Can’t take me anywhere.

Hubby and I had a nice weekend ‘out and about’. On Friday night we had planned to go to his school football game that was being played just down the street. We live 45 mins from his school so we don’t get to alot of home games. Of course, hubby is a bit testy about all the hoopla surrounding football and basketball, having been told outright by the principal that those are the only 2 sports that count. Everything else is secondary. So while those two teams enjoy pep rallies and daily announcements on their progress, baseball doesn’t even get a mention when they make the playoffs or win a championship! So hubby loves to make comments that will aggravate all the rabid fans around him. This can get embarassing, not to mention dangerous! Even the wife of the other couple we were with was making comments like "We’d like to get out of here alive Dennis!" and "Where’s a roll of duct tape when you need it?" LOL!

Speaking of this other couple, I had met the husband before many times. They live very close by and he teaches at the same school as hubby and they have become good buddies. They go fishing together and can spend hours on a lake together, they help each other out with projects or rides into school and this guy even has a ‘clubhouse’. Yup, he does, I saw it! I bet I was only one of a few women allowed in this place even though I did not see a "No Girls Allowed" sign! LOL! At first when I walked in, I thought it was the main house and was a bit taken aback at the condition. You know, cobwebs on the faux mantle and unemptied ashtrays and just a general mess. (Actually my immediate thought was that I could invite them over without being embarassed by the state of my house! LOL!) But then I slowly realized that this was not the main house but was the shed even though it was attached to the house. Yup, I could believe this is where Dennis goes to play poker and smoke cigars with a bunch of other teachers.

So as I said I had met him, but never his wife. Our husbands have been hanging out together for 5 years now and we had sent things over to each other for holidays and such but the two of us had never met for one reason or another. It just never worked out. But they had invited us over for a drink before the game and we finally got to meet. We hit it off great – figures doesn’t it? We hit it off less than a year before we move! Oh well. Anyway we went off to the game and all night long I kept mentioning that the school must have sprayed for insects on the seats or the lawn below us because I could smell it. It smelled just like Raid. Every so often the odor would just get to me and I would wrinkle my nose and say "Man! They really need to go light on that stuff! The smell is killing me!" I can understand trying to keep the insects down with so many people but it was so strong!

Finally on the way out, I said it again and Holly says "You know what? I think it’s ME you’re smelling! I put on insect repellent before we left and it must not mix well with the perfume I already had on!"

My mouth dropped open and I just couldn’t help it…I started laughing like crazy and said "Oh wow, how rude of me!" I apologized over and over but couldn’t stop laughing. Luckily for me, neither could she or the guys. Jeez, just can’t take me anywhere! The evening ended well though with promises to go out together as a foursome in the near future. It will be somewhere inside though so she doesn’t have to wear insect repellent I hope! LOL!

On Saturday, we did a little housework and schoolwork during the day but we headed out to a concert that night. I really enjoy going to these concerts. They are for country music and we got tickets for a set of 6 concerts over the summer and fall. We have lawn seats and it’s alot like a big picnic or party. People wander around and visit each other, and it’s just laid back and relaxed. What I really enjoy is "people watching" at these things. And it amazes me the cross section of people there. There are whole families from toddlers to grandparents all enjoying it together, there are couples of all ages, and it even seems to be the place to be seen for teenagers! They are all decked out in their best (and sometimes skimpiest!) jeans outfits and they love to cruise the whole place before and between the shows. It’s really surprising to me to see the teens all dancing and singing along and getting rowdy over the same songs that little kids and senior citizens also love to hear. And even though it’s over an hour away, I am always surprised at how many people we know there.

On the way in, I ran into a young girl I used to work with. I also used to work with her mother who was way too nice for her own good. I used to tease her that it must be physically impossible for her to form the word ‘no’ since she obviously didn’t ever use the word. And this young girl I was forever haranging to get the hell out of her mother’s house! For 5 long years I told this kid she needed to leave! She had gotten pregnant when she was 18 and had just stayed home so not only was her mother having to put up with her, but her baby. Plus her brother wouldn’t get out either! This girl used to tell me to quit talking to her mother cuz I gave her too many ideas! LOL! You’re damn right I did! Well the first thing out of her mouth when we found each other on the way in was "I got married and moved out!" I gave her a "Woohoo Hallelujiah" hug and she started laughing. I found out she hadn’t worked at the store for 3 months (nobody ever tells me anything! lol) and we caught up all the way in.

Once we were in about 3 or 4 of hubby’s students passed by and said hello, but what really made me laugh was when I got him to stand up to take this photo

all of a sudden we could hear our name being yelled all over the place! And not Mr before it either. The kids for the most part just call hubby by his last name, and it was everywhere all of a sudden. We had been sitting down facing the stage of course, but he got noticed and recognized right away when he stood up and turned around.

This is one group of kids that found us and started screaming our name! Notice all the different age groups in the audience here. Lots of fun. And it’s not just the kids that find us either. A couple of times a kid will come up to us and tell us their mom or dad called them on their cell phone to tell them we were there and where we were! There is no hiding in today’s world folks! Even the parents are against us! LOL!

So it was a fun busy weekend, but it’s back to chores and baking and work tonight. Oh well. I have put it off long enough so I’d better get going!!