for Katelynn to get there. She arrived sometime between 10:30 and 11 p.m., and we all hung out for a little bit before heading to bed. The next morning was the big day. We got up, showered and got ready before heading out to pick up Tori. Once we picke...