We started out by visiting the R Club tent for varsity sports players. Cooper met Coach Jenkins, Nate's baseball coach. Later he met Coach Bendel and his wife, Kathleen. I don't think they ever thought they'd see the day that Nate would roll up to homecoming with a baby!
Wait, can I still say baby? Or is it infant? Or toddler? Oh, help me. It was so much easier when I could say newborn.
But really, it wasn't easier at all now, was it? Up twice a night, ten poo diapers a day, and you certainly couldn't lay him on the floor to play by himself...
Anyways, we met up with a lot of folks that Nate went to school with. A lot of them I had never met before, but had only heard their names. So it's nice to finally be able to put the face with the name.
It's funny how things change. A couple of years ago when we went to the game, we actually, you know, watched the game. This year I spent watching kids. A couple I had never met before, one who looks so unbelievably much like his Dad it's shocking.
And here's the beauty of kids. If they've never met, never looked at each other, they still just go on like it's another day. They know no strangers. And it's wonderful! It's innocent, it's pure, it's almost hopeful.
Nannie and Pa met up with us and watched the game as well. Around halftime they took Coop and left for the night. Mommy and Daddy had a night to themselves! But what do you do with it? How do you spend your time when there's no baby?
Well I'll tell you how you spend it. You leave the game around halftime and head to the closest bar (Terminal) with your husband's best friend (Zach) so that he can watch the *cough* Ohio State game.
Then you sit in said bar for, no kidding, 6 hours. But then after three other guys show up and you're the only gal there, it's time to head to the hotel. Because folks, that's just uncomfortable.
But let me tell you what was comfortable. Getting up to that hotel room, crawling under the covers, reading a book, and watching whatever television show I wanted because I was ALONE. And I don't remember when the last time that happened was.
In all, it was a successful Saturday. Good times with good friends. Showing Cooper the campus of the school his Daddy attended.
Just don't tell Zach. I wouldn't want him to know that I enjoyed any time with him. At all.
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