Jack took this!From May to November, our lives basically revolve around football schedules. We have high school football practices, passing camps, and scrimmages in the summer. Then we go into flag football games, for both Jack and Nate. We have sophomore and JV games on Thursdays, and varsity games on Fridays. Then regular season college and NFL games begin, and we have regular entertainment on TV. This year, Jack and Nate are even doing some fantasy with Roger. If my daughters don't understand football by the time they are grown, it will be because they aren't paying attention.
All this football creates a very emotional atmosphere. People go from the high of highs, to the low of lows. If Jack has a good game, makes a few catches and pulls a few flags. We have a good week. If the high school teams struggle, I ready myself to administer no small amount of therapy. If BYU does badly, the whole household is sulky. And if the Colts lose, well, they have had a good season thus far. Thank you Colts, keep it up! But all my sympathy and interest ends when it comes to the fantasy league. I mean really, I am just too spent to be worried about the Jet's entire defense on a weekly basis.
The team Nate plays on with our ward did win it's game on Saturday, making them Stake Champions! A few of the players commented they heard me laugh quite a lot in the game. You see, these games don't draw a very big crowd, and I hadn't really watched one before. It was amusing to see these guys play like they weren't going to be terribly sore and really pay for it the next day. But now they are going to regionals! Who even knew they had regionals? Here in the Miskin household, we are very excited about it, this week is one of the high of highs.
3 comments:
You know Angela's favoirte thing is football. I can't wait until next year when we can actually take her out to a few games! She LOVES to watch it on tv which is perfect because I do too.
I completely understand about the boys being wrapped up emotionally in how their team does .... how do we change that?! I am not comfortable with my husband's happiness revoling around whether his football team won or lost. I just say a bunch of prayers and hope they win ;)
Ah, weekend warriors. That's a great shot of Nate. Michael hurts himself every time he plays, and they don't do ward team sports around here -- just the Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving. Wish we could participate in your Turkey Bowl! =(
Football is so awesome. One of the best things about heaven will be always having 21 other people near your skill level (or slightly below) that want to play and no injuries. I would play everyday if i could find enough peeps.
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