Sunday, September 20, 2009

Friday Night Lights

When Paige invited me to visit Redfield Manor for a weekend of fresh eggs, kayaking, high fashion and dancing, I really thought I had made it. But her inviting me to post on the blog has taken it to another level.

I recently took Paige along to one of my "supervision duties" at the high school that employs me (name withheld so that no student happens upon this quaint family blog). No, I did not take her to the homecoming dance, but we did attend a football game. Friday night lights are pretty big this year as our team went into this game ranked 17 in the nation.

Now I don't know about you, but my own high school's football team drew about 300 fans a week for 48 minutes of bad handoffs, holding penalties and sprained ankles. In California they do it a little bit differently. We drew about 10,000 fans to the college stadium at which we compete and the game was broadcast live in HD. The players came through for Paige, running away to a 31-0 halftime lead and eventually winning 38-28. The team finishes each game with the famous "Hut Drill," which we taped for your enjoyment. Also featured is one of Paige's favorite cheers done by our very creative, very hormonal, student section.

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