As a teenager, I never went to a single football game. I didn't attend Homecoming or Proms.
I'm really excited that my daughter was asked to Homecoming by her boyfriend. After our last home game, while we were waiting for the buses to come pick us up to take us back to the high school, the band director let the kids borrow the microphone to ask their girlfriends to Homecoming. I was pleasantly surprised to hear my daughter's boyfriend ask her if she'd go to Homecoming with him. I yelled down the stairs "yes she will!", then sent her down to find him. She said yes (of course!). It was too cute!
So, fast foward a few weeks. We've been dress shopping, figured out (somewhat) what to do with her hair and if she wants to makeup. Then, tonight, her boyfriend brought her mum over. It is gorgeous! He made it with his mother and sister's help. The mum is just beautiful!! I really like it!
This is what he brought her:
It has their graduating year, their names on the ribbons, stars, band-related things, football related things, a ribbon or two for the school and it says "Sophomore" (they both are).
I really like it.
I haven't been familiar with mums because I never received one, but holy WOW!!! I can say that I am truly impressed. This mum is nearly as big as my daughter. I'm not joking! It'll hang around her neck and will JUST barely avoid hitting her feet! Tomorrow I'll get a picture of her with it on.
I can't wait!!
The band is going to get to wear their mums at the football game since it's Homecoming. I'll get to hold her mum while she's marching. I can give it back when she gets off the field.
Here are the kids:
He plays the trumpet, she plays the flute.
This was taken in the band hall at our last home game.
Happiness is abundant in my home at present. My hot water heater has been repaired for a week now (and there was MUCH rejoicing!!) and I'm no longer NOT enjoying showers! I'm back to being happy about that. Of course, hubby has turned the heat down on the shower (which I WILL turn back up later!), but still, it works!!
We had a band competition last weekend that I worked at. Our band performed Dvorak's New World Symphony. The kids earned a 1 in Division, picked up fourth overall and the drumline earned first place. That's a feat to be proud of. The kids are off this weekend, except for the football game on Friday night, which is Homecoming. Saturday night is the Homecoming dance, which my daughter is going to with her boyfriend. The kids are having dinner at someone's house. The parents are catering it. I've been elected to bring a dessert and since I forgot to mention food to one of the girls' moms, I'll also provide salad.
Work has been hectic for me lately. I'm on the verge of asking my manager and director to promote me to Assistant Supervisor or Supervisor since I'm now taking on a LOT more responsibility in my job. I just need to sell myself to them. I'm handling the dealer installations, monitoring the phone queues while my manager is out and making sure that people are at their desks on time. I run the time sheets and make sure our service calls are dispatched accordingly. I really think it's time to get together with my managers.
If you follow me on Twitter (yes, I tweet, therefore, I'm a "twit"!), you know that I've gone totally nuts about High School Football. I don't know why. I don't really care for professional American football that much. I prefer to ignore it. Given the choice of watching it or something else, I'll choose something else, every time!
I never went to a single game when *I* was in high school. I certainly wasn't involved in Band or anything like that. However...now that my daughter is involved, I find myself being very drawn to the game. It could be because the announcers of the game make it interesting. It could be because I like the band. Since my daughter is in band, that might be why!! I have gone totally crazy with the football thing.
The school sent out a notifier about the activities for Homecoming week and one of the things was to "Paint the town blue" and to have a "blue-out" on Friday night. Painting the town blue involved getting your car windows painted by the school's cheerleaders. I went for that because I'm excited to be a part of this. They're trying to make a second run at the State Championship, so it's worth supporting.
On Wednesday, I went to Lowes and got the cheerleaders to paint my car windows blue. Well, specifically, they are red, white and blue. It matches my car nicely. :) Tomorrow is the actual game and I'm planning on wearing my band polo shirt to work and then to the game tomorrow night. I've volunteered to help at the game and will be reporting to the band hall at 5:30 to get my orders. That's pretty exciting too!! This town is big on supporting their football team and their school, so I'm sure everyone there will be wearing blue. The band will be in blue and white. It's going to be very fun to be there. This will be my first football game (ever) and I'm looking forward to it. I guess I'm just a big kid at heart!!
