Beating up Vandals

It is Cougar Football Saturday and I am happy. I am not quiet excited, but I am happy about it. I love Cougar football. It is what got me through my first semester at WSU. I was here by myself and I did not know many people. My high school classmates were here, but the ones who did come were not really my friends. So I was alone. Which I spend most of my life being alone. I always went to the games alone. I wanted to get there early and be near the fifty yard line on the very front row. That is just what I did. None of the people who lived with me wanted to do that. I ate alone. I was pretty much by myself with other people. It reminds me of the Offspring song "as I sit here alone in a room full of people." It is like I was surrounded by people but none of them were close with me.

We did things together but it was because when you throw a bunch of humans together and lock the door they will tend to associate. But once the door is opened they will go on their separate ways.

I had to get up and get to Pullman by ten am for softball practice. That is just what I did. We were there for about two hours. Mainly did some BP and a little fielding. Then Ryan and I went to Moscow to get him some cleats. It am happy that he finally got some. I dropped him off at his place and went to Colfax to get ready for the game.

I went to the fire station because Carl said he was going to have a few students down and they were going to do some training. I thought I would come in and see what was going on. They were on the street spraying water. They were having fun. Then Bryce came over. We talked about the football game that the Cougs will be playing later on.

I went to the gas station. I got a phone call. It was AJ from G-Shack. He wanted to know what was going on and wanted to talk to me about it. We chatted for quiet a while. I talked to him all the way to Pullman and then I parked my truck and went to Peter's room. That is when AJ and I hung up.

He said that he felt like one of those people I was talking about where we do not really chat anymore. At best it is a few lines and the conversation dies. He said he wanted to have the good conversations with me again.

I head in to Peter's room. There are a few people playing Mario Cart on the game cube. I watch them for about twenty minutes. Then they leave to go to the game. Peter and I sat around and talked for a little bit before we headed to dinner. We went to the Roto. I have a sloppy joe and some curly fries.

We walked up to the tailgate party. My ankle was already hurting from the softball practice. It was not getting any better. In fact it was starting to hurt more. We first went to see John. He was there with the dealership. We talked for a few minutes and then went to the main tailgate party. I had some snack food and a beer. I talked with Jim and a few other people.

We watched some of the Husky game before heading into the stadium. We were planning on standing against the very top of the stadium. And that was a good thing because that is what we had to do. We stood next to two groups of girls. The group to our left were really drunk. One of the girls was hanging off of Peter. She kept touching him and flirting with him. I could see he was not interested. I was laughing about it. I made a few jokes. The Cougs came out and made an interception on the first play of the game.

They dominated the Vandals. We ended up winning with a score of forty-nine to eight. They scored their only points with seconds to go. Our whole defense was second stringers. They had made a long pass and run to get to our twelve. We had a player on the defense who made a diving stop and tackled the guy. But in the process he broke his wrist. So he got carted off.

My ankle was in so much pain. I was in agony. I could not stand very well. But I always stand at Cougar games so during the TV time outs I would sit to rest the ankle and stand up again. My section was almost clear by the end of the game. But Peter and I kept cheering.

After the game we went down to the field level and did the fight song with the team and headed out. We walked to Peter's room. It was a long painful walk. I got into his room and sat down on his couch. I sat there for about two hours. We talked a little bit and watched some TV. His neighbor Ben came into the room. I introduced myself to him.

When I finally went to leave I barely could stand. My ankle was not stiff and sore as all heck. I hobbled very slowly to my truck. I was in great pain. I went home and wanted to ice it and elevate it. I put in a Simpson's DVD. I took some pain medicine. I iced it and elevated it.