A Week in Review

 I don’t know if it’s just that I’ve been too busy or too tried to blog.   Sometimes.. you hit a lull in blogging desire and you just can’t do it.   I think it’s best during those times.. to just review of what you’ve missed.

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This past weekend we had house guests.    Lux and Tink came into town to attend the UT-Florida game.  We had a lovely time visiting with them and look forward to their upcoming wedding in 5 short weeks.  

It’s nice to have house guest.. but am I the only one who feels like you have to be on your best behavior when guests are around?   I don’t know why but its like having an out-of-body experience in your own home.  “Why is this house so clean??  Why is there food in the refrigerator??  Where the hell did all this fancy-schmancy interior decor come from?  Am I even in the right house ??”  Odd….

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So the UT-Florida game was everything I expected.   Our offense didn’t show up with any game at all.  I mean… I’ve see peewee football teams have better offensive communications than the Vols on Saturday.  Hell.. I’ve played in football games with a better offensive strategy.   Thankfully, our defense had enough sense to 1/2 ass keep us from getting romped on to the tune of 100000000 to 7.  I’m sick of hearing everyone talk about how this year could be like last year, where we were 1-2 after the Florida game, and still ended up going to the SEC championship game.  Guess what guys.. the only reason last year was even a slight success was because every team in the entire SEC decided that if they couldn’t be #1, no one could, so we (the SEC) all pissed in each others cheerios (OMG.. no offense General Mills).. and UT just happened to draw the long straw.  

That’s not going to happen this year.  This year there are a few teams that are just really good.  My biggest question is that there are currently 6 SEC teams in the top 25. These teams, for the past 3 or 4 years, have consistently been in the top 25.   What are they doing that UT isn’t?  Is it recruiting (UT has the largest college football recruiting budget of all Division 1A schools) ?? Is it coaching?? Is there some sort of technology they’ve invested in that we haven’t??  What are they doing right that we just can’t seem to do????   

I haven’t heard the alumni/fans/students this pissed off since the 2005 season.   Me?? I’m just disappointed.   I expect more from a supposed ‘world class’ college football program.  I expect that even if you know you’ll likely not win.. you at least show up to play some good football.   You’ve disappointed me UT… especially you Phil… especially you.     A.C ’s text after Saturday’s game sums it up well:  ”Wow.. we are not awesome”.     

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 On Sunday, I was introduced to something fabulous.  DISC (or frisbee) GOLF.    The arrangement was for the Engineer, myself, Lux and Tink to meet Hip-A and boyfriend for breakfast.  Then Lux, Tink, Hip-A and boyfriend were going to play a bit of disc golf.   I was intrigued.. as I had heard of disk golf before but never played.  The Engineer decided that he would rather trudge around in the hot sun than grade papers ( Oh.. yeah.. so I forgot to tell you that he’s teaching a graduate level engineering course this year at UT)  (Oh.. I also forgot to tell you that some time in the last 2 months he hurt his lower back/leg??  something something … pinched nerve… something something.. hurts to walk..something something.. three weeks of physical therapy so far….  so that kinda explains the  trudging comment) and therefore decided he wanted to go play too. 

Well I didn’t want to be left out, but we don’t own any disc golf equipment. Hip-A and boyfriend were happy to let us use some of theirs.    There happens to be a very large 18 hole disc golf course right by our house, so after breakfast/brunch we all headed over there to play.  I was a little self-conscious at first but MAN OH MAN.. I love it.   I don’t know why I’ve never played before.    We had  way too much fun and by the end of the day, the Engineer and I were the proud owners of 7 disc golf disc (which were smartly procured at Play It Again Sports.. because.. there was no way I was buying new discs just so we could play three times a year).   Anyway.. the Engineer and I played 10 holes on Monday after work.  After watching several other groups, It was painfully obvious that we have no idea what we’re doing.  But we’re outside, ‘moving’, having fun, together… so I’m not going to dwell to much on the fact that we have little/no technique right now.   I am, however, going to obsess about learning everything I can about disc golf, right down to disc golf fashion…….. because that’s how I roll…

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This weekend should prove to be more laid back just as busy.  I’d like to play another round or two of disc golf.. maybe with Hip-A and boyfriend.  I have some Amazon.com money burning a hole in my pocket, so I think I’ll be ordering a disc golf bag (OMG.. see.. already obsessed.. but we have 7 discs.. and 3-4 on the way (thanks to eBay) and we really need a place to put them all).   I’d also like to take the husband to the Pellissippi State Hot Air Balloon Festival, because he really likes hot air balloons (go figure).  Hopefully the weather will hold up.   I hear that my DIL had a birthday last week (my husband doesn’t keep me informed of these things until they have already passed), so we may also make a quick trip to Nashville… still unsure about that one.  

Oh.. and then there’s the UT-Auburn game … My Oh My.

 **EDITED NOTE:  Is there a reason I can’t end a question with one question mark?? Seriously.. bad habit.. must break it… **