I can hardly believe it myself, but college football is upon us once again. Our Yellow Jackets kicked off at noon at historic Grant Field and Honey and the PCP are in on the action.
I offered the boy my ticket because it was the right thing to do… you know, to kind of casually and under the radar-ishly coax him into bleeding white and gold, hence making TECH the college choice of his dreams down the road. Well that and the fact that, in spite of my self proclaimed so-Southern-ness, I just don’t really care for football. I know, right?! (I really just wrote that. On the internet. For everyone in the world to read.) The one thing that made me second guess the decision was when Sister told me lil CeeCee would be in tow sporting her GT cheerleading uniform for the first time. I made her cross-her-heart promise to spam me with photos of that preciousness.
Say what?? My e-card should read something more like “Say those magical words a girl wants to hear… Go shopping and buy anything you want!!!” or “I got a baby sitter and we’re headed out to dinner!!!” or even “I washed the clothes and didn’t shrink or ruin anything!!!”
But I digress… While I don’t give a whit about football, I most certainly do love Georgia Tech, I relish a good tailgate party, and I adore a game when my besties are all in tow to drink cheap stadium wine and share bags of those divine spiced nuts while we catch up in the air conditioned lounge. But with babies and kids and little league sports and general life commitments, that generally only happens a few times a season. So while the big boys are sweating it out at the game today, the baby and I will be playing UNO on the porch, ogling those aforementioned photos of “she she belle”, and perhaps enjoying a dip in the pool on this fine Labor Day weekend.
GO TECH!
xoxo
UPDATE: Sister sent this pic of CeeCee and I just had to share!! Also, she met fabulous young alum Kirby at the game and promised a shout out on the blog :-) So….. “Heeeeeeeeeey Kirby! Wish I’d been there to meet you!!!”
Fun! We used to go all the time, before life got hectic with our girls and sports. My brother, sil, and tons of our besties went to Tech. And, while I too don't care too much for football…I will be glued to the TV later hoping to get a glimpse of my baby in the stands at Baylor. Last year she managed to be front and center at every TV game!! LOL
With u. I like everything that leads up to the game but not sitting there for hours watching. Enjoy your weekend.
I went to Elon. Don 't whoop us too bad!!! I snorted my tea when we got the schedule and the season opener at GT.
("toe meets leather" unless we're talking about kickball)
See! I could correct it but it perfectly demonstrates how little I know about the sport.
So fun to find my shout out! Adore your blog and would love to meet you :) Go Jackets!
You are so funny! I completely understand how you feel! I don't care about football at all – and my husband is a die hard fan! To make it worse, he played football in high school and college so it's such an important part of his life. I tried in the early days to act interested but he saw right through me. Now he knows I just go to games (when I have to) for the tailgating and socializing. Luckily my sons have started to like football! Oh and Cee Cee looks precious in that outfit!
-Shelley
I'm looking forward to our cheap wine and spiced nuts soon! Xoxo – N