You work all week. Look forward to the weekend. Then something comes up and the weekend is partially or totally shot. Then there are weekends like the one I just had.
Friday: Brother Martin defeats Jesuit 28-27. My son plays in the band so it's always fun to watch the game and listen to the band play. Martin takes their band seriously and they practice very hard to make the games entertaining. There's a special moment after each game when the team gathers in front of the band as the fight song is playing, they hold their helmets above their heads in salute to the fans and band for their support as the fans applaud in apprecitation of a valiant effort. It's what's great about high school football. Oh, the game? Electric. Martin's star player, Dante Butler rushed for 267 yards and 3 touchdowns. The game was filled with lead changes and hard hitting, these rivals left it all out on the field in a great high school football game. Walking with my son to the car after the game, a lady dressed in Jesuit attire noticed his band uniform and graciously complimented the Martin band and congratulated him on their win. It demonstarted the class and mutual respect of these two traditional insitutions.
Hornets 96-Heat 93. During the Martin game, with frequent updates from my first son and eyeballing espn.com on my Blackberry, I was able to enjoy the Hornets extend their fast start to 5-0 by beating the next dream team, the Lebron, Dwayne and Bosh show.
Saturday: LSU 24-Alabama 21. After working early Saturday morning, I hustled back to get in front of my Sony 46 HD to watch the LSU game with my favorite football crew, me. Cozied up on my sofa with Blackberry in hand for game-texting, I got to see Les Miles exorcise the demons of the ghost of Nick Saban. With incredible play calls in the second half, timely execution from the offense and a return to dominence from the defense, LSU gave Miles the biggest win of his tenure. Yes, bigger than the BCS, for this was all his. No Saban players, no Saban shadow. Miles has finally...finally escaped the gorilla of Saban for evermore. He is now 2-2 against his predecessor and is tied for the most wins over bama by an LSU coach. Tied, that is, with Saban who was 4-1 against bama.
Still Saturday: Dinner with the Mrs. Started with corn and crab soup, Italian salad followed by an incredible ribeye and a side of mashed potatoes. The shrimp etouffe subbing grits for rice on the wife's plate was breathtaking. Coffee and pecan pie drinched in caramel sauce still haunt my tasebuds.
Hornets defeat the Bucks to go 6-0.
Sunday: Saints 34-Panthers 3. The Saints followed last week's huge performance with another, getting on top of Carolina early and often then finishing with yet another dominant deffensive outing. The offense showed they are starting to find their rythmn. The bye comes next week at a perfect time as players nicked up can heal their wounds and prepared for the stretch run.
Sunday evening: Dinner at R&O's then off to the brilliant Rain. A tribute to the Beatles. I have five kids, The two oldest listen to Lil Wayne and Jay Z. My three youngest are into the Beatles. Go figure. Watching a 17,14 and 12 year old standing, clapping and chearing the Beatles and seeing the joy on their faces was like Christmas morning. Rain was as magnificant as advertised. It was as if the actual Beatles were onstage. A magical ride from their Ed Sullivan appearance through Sgt Pepper then Abbey Road. All songs played to perfection along with costumes and stage show to match.
Arrived home just in time to watch my oldest son's live report from Charlotte, NC where he was covering the Saints game for Fox 8 sports.
Still Sunday...late. Bedtime. As with all great things, this weekend has come to an end, but since it was so eventfull, I should be good for a while. At least until next weekend.
Life is good.
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