On Sunday I made it to church and then was able to rest some while Josh headed out to do an errand before indoor soccer training. Of course the older two asked me to come watch so despite me feeling not that great, I went anyway to support their efforts. Their smiles were worth the effort.
Yesterday it seemed like the entire state was starting to get hyped up for the National Championship game. Leading up to it I would see posts on Facebook of people eating duck or planning to eat duck on game day. This cracked me up. I get the devotion to the team and all but wow. One of Cynthia's soccer coaches even flew down for the game and flew back early this morning. To me, that is dedication. Even with the freezing rain in the morning, the news would sprinkle in Ohio State hype throughout the broadcast posting pics online of various fans in their OSU gear. Seeing the babies dressed up for it made me think we groom them early here to be fans.
The kids at school were hearing about the game as well since most of the teachers and staff had some sort of OSU gear on or at least were wearing scarlett and gray. I would bet the majority of the population in the state had Ohio State related colors on in support of the game. Calumet teachers handed out OSU coloring sheets during indoor recess even. Only in the state of Ohio have I ever seen people this dedicated, regardless if they actually went to the University.
In my house, neither one of us grew up in Ohio so neither of us had this upbringing of practically worshipping Ohio State. I graduated from the University of Central Florida and grew up as a military brat while Josh graduated from Devry and grew up in West Virginia. Neither of us watch much football or at least the American football either. This makes a huge difference in how our kids related to the game. I had to explain exactly what was going on and why it was a huge deal. In support of the team, I did wear red but only succeeded in getting Joseph to wear red as well. The girls either didn't have a red shirt to wear or just didn't want to and I wasn't willing to push the issue. Some of the kids at school talked yesterday about staying up for the game but we had already told the kids this wasn't happening for them. Didn't seem to bother them as we don't watch much football anyway so they didn't have much interest.
Knowing all this doesn't mean I didn't want them to win last night. On the contrary, I hoped they did win. I found it fascinating that the last National Champsionship Urban Meyer won was when he was coaching the University of Florida against Ohio State. To have him coach Ohio State to a win seemed unique and something I'm glad he was able to accomplish. I did not watch the game myself however, opting to watch my favorite TV show, Castle. For some reason Castle aired a new episode in direct competition with the National Championship which I'm still not sure was a great idea. We'll see if it was when ratings come out later.
This morning while waiting in the school lobby, the music teacher would say O-H and everyone in the lobby would immediately say I-O before she let each middle school grade head upstairs to their classes. The kids told me they did this chant yesterday as well between in the classes. Only in Ohio.
I have no doubt the entire state will be celebrating this win alongside the football team for a while. I also think that many people were either late to work this morning or didn't make it at all due to the game based on what I observed driving the kids to school today, Glad I am home and off the roads.
As for myself, my RA flare is finally starting to ease up some thanks to upping my daily prednisone dose and resting more. My goal today is to get most of the laundry done and cycle through the dishwasher. I also plan on working for 15 minutes on the kitchen area before making myself rest so I don't relapse back into a major flare.
Until tomorrow....O-H
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