Well.
As much as I hate it that the Aggies lost to LSU in a game that we could have won if not for five turnovers, two missed field goals and a missed extra point (I’m depressed all over again after typing that sentence) it might be for the best.
This is the time in a football season when my expectations are lowered and I don’t spend my whole week on football message boards analyzing all the data trying to figure out if we can beat LSU. This is the time that reality sets in and I can just watch the rest of the games with a healthy interest that doesn’t border on psychotic crazy woman with the shakes who screams at nineteen year old boys on the T.V. like they can hear me.
Had we won the game against LSU, I would have had at least two more weeks of football-induced stress filled with delusions of beating Alabama and the whole thing probably would have resulted in a stomach ulcer. The way I see it, the Aggies have saved me thousands in medical bills.
Yes. I realize I have a problem.
Anyway, we had a busy weekend around here. One of those weekends that kind of makes me glad it’s Monday so that I can get some rest and relax a little bit.
On Friday, I picked up Gulley’s boys from school and then picked up Caroline. Gulley met us back at my house and we attempted to catch up on all the events of the week since we’d pretty much been going in different directions for days and our communication had consisted of eighty-four three minute conversations.
But then the upholstery guy showed up to pick up my couch. I’ve been attempting to have white slipcovers made for the couch since June but couldn’t get my normal upholstery guy to call me back and had to find someone new. And so the new guy showed up on Friday afternoon and loaded my couch up in the back of a truck.
Let’s hope he really owns an upholstery business and this wasn’t just some elaborate sham to steal my ten-year-old couch with goldfish cracker remnants in every cushion.
After the couch made its exit, my friend Michelle arrived at the house. She came to spend the weekend with us. I greeted her with the news that we were babysitting Gulley’s boys for the night and had a big evening ahead filled with dinner at EZ’s and maybe ice cream at Baskin-Robbins. Oh, and by the way, we’ll be sitting on the floor of my living room all weekend because someone may or may not have stolen my couch.
It’s no wonder she wanted to spend the weekend with me. We show our guests a super good time.
Sure enough, we took the kids to EZ’s and then Baskin-Robbins. And while Will sat next to me eating his ice cream, he said, “Mel, do you know what would be the saddest thing in the whole world?”
“What?”
“If my mom had never met you because then I wouldn’t know you either.”
Melt my heart.
Have I ever mentioned that Will is a smooth talker? We fully expect that someday girls will be lined up around the block trying to make him their own.
(In the interest of full disclosure, I believe he only told me this because I’d just let him get Skittles AND Gummie Bears in his ice cream.)
We came back home and I piled a bunch of blankets and quilts on the living room floor in an attempt to make a faux couch for the kids to sit on while they watched a movie. It must have been comfortable because Will and Jackson were asleep in about ten minutes flat. But Wakey Wakerson, otherwise known as my child, lasted through the whole movie because she has programmed herself to never EVER fall asleep until it’s absolutely necessary.
On Saturday morning Caroline had a soccer game on the other side of town. To quote one of the dads on the team, it was a real goat rodeo getting out there. I spent my time at the game watching Caroline play her heart out and avoiding looking at my phone because the A&M started at 11:00 and I was worried someone would text me a spoiler.
Sadly, Caroline’s team lost but she had a great game.
(Michelle took this picture which explains why it’s good. I didn’t take any pictures because I was in the midst of my communication blackout due to the Aggie game. Mother of the year.)
When the game was over we got in the car and drove to Gulley’s house as fast as we could because she’d recorded the game and they were waiting on us to start watching it. She’d also bought an entire platter of Chick-Fil-A nuggets. Which is one of the reasons she’s my best friend.
With great anticipation, we started the game. And we were ecstatic. We were jubilant. There was jumping up and down. Maybe even a few fist pumps.
And then…
Gloom.
Despair.
And agony on me.
Deep, dark depression. Excessive misery.
But the chicken nuggets were delicious. And I actually avoided all social media, texts, etc. for over five hours which has to be some sort of personal record. It almost killed me. Not because of all the interaction but because I’m not really a girl who enjoys suspense and I knew that one look at the Twitter and I could know exactly how the whole thing ended.
So that was that.
On Sunday, Caroline had the chance to be a ball girl for the Incarnate Word’s women’s soccer team. And I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but real soccer games are long. That was basically our Sunday afternoon, but she had a great time.
(After this picture was taken, Caroline gave me an “Okay, MOM” with a wave of her hand like she was shooing an annoying bug. It was a tender moment.)
After that I dropped her off at a friend’s house where she’s part of a girls’ Bible study and I came home and sat on our “couch” to relax until Caroline got home. And somehow I ended up falling asleep because when your couch isn’t so much a couch as it is a pile of blankets with pillows all over it, well, I challenge you to not end up in a semi-comatose state. Possibly drooling.
Maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if my couch really was absconded by a couch thief. I could leave my
living room like this forever. Get some cement blocks to put the T.V. on. Maybe a mini-fridge in the corner.
Sure, it might look like a fraternity house, but think of all the great naps I could take.
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Oh, heavens. I am like a baby in a car/man after sex/fat kid after a workout, the second I hit a pallet on the floor, or in your case, a makeshift couch. I love to sleep and am not at all discriminatory to the location. Sounds like a great weekend. Keep an eye on Will. As my grandmother used to say, “he could charm the pants off a goose.”
if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all…. Thank so much, Mel, for getting THAT song stuck in my head. I’d retaliate with six verses of Fried Ham, but you probably didn’t go to the same camp as me, so it wouldn’t work.
Ha!!! We kindred spirits. My couch is gone too. But I think I have one up on you. I somehow decided that having a sleepover (6 kids) and a furniture delivery in the same night was an ok idea. But, as 4 pristine white chairs arrived, I began to panic. So as quickly as possible, I rushed them all out the door to The Magic Time Machine. Because, of course it is my favorite place to go and the food is oh so delicious….Not. But it did offer a reprieve for my heart and my beautiful new white chairs.
So on Saturday morning as we moved things out for the new items, we also moved our couch because our new one arrives (hopefully) on Thursday! So I now have 4 yummy chairs that my kids cannot even look at and a big empty room in front of the TV. And so far, it is working for me!!
“Getting ready for a goat rodeo” might be my favorite new saying. Totally plan on using that today and watching my teenagers roll their eyes at me. Which makes it all the more fun:-)
Love the Hee Haw reference! Now I’m humming that song!
Me too! It really says something that all these years later, so many of us can still sing that song….
I love posts with Will and Jackson. Will always says the funniest things. He does sound like a ladies’ man!
I feel ya sister…my beloved VOLS lost to Alabama this weekend. Not that I ever had grand ideas that they would win. I just had simple thoughts that maybe, just maybe, we wouldn’t lay down and die and get creamed. Alas, my simple thoughts were for naught. WE. LAID. DOWN. AND. DIED.
Great pic with Caroline. Your legs look like a true runner’s legs! I’m going to have to get that Couch to 5K! Also, I’m impressed you found an upholsterer willing to make slipcovers. I’ve always wanted white slipcovers. (Please keep us posted on how often you have to wash them).
We are in a six month long process of trying to buy a new couch for our living room. The current one is looking a little less than chic as our lab puppy decided that the skirt looked delicious and had a few chews on it.
It is hard to find a couch. Really hard. Especially if you are looking for one less than 2 grand. I am interested in seeing the slip cover results if yours wasn’t stolen.
I totally agree with Will!!!
Girrllll…we are doing some rearranging in our house currently…which involved new mattresses, selling couches, and ordering furniture. So, while we wait on our new living room chairs to come in, we have a full size mattress and box springs as a ‘couch’. Oh yeah, a bed on the floor. I call it ‘college chic’. My son loves that he now has a bed he can jump on. Not sure how we will adjust once our new chairs come in and the mattresses go. I have a feeling he might get some seperation anxiety. lol
New to your blog and this is the best laugh I have had all day! So funny about your couch. I can so relate. I am in the middle of a “31 Days To An Organized Home” series (somebody kill me now for picking this topic) and started the kitchen/pantry today. My goal is to have this new post up sometime before, say, 4AM. My kitchen looks like a shelter for wayward cooks and bakers. Or a war zone.
Can’t wait to catch up on your past posts. Hope you can stop by my very new blog someday. My before pictured may make you feel like you’re living in the Biltmore.
Thanks for the laugh – much needed!
- Claire @ ALittleClaireification
Congratulations to Caroline for receiving such an honor! She’ll probably remember that for the rest of her life
LSU, I hate them. They killed us two Saturdays ago and then Florida killed us this past Saturday. What happened to us????? By the way, “us” is Carolina. We were undefeated until we played at LSU. We were on Florida’s turf Saturday. Fumbles, turnovers, the whole blasted works for us (both games). We stunk BIG TIME!
Congrats to Caroline!
I am also a BIG fan of Big Mama, and a Carolina fan.. and I feel your pain. I’m off to SC this weekend to watch the Gamecocks play TN… please please please let’s see the Gamecocks from the first six games.. and especially not the ones from last weekend… GO COCKS!!
It could be worst–You could be an Auburn fan!! We are having an awful year.
Okay, I need advice. It’s very important. We missed like the whole season of Aggie football games due to an assortment of soccer games and other activities. Thanksgiving week is my only shot to take them. Should we see SHSU on the 17th or Missouri on the 24th, or just shuck the whole idea until next year?
I don’t want to spend tons of money for games that the student body and rest of the alum avoid. I want the boys to experience it. Any one of the previous games probably would have been perfect, but NOOOOO, our dance card was full.
If there’s a game in College Station, the study body will show up. I’d be willing to bet the Former Student section will be full, too. After all, part of being an Aggie is supporting your team and knowing how to have fun and enjoy the experience even when we get pummeled; ’tis why the stands are full until the clock runs out. However, if I could attend only one of those games, I’d probably pick the SHSU game since it’s our bowl eligible game.
I attended every home game while I was at A&M and loved them, even when we lost. Kyle Field (and half time!) must be experienced to be believed. Happy planning
My Beloved Arizona State Sun Devils lost 43-21. Sure it was to No. 2 Oregon. But they’re DUCKS, for goodness sakes! I just pray (yes, literally) my boys dust themselves off and rock the desert this week.
I do the same thing with every Aggie season. I knew Barky and KiKi were gonna be too much for Johnny. Thanks for the laugh girl
As an Aggie by default (married one), we have gone through many a disheartening season with you. We had high hopes for this year and for Johnny Football. I have also screamed many a time at those young boys. You’d think between the 2 of us and the rest of the Aggie Nation, that somebody would have heard us. Suppose we will have to hope and pray that Johnny Football does some maturing before next season and the Ags will rock the house!
First, what do you mean they can’t hear me when I yell? Of course they can! They may not listen, but they are 19 year old boys, after all.
Second, I hated having my picture taken and always gave the “shoo, Mom” look right up until I made the drill team in high school. Let me tell you, those are my parents’ absolute favorite pictures to show to my boyfriend. Just look at this as stocking up on embarrassing pictures for her rehearsal dinner slideshow!
Our plans earlier in the summer were to go to the Texas A&M/Auburn game (we bleed orange and blue). Our plans had to change when that was the only weekend we could get use our free airline tickets to take our grandson to Disney World. After the last few weeks, I now know it is God’s way of protecting us. I love Auburn, always will love Auburn, but we are so bad…. So let me be the first to congratulate you on your victory over my Auburn Tigers. At least we have that crystal ball from the 2010 season.