Yeah, over a week ago but I'm still celebrating Labor Day.

Guess who went to Texas Stadium in Irving, TX to go watch 5A Texas State Champion Euless Trinity Trojans play Louisiana's River Ridge John Curtis on Labor Day. Yep, Amy's Dad, Rick; Rick's buddy, Billy Ferg; Amy, and I treked on over to watch some good HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

And now a planned side commentary:

We went in Rick's Foreign Import SUV that allows him to reduce the amount of Middle Eastern dependent fuel he uses. He's a happy man in that thing. I do often remember July 4th, 2008. Rick told me in the most determined voice he could produce that he was not going to by a foreign vehicle period. I now know that period was more like a comma! I know he was being 100% honest then. It's just that after looking for an American gas sipper, he realized he had to budge. I'm proud of the guy. Why not buy foreign? I do. You can take $20 out of your pocket right now and buy a share of GM & Ford and maybe get back some change. In the future, they may not be around to even buy parts from if you need them. Perhaps I may have offended or startled some of you GM and Ford lovers. I probably scared some of those people that bought old Ford pickups to fix them up. I'm playing with ya'll. Calm down.

Back to scheduled programming:

We did have a run in with a crazy fan though. Kickoff was moments away and we did what everybody knows to do! Drum roll please...Stood up for the kickoff! That's just understood. People that spend their whole day drooling know this and have no problem when you stand up in front of them. Guess what! Mr. "Hey can ya'll sit down so we can see the game too?" didn't know that! I was offended. He said that if we stood up, everybody else would...um, YEAH! Amy defended the cause and told him we are only standing up for the kickoff, don't worry. I stood behind her in case he punched. Even Billy Ferg chimed in to tell him the same. SURE ENOUGH, LIKE CLOCKWORK. The ball is placed on the tee, EVERYBODY, EVEN ELVIS, stands up in front of us, we stand up, and Mr. Football stood up too! Never heard anything else from him for the rest of the game...although he did drop a nacho on my arm when I had it around Amy.

The game was okay. Euless Trinity played not up to their #1 national ranking but still won. John Curtis is a LA powerhouse and has won countless state titles and if it wasn't for 3 mistakes that Trinity converted to 3 touchdowns, they would have run all over Trinity. John Curtis could run consistently & efficiently because they had some big beef on the line. In all honesty, I felt John Curtis had the best offensive & defensive play. Euless Trinity scored when the opportunities were best and survived (the score didn't indicate survival, 28-12).

Afterwards, we went to Chipotle (Aggies calm down!) to eat a tasty burrito. I likes the Chipotle quite a bit. I even think Rick may have liked it, maybe. Rick & Billy Ferg were first timers. We had a great time and look forward to more great football games at Texas Stadium!