A few of you have requested that I start the blog back up. It's not that I wanted to stop blogging, it just got difficult to be consistent with it. Plus, I really never felt like I had anything exciting to write about. I like writing, though. Plus, the last year has been kind of awesome and I've thought many times how nice it would be to have a written record for when I'm old and senile. I can't promise I'll keep up with it or that it'll be any good, but here it is. A few modest posts.
Fondest regards,
The Lady
Friday, August 30, 2013
Once Upon a Freshman Year...
There was a girl newly arrived in the greatest town on the planet and feeling a little apprehensive without her people around her. She did not yet know that this little town had big things in store for her. She was just getting her footing, so, in an attempt to step out and discover something about her new home, she went to a football game. She didn't dress up. She didn't tailgate. She didn't even have any friends with her. I guess she just assumed she'd find people there. Thankfully, she did.
Once the game started, the crowd was loud, the environment was fun and she figured college would be an okay place. She had no idea that this lovely Saturday in August was the beautiful beginning to a lasting love affair.
Clemson had been ahead for most of the game and things were not looking good as the fourth quarter began. Then...magic. Something clicked and the Dawgs were on DJ Shockley, Billy Bennett, and the rest of our stories heroes delivered an astonishing 31-28 victory to begin a season that would lead to Georgia's first SEC title in 20 years. The girl had never seen anything like it.
The girl was in love. She knew it was just a game. But she also knew it was so much more than that. Fall Saturday's in her new home brought with them tailgates with great food, Uga and Larry Munson, fashion unmatched by any other conference and a sense of camaraderie unknown in any other sport. Saturdays brought together generations and traditions reminding her of the enormity and history of this game. This institution.
Once the game started, the crowd was loud, the environment was fun and she figured college would be an okay place. She had no idea that this lovely Saturday in August was the beautiful beginning to a lasting love affair.
Clemson had been ahead for most of the game and things were not looking good as the fourth quarter began. Then...magic. Something clicked and the Dawgs were on DJ Shockley, Billy Bennett, and the rest of our stories heroes delivered an astonishing 31-28 victory to begin a season that would lead to Georgia's first SEC title in 20 years. The girl had never seen anything like it.
The girl was in love. She knew it was just a game. But she also knew it was so much more than that. Fall Saturday's in her new home brought with them tailgates with great food, Uga and Larry Munson, fashion unmatched by any other conference and a sense of camaraderie unknown in any other sport. Saturdays brought together generations and traditions reminding her of the enormity and history of this game. This institution.
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