Stupid Is As Stupid Does --- But Stupid Sure Can Be Fun!

Okay, granting that I've been sick all week. We had tickets for the USC/Kentucky game for last night. School might not want me to infect 100 kids, but you can guarantee that for Gamecock football, I don't mind infecting 80,000 football fans. That said, last night was not one of my brightest moves, but I had a TERRIFIC time!

Ron got home about 5 and took a shower, changed clothes and we headed back downtown. After a half an hour of looking for parking we finally found a spot. As we hiked towards the staduim we saw a cool triple rainbow over the stadium and about five seconds later the bottom fell out of the clouds ---- torrential downpour. We grabbed a Monster Energy drink from the Monster Crew and then headed to Ron's vendor's tailgate. We huddled under their tent, Ron ate some chicken and we chatted with some folks.

We braved the monsoon to head to the other side of the stadium to get inside before "2001".

It was insane! People were all over the place going in every direction. And, then all of the old people were huddled around the tunnel entrance because they didn't want to get wet! We found our seats which were four rows from the field on the 50 yard line. We were right there, but because of where the seats were, we had to stand the entire game.

Ron and I had the best time!!! I was determined to not scream and yell because of my throat, but after missing the first major play (an interception and immediate touchdown) for a potty break, I gave up and am suffering with NO voice today (my kids loved that!).

We had the funniest people around us. On the other side of me were about 10 Kentucky fans. One of them wanted to be a smart alec and after a bad play yells out, "This ain't South Carolina State, boys!" Well that set off the Carolina fan two rows behind. He was in the guys face for the rest of the game. Then, the two guys behind us brought in their own mini bottles and mixed drinks the entire game. And, then for the entire game yelled, "Welcome to South Carolina. That's how we roll up in here!" I told Ron that I would be repeating that one in my head for days. The people in front were very calm, but the lady next to Ron....wooohoooo! She was so drunk she could barely stand and decided that she wanted to be Ron's bud. She kept talking to him and asking him questions. I giggled forever about it. We laughed and laughed about all the people.....they were as entertaining as the game.

We stayed until the very end and didn't have any traffic issues at all --- except we got caught at a 15 minute train. All in all, we had the best evening and can't wait for the next game! It is well worth the fact that I can't talk above a whisper today.