It is over... until September.

Well folks tonight was it.  The last college football game of the 2011 season.  I love spending Saturdays in the fall and early winter watching football.  The days get colder and it has always been so much fun for me to watch all the games every Saturday.  I remember many, many days watching starting at 8 am with the pregame shows and going until close to midnight.  Only moving to cheer on a play or feed my face.  It is wonderful.  Usually there is so much going on during the fall and it is one of my favorite times of year because of all of it.

Last year I didn't get to watch much.  I was too busy falling in love with my best friend.  The one person who I would choose to do something with over watch any football game, any game!  I didn't watch much.  This season though I was hoping to watch more.  I knew that Shaila hadn't watched football before and I would have to get her into it if I wanted to watch it like I used to.  The first weekend came and she agreed to watch a game or two with me.  I tried to answer any questions she had to help her learn the game but after only 15 minutes she was on her phone playing games and not paying attention.

This continued game after game, week after week.  I was sad that my best friend didn't care as much as I did about one of my favorite things.  After a few weeks she began to get upset about how much I was watching, so I tried to compromise by telling her the games I really cared about watching, because I wanted to watch them all.  I told her the games and times and told her that if she wanted to go out or do anything during the free times we could she just had to tell me what. She never did so I just kept watching.  She wasn't too happy.

As I look back I realize this may have not been the best idea on my part.  However I do also realize just how much she sacrificed to let me do something I love.  I love her so much for it.  I am so happy to call her my wife and know that we are forever.

To you sweetheart.   I say, it is done, over, finished, complete until next September. I am sorry I love football so much, but for now I am yours  do with me as you will.  Just know that come next September I will want to do it all over again.   Hopefully by then I can convince her to like it a bit more.