Saturday morning I woke up at 4 AM to get my day started. Only two things will get me up that early without complaining. Running and Virginia Tech football…
We rolled into Blacksburg at 9:30 AM on a perfect fall day for the 1:30 PM kickoff. We tailgate with several other couples that we were friends with when we were at VT, but only three couples were at Saturday’s game. Three couples and lots of students! We got our tailgate set up early, but forgot our generator so we weren’t able to blow up our two 8-foot tall Hokie Birds. You think I’m kidding, don’t you? Anyone that has a VT brownie pan and bought a beat-up lunch pail off eBay surely has at least one inflatable Hokie Bird (Rhonda has the other one).
My VT readers will appreciate the “Lunch Pail” that I scored on eBay!
I think you’ll get a kick out of this… Rhonda (my Hokie twin) and I were the totally non-partiers in college and she was my partner in crime with starting the tequila shot tradition for our tailgate. Rhonda and I hand out shots of tequila with lime and salt. After the person with the biggest mouth leader screams, “LET’S GO!” followed by the crowd screaming, “HOKIES!!!” three times; we all take our tequila shot as Enter Sandman starts playing on our sound system. We have this down.
My Hokie twin Rhonda is wearing the #1 jersey and her hubby Steve (who was Bill’s VT roommate) is standing behind her. They started dating a week after Bill and I did. Isn’t that sweet! Please note that I am NOT wearing socks with my Sperry’s. Those are my white runner’s feet blinding you!
Please don’t tell anyone, but we left the game early because we wanted to go see my parents while we were relatively close by. Mom’s birthday is tomorrow and I wanted to wish her a happy birthday in person. Along the way, we stopped and got these tulips for her.
We had a great visit with my parents and headed home today. When we stopped in Blacksburg to drop Julie back at school (she’s working on her master’s degree), we went to Kobe for lunch!
I always get shrimp and scallops… so predictable, but oh so good!
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I get up early without complaint to travel, to cheer at a race, and to drive a friend to the airport (when we were living in the US – now I just put the friend in a taxi and wave goodbye). Note: I DO complain when I’m the one racing. It’s kind of tradition.
My feet are *not* blinding white, thanks to the often overcast skies in Singapore, and my ability to wear sandals in much of my “daily life”.
I forgot about getting up early to travel. 🙂
Wow what a spread! Love the brownie- even if it is in VT formation!
You would have to use two boxes of brownie mix to make a UVA brownie! 🙂
And PS- would love to come up early to hang out this weekend but it all depends on the hubby’s work schedule unfortunately!
Believe me, I understand that!
So much to love about this post, especially the amazing VT tail gate accessories. LOVE the Hokie gnomes!!
Just wait until you see our TWO inflatable Hokie Birds. They make quite a statement! People walking by our tailgate ask if it’s okay to take a picture with them! 🙂
LOVE IT! I would want my picture taken too!
All of you Hokie fans make me wish I had gone to a big Div 1 school for undergrad! There was a Colorado game here on Saturday and all of us who are not Buffs fans just grumble about all the traffic. I am indifferent to college football, but the NFL is a different story! Love the tequila shots 🙂 I will get up early if I have to (I was up at 4:30 for a run yesterday!) and like being one of the only ones up and on the roads.
I can imagine that heavy Saturday traffic would drive you nuts if you’re not excited for the game. Who’s your favorite NFL team? We’re Redskins and Ravens fans.
I love running before anyone else is up and about, and having the world to myself! I hope your long run went well and helped to start healing your heavy heart…
Hmmm I will also only get up early without complaining for running and VT football. We have that in common. Y’all are some hard core tailgaters and I love it! If I ever tailgate with you I’ll have to watch out for the te-kill-ya. It has been a long time since I drank tequila and there are very good reason for that, which I will not divulge here.
I did have blinding white feet and a white shorts tan until we went to the beach. They’re gone for now, but slowly making their way back.
Meagan, you have a standing invitation to join our tailgate!
I don’t mind getting up super early for travel on my way TO vacation. I don’t enjoy it when I’m coming home though. Other than that…I guess anything fun that I’m looking forward to.
I have much lighter feet due to running, but not terrible. I guess we spent enough time in the pool or outside with no shoes on to make up for having them on so much.
Agreed! Traveling TO vacation is another exciting reason to get up early!
I love the VT brownie pan, even though that wouldn’t be allowed in our house. I married an OHIO STATE Alumni! Maybe they have an ohio state pan….may have to look into that!
What would get me up early with no complaining??? Going on vacation, doing something fun, and running a race!!
Virginia Tech and Ohio State have two upcoming games scheduled against each other starting next year. We will be away in 2014, and home in 2015 playing on Labor Day night in the ACC prime-time game on ESPN.