After dinner, we decided to go check out all the pre-game festivities in downtown Dallas. This is where all the trash-talking happens between the Texas-OU fans. I was excited to see it all... D, on the other hand, was not. We walked the streets and ended up at The Iron Cactus where there was a Texas-Ex party going on. The cheerleaders were there to get everyone excited about the game. It was great to be in the company of so many Longhorn fans!
Walking the streets
R & P
D and me
the girlsSaturday would start early for us- 6:20 am to be exact. I had half of a donut hole for breakfast. This might not seem important now, but it will be later. The plan was to get to the State Fair by 7:00 so we would have plenty of time to find tickets. Yes, that's right. We didn't have tickets to the game yet. Livin' life on the wild side... The ticket situation wasn't as favorable as we expected, but D and I found tickets about 30 minutes before kick-off. Actually R found them and he pretty much let us have them. Thank you R! R and P continued to look for tickets while we went inside and found our seats. They didn't have any more luck and ended up watching the game on a TV in a food court at the fair.
Meanwhile, D and I rushed into the fair and found our way to our gate. When we got to our seats, we realized we hadn't eaten anything for lunch. We thought we had used up the majority of our cash (found some later in my billfold that I didn't know was there) on our tickets, so D went to the food court and bought a hot dog and a bottle of water. He ate the hot dog, I drank the water... I was too nervous for food! In the 3rd quarter, I started to feel the affects of the heat and lack of food, so D went to see what else he could get us... a coke and a bag of chips. I drank part of the coke and ate 2-3 chips. Again, too nervous to really be able to eat. Food wasn't important until the game was over!
Here are some pictures from the game:
Meanwhile, D and I rushed into the fair and found our way to our gate. When we got to our seats, we realized we hadn't eaten anything for lunch. We thought we had used up the majority of our cash (found some later in my billfold that I didn't know was there) on our tickets, so D went to the food court and bought a hot dog and a bottle of water. He ate the hot dog, I drank the water... I was too nervous for food! In the 3rd quarter, I started to feel the affects of the heat and lack of food, so D went to see what else he could get us... a coke and a bag of chips. I drank part of the coke and ate 2-3 chips. Again, too nervous to really be able to eat. Food wasn't important until the game was over!
Here are some pictures from the game:
Oklahoma's flag (which was booed, of course)
The Show Band of the Southwest!
The Lone Star State
We're a little crazy about our flag
The final score 16-13Sorry- no pictures from the actual game. I was on my feet, cheering and stomping and drowning out Boomer-Sooner with Texas! Fight! more times than I can count.
And remember that video I shared last time that got me so fired up for the game? Well, now I have my own...
And remember that video I shared last time that got me so fired up for the game? Well, now I have my own...
I was asked this morning by my mom if the game was worth it... worth the hours spent tutoring this summer to pay for the tickets, worth the anxiety of finding tickets, worth the crowds of OU fans yelling at us, worth my sunburned face?
Yes. It was 150% worth it.
I. Loved. Every. Second. Of. It.
3 comments:
wow. that's really all i have to say to your post. but since i know you'll expect more, here's the rest...
a.) i cannot believe yall didn't buy tickets before yall got there.
b.) i can't believe you stole tickets from r&p and made them watch the game from a food court. lame.
c.) i cannot believe you didn't eat all day, and you should be very thankful you didn't pass out.
d.) d should have forced you to eat and not just given you the drinks.
e.) i'm glad you had fun. and i'm glad it was worth all of your tutoring hours. and i'm glad yall actually won.
f.) one of your friend's statuses on facebook cracked me up about how he was frustrated with your game until he saw our game and realized things could be much worse.
g.) we missed you at the party on saturday. i was locked into a room with the five nieces and nephews. it got pretty crazy.
h.) okay, now i think this is all.
a. lesson learned. won't happen again.
b. r told me to take the tickets because he was going to find cheaper tickets. whether he believed that or not, i'm not sure.
c. really? you can't believe that? do you remember d's football season his senior year?
d. take that up with d.
e. thanks.
f. a win is a win... and in your case, well, a loss is a... loss?
g. i missed being there. i thought it was cute that dad went to sports bar to watch the game.
h. thank goodness!
what else is going on in the life of leslie???!!
i want more!
=)
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