Sports Weekends

Beginning with Labor Day my weekends have been dominated by sports. Not that I'm actually playing a sport on the weekends (although I do play tennis on Wednesdays); I am watching sports.











WVU's opening football game was 5 year old Owen's second time at Mountaineer field. I think he liked all the pre-game hoopla more than the actual game . . . tossing the football around in the parking lot, seeing the band's pre-game show, watching the video board in the stadium, etc. were sources of entertainment. Shortly after the game started Owen was ready to return to my house to play with the remote control helicopter he had received as a gift the night before.

The following weekend I was off to watch Jay play football (Mt. Union College) in Alliance, OH. Jeff & I were going to Jay's apartment to watch WVU play on ESPN as soon as Jay's game was over. Well, WVU played a TERRIBLE game & neither Jeff nor Jay wanted to chat about it. The game itself (WVU lost to ECU) was bad enough . . . watching it in relative silence only made it more agonizing for me!

Next up, a trip to Nashville to see Brett (Belmont University) play two soccer games. I got to see Brett score his first two goals of the season which was really exciting! In between the Friday & Sunday games we went out to both lunch & dinner, went to the mall where I could not resist buying a few things. For just over $100 I was able to buy 2 pairs of pants & 2 tops at the store where my nephew, Brooks, works by using his discount. I don't know if I was more excited about the bargains or the sizes though as in this store I usually wear a size 0--never anything bigger than a 1--instead of my usual 6-8 . (Yes, I am curious about what size actual tiny people would wear in this store!) Next up, I finished off my Visa gift cards from work by buying a great pair of designer sunglasses--the first really nice sunglasses I have ever owned. We hung out in the evening at the Amy Grant/Vince Gill home. Just wow!

Drew got his first "real" game experience at Mountaineer field for the Marshall game. Adam, Trent & I had taken him to the spring game, but this was vastly different in atmosphere. Amazingly, Drew was only out of his seat once when I took him for a hotdog & to say hello to his great grandfather in a different area of the stands. He attracted quite a bit of attention as strangers asked to take his picture before the game--he was pretty cute in his Pat White jersey & Mountaineer baseball cap! He also learned the first down cheer & watching him do that was hilarious!

For me fall sports weekends are compensation for the end of summer. Having an increasing number of sports in so many different venues is a real plus. Getting to share this with various members of my family makes each weekend really special!