The game ended hours ago, and yet I still
feel frozen solid. That’s not actually
true, and I’m warm, comfortable, and cuddling with Mandy in my bed as I write
this; but the feeling lingers on anyway.
Our team won the game, so that was great for us; but it wasn’t any more
fun for the players than it was for the cheerleaders or spectators. We’re happy about the win; but we were also
really happy to get indoors again once the game was over.
As for the game news, the thirty-six to
thirty-two score might suggest that both teams had better defense this week,
and on paper; it will look as though that’s the case. In reality, the defensive wins were almost
all due to offensive mistakes due to the cold; and we just made fewer mistakes
than Mount Pleasant did. Caleb, Michael,
and Tim each scored one of our three touchdowns; and Jason kicked five
chip-shot field goals for drives that we couldn’t punch into the end zone. Mount Pleasant scored four touchdowns, but
only two field goals. Their last two
touchdowns came late in the game, and in addition to missing other field goal
attempts; their kicker also missed two extra points.
I’ve given Jason a hard time about his big
ego in my journals; but I’ll give him credit where it’s due tonight – and he
definitely out-played his Mount Pleasant counterpart tonight. Anyone who has kicked a frozen football knows
that isn’t easy.
On the cheerleading side of the game, our ‘Do
You Want to Build a Snowman’ half-time routine was another big hit – especially
with the kids. The fact that our snow
people just happened to resemble Principal Jacobs and Coach Robinson made it
fun for most of the adults too; and we moved them to the sidelines for the rest
of the game to help us cheer for our team.
That was fun for us, but to be perfectly honest; the rest of the game
was tough to get through with a smile on my face – though that might have just
been frozen on for a big chunk of the game.
Caleb had the after-game celebration party
at his house again this week; mostly because there’s more space at his house
than most of the other senior players – unless we wanted to take the party out
to one of the farms. Michael, Tim,
Rowen, and I went to the party until midnight; and we mostly spent that time
trying to get warm again while having a little fun with our friends. After a long day with not much sleep, I was
past-ready to go home, so I walked Michael to his house; we did our goodnight
hugs and kisses on the front porch; and then I hurried on to my place. That walk was another short blast of cold, so
I came straight up to my room and got changed and into bed with Mandy.
Everyone else was sleeping by then anyway;
so it’s quiet around here. I’ve only
done the bare minimum work tonight and no studying at all. I’m just too tired to put in the extra hours
tonight; and I’ll probably take tomorrow night off too. Michael and I have tentative plans for a
quiet night in tomorrow; but that might depend on how much snow we get
tomorrow. We’re apparently somewhere on
the edge of the incoming winter weather, so if we’re lucky, we’ll get a
dusting; and if not, we’ll get a couple of inches of the white fluffy stuff.
I foresee helping Dad out in the morning
with getting his shiny new snow blower accessory attached to the now
slightly-less shiny new lawn tractor just in case we get hit with the two
inches of snow. We’ll still need to
shovel the sidewalks and porches by hand; but that snow blower is going to come
in handy for the driveway this winter!
There really wasn’t much going on today
that was newsworthy compared to the football game. We’re now one win away from a return trip to
the championship game. The chances that
we’ll have that game at home are fairly slim, but we’ll find out one way or the
other sometime tomorrow – along with which team we’ll be playing against. Looking ahead to the forecast for next
Friday, the weather might be nicer than today, and warmer; but it’s probably
too early to count on that as being very accurate.
Whatever happens with that, we’ll deal with
it, but for right now; I really just want to put my computer to bed now and get
started on my own cold, winter’s nap.
The rest of the weekend should be fairly quiet, and though I will be
doing a fair bit of work too; I’m good with a break in the action. We won’t get many more chances for that
between Thanksgiving and the New Year; so I’ll take them when I can get them.
Okay, that is everything I have for
tonight; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
