fullygoldy | Friday Night Lights

Last night was the first football game of the season. School hasn't even started yet, and the rain-soaked stands were full of teens and other school-age kids and their parents, all watching the Panthers get off to a great start against the Lancers. 18 of 21 cheerleaders stood on the sidelines and did their best to look spirit-filled while soaking wet. They bounced, they jumped, they yelled, they dripped. Mavis once again looked exactly like a cheerleader. She loves being out there, and she loves "flying" which she got to do with surprising frequency at this game.

Thankfully it was just wet, not cold. Every time the rain would let up to a heavy mizzle, we'd think it was ending, but then it would go right back to serious raining. barley52 and I huddled under a tarp and compared notes on how much of our clothing was still dry. 'Very little' was the consensus. The HS principal came by and personally thanked us for sticking it out after about half the fans disappeared. The first half saw the Panthers up 28-0. I felt bad for the dance squad, doing their routine in the middle of the field during halftime. At least it quit raining for them, but they had to roll around on the big orange "O" and their black uniforms had big orange splotches all over them by the end! Oh, and we did expect some slipping and falling during the routine, but it was actually performed pretty flawlessly, so 'way to go, Poms!' In the final quarter, the Lancers scored twice but failed to get any extra points, so the final was 28-12.

The boy stayed home with a cold, so he didn't get wet with the rest of us. He allowed that he was much happier to stay dry after all.

Once home, we changed into jammies, watched the Stargates and drowned Gorgonzola-stuffed olives in vodka. I'm still mad at the cat for coming by my drink, wrapping his tail around the stem, and pulling it off the table. I was nursing that drink! The olives were gone by then but about 1/4 of the vodka was still in the glass. Stupid Cat. And SG:A didn't have much in the way of McKay/Sheppard love, just snark, so I guess John's still not over the whole 'blowing up a solar system' thing.

Yesterday was also the day we finally got our Charter bill straightened out. They were overcharging us on our new services, and we didn't catch it until mid-July. It took a month, but the result was a $100 credit. They had originally offered a $10 credit. Ha!