Go Coogs!!!

On Saturday Darren's beloved University of Houston Cougars took on the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville, MS. Now, this has happened twice since we have moved to Greenville & we have taken advantage of it both times. Darren is able to get press passes which allow us to be on the field during the game!! Now, this year the Coogs have been doing well in football, so we were excited for this game!! We were gearing up for game day until the swine flu struck our house! On Friday, I took Luke to the doctor because he had been running fever for 24 hours & he hadn't really eaten anything of substance. They did a flu & strep test on him, both of which came back negative. However, they said that he had all the signs & symptoms that they have seen in other swine flu cases, so they were going to treat it as if the test result was positive. They put us all on Tamiflu. I was very disappointed, but that is how life is sometimes. I told Darren that he had to still go to the game...the Cougars couldn't be 3 hours away & him not take advantage of it!! So, he & our neighbor, Jose, loaded up the next morning & headed to Starkville. The kids & I settled in to watch the game on ESPN-U. What a great game it was, too! We saw Darren at least half a dozen times, which was fun for Grace!! Luke really could have cared less...he was just excited that a "hootball" game was on!! The Cougars ended up pulling out a win (just as they did in 2006 against the Bulldogs!!) which was even more exciting!! Darren got some great pictures from the sidelines & is now hooked on sideline press passes!! We're thinking of getting some more for another State game just so we can go together & I can experience the excitement from the sidelines!! Maybe we'll snag some when Florida & Tim Tebow come to Starkville?!?!

As a side note, Luke is fine. I'm guessing we caught his bout with swine flu early & the Tamiflu really helped because he didn't run any more fever & has gotten his appetite back!!