Homecoming 2019

Cam had talked about today's IU football game for several months.  IU hadn't won a homecoming game since 2010 and he was hopeful that today would be the Hoosiers day.  They were slated against Rutgers who had been having an awful season in and out of the conference.  Doug, Cam and I arrived at the grass lots a little after 9 a.m. and couldn't believe how many tailgaters were already in attendance.  We found a spot, however, and soon had our tent set up and table full of food.  Cal texted for our location right after we arrived.  We tossed the football and frisbee around for awhile before he and his group of friends found us. Everyone appreciated the minestrone Doug made and the Red Stripe he brought.  David was most impressed with Cameron's new apparel - a Detroit Lions shirt.  They hung around eating and talking for about an hour before heading to other tailgates.  Brett arrived from work just in time to debate about season eight of Game of Thrones.

 

After Cal and his friends left, Doug and Cam headed into the game.  They wanted to be in for kickoff and were glad that they made it as IU scored on a recovered fumble on the opening play of the game.  While they were enjoying football, I spent time catching up with Brett.  Meg had just finished a tough Finite midterm and didn't make it to our spot until close to twelve.  She had a migraine, but once she ate and took some Ibuprofen she felt better.  The three of us talked about Disney for well over an hour before packing up.  Brett had to work tonight and Meg wanted to rest before she went to a haunted house with her friends.  

          

I made it into the game by halftime.  Rutgers was as bad as Cameron had been telling me.  IU held them scoreless and ended up winning by 35.  We stayed until the end as everyone else was busy and Cam was enjoying the victory.  We grabbed breadsticks on the way back to Brett's and spent the rest of the afternoon watching college football at his apartment.  Doug had time to put together Brett's new tv stand.  It looked very nice and fit everything that he needed it to with room to spare.  I helped organize a few items that Brett had wanted to get to, clean up our tailgate dishes and set up a carbon monoxide detector.  Once all of the key football games were over, Cam, Doug and I played Yahtzee before leaving for dinner at Upland Brewery.

We were surprised that we were seated almost immediately after we arrived.  It helped to wait until 8 to eat as there were a lot of open tables.  It was a quiet dinner as only the three of us were able to go and we were pretty tired from our day of football.  Meg called once we got back to let us know how much she enjoyed the haunted house with her friends.  It was lame, but they had a good time and went to Texas Roadhouse afterward.  Brett got home at 10:30 from work.  We were going to play Ticket to Ride, but decided to wait until we were more awake in the morning.  He did really appreciate his new tv stand. It fit the space well.