Friday was Game Day. And we were ready! I had a client early so Coach brought Lukella to school before heading to work. When I was finished with my client I had a lunch date with Fon at BW3's. It was fabulous! We both had wraps and they were delish! Also talked about our game plan. After I picked up Lukella from school we headed home for some quick naps. Then I brought them to CAL's Homecoming parade. They had lots of fun catching lots of candy. After the parade I zoomed them home with the sitter and zoomed back to the game to get my teams water and Gatorade ready.
There was a ton of people at the game. I mean A LOT! There is a local orthodontist, that for the past 3 years, has given out free sweatshirts. To the first 1,000 people. That's right over ONE THOUSAND FREE sweatshirts!!! So incredibly NICE!!! It was so cool seeing everybody at the game in their grey and red hoodies. And he personalizes the back. We even got one for Lukella. How cute are these hoodies...and kids ;)
I was filling up my cups when I noticed the Coach and his Senior captains coming out to do the coin toss. Then Coach walked straight up to me and gave me that good luck kiss! YES! Now this is going to be a good game.
I also knew the field and near the water station was going to be muddy due to all of the rain the night before and half of game day. So I wore my red and black polka dot rain boots with my sparkle t-shirt and visor. Some of the coaches were cracking jokes at my boots but by the time the game started I knew that they were secretly wishing they were wearing my cute boots. Their pretty white tennis were nasty...and the game hadn't even started! It was pretty chilly out this game. The Refs were horrible....what's new?! This game was all about our defense. They played amazing! Our offense wasn't clicking for some reason. It was just an off night. But our Running Back had a great game. Like I said before I love standing on the sideline and getting to see everything up close. Now there were 2 plays I saw with my eyes where the opposing receiver dropped a pass and the Ref said they caught it. Unbelievable! If I catch something like that and the Refs don't....that is BAD! That was just 2 of the many calls that were quite annoying. Very frustrating. At half the score was 7 to 7. I was so nervous about this game that after lunch I didn't eat anything else. Well, now my stomach was starting to rumble. Some of the sweet ladies that work in the concession stand came and delivered me some nachos with jalapenos and a Diet Coke. So yummy! Hit the spot and I was ready to fill up cups and water bottles for the second half.
The second half our defense was still playing strong and our offense was still a little off for some reason. The final score ended up being 14 to 7. Phew! Close one! We ended up just kneeling the ball at the end and took our WIN! One TD was a run and the other was about a 30 yard pass. Pretty pass and catch to put us ahead of W. Washington and win. I was really happy for our kicker. He is a Senior and he has never played football. This is his first year because he has always played soccer. I always scream my head off for him when he is in the game. I was SO proud of him for making his extra points after our two TD's. I even went up to him and told him I was proud of him. And then I felt like I was his Momma!
During the game I cheer. LOUD. Most players are looking at me like I'm nuts but I. Don't. Care. Our fans are pretty calm. I told Coach I want a white towel next game so I can stand up on the bench and swing it in the air. It's a football game peeps. Get with it...YELL!!!! Maybe they are yelling but I don't hear it. Maybe to them I am just a loud, obnoxious Southern Water Girl! But they know that I really love my football!
Our record right now is 2-3. We play Friday night at Shawnee. Now everyone keeps telling me this is in a bad area of town. Like some Coaches aren't letting their wives go to the game. WHAT??? I keep reminding them that I think everyone is going to be ok. When we lived in Baton Rouge we went to the Dream Center which is an inner city church. Pastored by the fabulous Craig and Hope Boutte. We all lived. Although I have to admit I was slouching down in the pew almost every week. I felt safer that way for some reason. Then when the Coach was playing high school football and the W.G. was cheering him on, we had plenty of games in the not so safe areas. As a matter of fact I got egged at one of those games with my fellow cheerleaders. Yummy. Anyways, my brother Paul and his family will be getting here tmw and we can NOT WAIT! SO excited! They are also bringing two Dream Center boys with them. Erick and Derrick. We are going to have lots of FUN!
Coach is at practice and Lukella are napping. Once Coach gets home I will add the link for the stats of this game and the last one. Off to cook some Jambalaya and head to the J.V. football game...GO CAL!!!
Lots of Love,
The Le4s
I realized after this game that maybe winning and losing isn't all about what I wear. Maybe it is about the visor, good luck cookies...and good luck kiss!!!
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