Super Bowl Night, Travel plans

Last night after church, the kids rushed home to start getting the dips, crackers and chips set up while Mama and I went to get the pizzas. It turned out that we needn’t have hurried because it was almost an hour before everyone was at the house. We got out of church about 8:20 p.m. and we did not start the replay of the game until about 9:20 p.m.


We had a great time. The room was quickly divided into men’s and women’s sections, and then further divided into Steelers versus Packers fans. There were only two rooting for the Steelers and they were ganged up on pretty heavily. Even thought we raced through the commercials and the half-time events, it was not over until midnight. So I am working on less sleep today than normal – even for a Monday morning.

The principal of our school, who is a Steelers fan promised to cancel school today if the Steelers won and it was looking hopeful late in the game. But in the end, it turned out that Chase will have to get up today and attend classes as normal today.

The women left about half way through the game to do their visiting at another home so the noise level dimmed a bit, but not much. The assistant pastor and the school principal were able to keep the rivalry at a level that would have had us fined by OSHA if it were an on the job exposure to the noise. I finally had Chase lower the volume on the surround sound to see if we could save everyone’s voices from further strain. It helped a little.

We ate twelve pounds of wings, five large pizzas, a box of crackers, three large bags of Doritos’s, a couple pounds of tortilla chips and several pounds of dips. For dessert we had O’Henry bars and fudge – chocolate and peanut butter. Not the healthiest cuisine but it was Super Bowl night. There was not much left. Everyone left happy and unpleasantly full.

Mama and I will be going to Decatur tomorrow. I have a two day training class there. She has some exploring to do. We hope to look at one or two pieces of property to gauge what the true prices are in the area and check out what kinds of properties are available. Making the initial contacts is the hard part. Learning the area is not very difficult but it takes time and being five hours away makes arranging for that time tricky – especially with my schedule.

She has needed to make a Kroger’s run for some time now so this is a great opportunity. Since we have Maggie and Victoria at the house, arranging for transportation for Chase is fairly easy. It gives Mama and me good opportunity to take advantage of the travel needs for my job. It is especially nice when work covers meals and hotel rooms. It does not cost any more in lodging when Mama is there with me and it is a whole lot more fun to be with her in the evenings than to sit alone in a hotel room.

Mama and I are fasting today. After the abuse my stomach took yesterday, it is the least I can do.