Music City Fail

Merry Christmas, Brent: two tickets to the Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN.  Lesson learned: never let the “success” of a gift depend on the Tennessee Vols.  Ha! What a disappointing and unfair game.  I know, I know.  I sound like one of “those” fans.

Music City Bowl Highlights:

1. We got to see some of Brent’s friends from home before the game
2. Nashville sunset over the stadium
3. We got to spend time together
4. I got to see Brent scold the drunk guys that kept getting up and down and up and down all throughout the game (we were on the aisle).  Funny!!!  But necessary!
5. Stadium food.  We had pizza, popcorn, and pretzels.  It was a total carb feast
6. The Pride of the Southland marching band & the infamous circle drill
7. Winning a bowl game

Obviously, we didn’t really win the game, but because of the ridiculous last play, we actually thought we won the game for like 15 seconds and celebrated accordingly.  That was nice.

And win or lose, we do have the cutest coach in the SEC – quite possibly the entire NCAA.  Admittedly, I’m not exactly sure what all of the coaches in the NCAA look like, but I do know what Derek Dooley looks like and feel pretty good about our chances in that particular competition.

After it was over, we walked back across the bridge to the hotel.  For most people, the party was just starting, but for me and Brent we were ready to get in the bed!  Honestly, the hotel room was the highlight of the trip for me.  It was the downtown Hilton and it was really nice.  Our room had a living room and a separate bedroom with a nice view of downtown.  Too bad we were only there for one night!

I believe the game can be summarized by the following picture – Brent’s reaction to the loss:

Sometimes – well, actually most times – being a Tennessee fan is painful.

Big Orange

It’s National Signing Day!

From Go Vols Xtra:

“Led by Dooley, the Vols finished the day with 25 signees, ranking ninth, 11th and 15th nationally by Rivals.com, ESPN and Scout.com, respectively.”

Sounds like good news!

When I saw the sky this morning I just knew it would be a good day.

And it was!  Later, when I got home, I had a surprise waiting on me:

My Marathon Makeover kit came today!  I received a duffel bag, water bottle, t-shirt, some sort of head covering/hair band, bumper sticker, workout DVD, and the participant’s guide.  So, it’s official!  I’m excited! Hey, maybe this is the “small lucky package” that the fortune cookie said was on its way….?

Training was at the VA tonight.  We were planning on going to the gym, but changed our minds at the last minute.  The weather was very nice…invigoratingly cool, but not cold.  Even though I was kind of looking forward to the circuit, I love exercising outside.  The VA campus is so nice and scenic!

 

When I got home, I was STARVING!  We decided to just use up leftovers/extras tonight.  Actually I decided to do that because I needed something fast!  I just made nachos with ground beef + shredded cheese (mozzarella – all we had!) + sour cream.  I had an big Publix orange on the side.  Oscar supervised, as usual.

And then, since I was still a little hungry, I made a little dessert: Breyer’s All Natural vanilla + chocolate sauce.  I found the chocolate at Pier One on clearance and this is the first time I have tried it.  It is delicious – more of a dark chocolately taste.  It has the consistency of fudge – would be really good melted!

Tonight: shower + tea + American Idol, then zzzzzzzz!  I’m sleepy!