Week's End

Wow! This weekend passed in record timing, but it was a great one indeed.

Friday night included a bonfire, campsite, and coyote hunting. Yes, coyote hunting. This girly-girl bit the bullet, painted the face, wore camouflage, and was one with the locals. The moon was very bright, so that helped my fear of darkness, and I went along with people who've done it numerous times before.

Although ending the night empty-handed..(PRAISE GOD)...it was pretty fun, and before the sun set I was able to be surrounded by trees changing colors!

I can honestly say I've fallen in love with the all-too-unfamiliar season "Autumn". Sorry Mom & Dad, but looks like you won't be bringing this girl back into the bland southeast anytime soon.

Saturday was spent the only way it should be in the fall: filled with football! Despite the tragic loss in Winston Salem, the hype was fun while it lasted. Now we're the laughing stock of the top 25 polls. But what'evs, I'm over it. I must say the healing process is a lot easier when you aren't surrounded by the others wounded.

God was extra good to the Ohio Valley this past Sabbath - the sun was so bright and temperatures very comfortable. Spent the afternoon converting a Ohio State fan to a 'Nole was also pretty awesome. Granted she's 5, I'll take what I can get... it just warmed my heart having someone to do the CHOP with!

Garnet & Gold

Typical Saturday morning and the only thing that's guaranteed for me is college football. I'm half way through my FIFTH year of college and as frustrated as I am with still being a student and still having no income, I'm starting to see the little things that are coming from this extra year in Tallahassee. Florida State Football is one of them.

Growing up, no one in my immediate family was ever a big college football fan. The only game I faintly remember is the Florida v. Florida State game that falls after every Thanksgiving and living an hour from Gainesville it's was always topic of conversation. It isn't until now, my last and final fall in Tallahassee, that I'm realizing how much I really love my 'Noles. It really is something else when you think about the pride you have for your college team. A heartbreak can make me cry, and a bad loss can make me boil with anger, but it never fails that next Saturday I'll be coming back for more. As cheesey as those side-of-the-car-magnet's can be...I really do bleed Garnet & Gold.

Tonight we play at University of Maryland and next Saturday we play University of Florida in Tallahassee, which will be my last home game legally sitting in the student section. Every year I say, "As long as we beat Florida as my last game as a student..." It's about that time and I can't wait!