I'm sitting here grading...and grading...and grading...and grading...
but what makes it soooooo much better (because I don't enjoy grading) -
I'm watching Notre Dame football.
Back home Notre Dame football is a lifestyle. It's not just spending 3-4 hours watching a football game. It's spending the night before painting my nails blue and gold (as a kid of course). It's leaving the house at 9 am to say hey at Grandma and Grandpa Tezich's before heading to campus to find a parking spot (and since my dad went there he knows where to park). It's tailgating from 11 til gametime at Cira's and with Dad's old elementary school friend Bob Gnoth - eating, playing catch, and walking around campus. Then all through the next week, everyone is talking about what happened in the game - and not just your family - but at the gas station, the corner cafe, at school...everywhere. If you walk around my small town on a fall Saturday, you can hear people yelling at their tv's during plays. I definitely miss being home this time of year...
BUT!!! NBC now streams ND football live and free online. Thank you NBC!!! I'm getting to feel connected to my family (my sister, her bf, my dad, and my uncle are all at the game. I've gotten to talk to my grandma and mom on the phone about what's happening (first ever weather delay of game)
...and it's made grading so much better.
my Saturday, September 3rd :)
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