Y’all. Can I tell you how much I love long weekends? And long weekends which involve a lot of football? It’s my love language. I don’t know how to properly convey to you the excitement that rattles through the air around these parts when football season starts. We’ve been nervous for days about our young Volunteers but they did us proud last night. Rocky Top never sounded so good! All 467 times we heard it. 🙂
via Southern Living, the 10 commandments of College Football
It was a pretty good weekend to be stranded with a stress fracture because, well, FOOTBALL! It also lends itself to reading and writing nonstop, which has become my life. I’m in a walking boot for a few weeks and I must confess that I did ask my dear orthopedic surgeon friend why in world cam walkers didn’t come in the shape of cowboy boots. He asked me why in the world I continue running when I end up with a stress fracture or torn muscle every other year. I told him about how I’d likely land myself in a funny farm in a straight jacket without running, in which case we agreed that a cam walker for a few weeks isn’t so bad after all. [Read more…] about Weekend Grace, Football and Holiday Edition