gator bait, pt. 2

By 7:30, we were all exhausted. Bear began laying down and only wagging his tail when people would pet him. We had been out there for 6 and a half hours!

But guess what. We found out that Jon had found 2 free tickets to get into the game! So, Kim and I graciously and sacrificially (sarcasm) gave up the seat to hang out together while the boys went to see the dumb football. One of our good friends brought Tommy a student ID so he could get in with Jon to their student tickets' area (Jon already had a UF ID because he works for the university). Tommy was READY.

Side note: Everyone I know (ok, not literally.) uses student ID's that aren't theirs to get into SEC games. Tommy and I ourselves used two complete strangers' to go to the Auburn/Bama game with his brother. We sat in the student section at Auburn covered in Alabama garb. The ticket takers never look at the pictures on the ID's, because they aren't losing money either way. So all of this was also true for UF.

Jon and Tommy headed towards the stadium, and Kim and I began to walk ALLLLLL the way back to the car, got hollered at and heckled (at?), and finally were on our way out. We were looking forward to curling up in cozy clothes and chatting and maybe watching a girly flick (if you say "flick" that makes it extra girly).

I got a phone call before we were even off campus. It was Tommy, "They wouldn't let me in." We turned around, picked up the guys, and got the full story. Apparently, this game was the moment UF decided to check everyone's ID's. The lady checking Tommy's took the ID, held it up next to his face, and even asked what his middle initial was. She took his ticket and gave it and the ID to her supervisor behind her, and didn't say anything more to Tommy. How embarrassing!

So we spent the rest of the night with the game on- Kim and I watched some of it, and talked for most of it. How encouraging it is to just talk about Godly things with a sister in Christ! And Tommy got his birthday wish: Alabama won. Yay! I just wish they had won a little earlier than a quarter to midnight.

The next morning, we got to return to our old church and had a wonderful time worshiping with people we love. We then got to eat with many of our friends at another one of our favorite restaurants- Chipotle! After visiting a little longer with friends at Jon and Kim's, we had to pack up to leave.

We now miss our peoples in Gainesville more than ever!

I guess I should change the title of these to something like ... "the tide rolled." or "we got no sleep."