The Road to State

This football season has been amazing. We went undefeated all the way to the state championship. I still can't believe we won. On Friday we left for Dallas at 9, and arrived at 1. The game didn't start until 4, but JR had to sell a cooler and we wanted to make sure we were there with plenty of time. We met up with the guy as soon as we got there and went over to Olive Garden for some drinks before the game. Later we headed to the stadium and let me just say - That place is RIDICULOUS! We got to sit on the 35 yard line, about 15 rows up from the field. Pretty awesome. Although I will say that trying to watch the big screen up above us is a little like watching a movie from the front row of the theater. I had to alternate from watching the screen to watching the action on the field. It was an amazing game. We won 21-14 and became the 2011 State Champs. I was so proud, not just of my dad, but all the coaches and all those kids and stretching it even further to the the community - you wouldn't believe how many people came out to support the team. Of course we didn't fill up Cowboy Stadium, but our side was definitely bursting at the seems. I cried like a baby...well not really, I was just teared up watching my dad get teared up. It was just an amazing moment...one that I can't really describe with words. This was my dad's second state title, his last was in 2005.
After the game, we were able to seem some really old friends of ours. The best was my friend Stephanie Merrell. It's been a few years since I have seen her, but like Dana, she is a girl that I grew up with. She was actually 3 grades above me, but it didn't matter, we always played together growing up....since I was 3 years old, Dana, Stephanie and I grew up together. Stephanie graduated in Iowa Park, and when we moved my junior year, the Merrell's decided to stay in Iowa Park - where they still live...well Coach and Mrs. Merrell. Coach Merrell was actually the one who taught me how to drive. LOL
Stephanie is a teacher at Plano and just finished up her Masters and is hoping to be a principal. After the players finished getting cleaned up they came out to celerate with the fans. When Stephanie went over to tell dad congratulations...he told her he was proud of her and all her hard work and accomplishments. I think this pretty much demonstrates my dad's character. Even though he just won the state title, he gave credit to the players and the rest of the coaches. He stays humble, and he gives credit where its due. I love that man!

I was going to blog yesterday, but I literally slept the entire day. After leaving the game, we grabbed something to eat. I was immediately not feeling well. My throat felt like it was closing in - I don't know if I started getting sick early on Friday and just didn't notice because of all the excitement of the game. I didn't realize it until after the game...and I told JR, but he didn't seem to really care. Hr was really tired and asked me to drive, I din't think I would be able to...but since JR said he couldn't keep his eyes open much longer so I decided to drive home for him. We stopped for gas and I grabbed a red bull...which helped me stay awake for the rest of the trip home. We got home at 1am. Saturday was a lazy day....we drove by the new house to see that the framing is under way!
I was feeling lousy all day. So I went to bed early. Landry ended up waking up at 2:30 and then I couldn't go back to sleep, so I was up until 5:30. I slept until 11:00 in which JR came to wake me up for lunch...I fell back asleep and didn't get up until 1:00. I ate my lunch and stayed up for a little bit, but didn't hold on very long..I was back asleep by 3:00 and woke up again at 6:00 for dinner. I went back to bed at 10...and then JR came and woke me up at 11...which caused a bit of an arguement, because seriously who wakes someone up at 11 at night. He said he didn't realize I was going to sleep for the night...ummmwhat did he think I was going to take a cat nap and get up and party at 2am? Dumb Ass! So then I was pissed and couldn't fall back asleep. I finally fell back asleep at around 1:30. I haven't felt this crappy in a while. However, I think I am on the mend! HOPEFULLY! Only 6 more days until Christmas!!!