Football Season

I look forward to football season every year.  For some reason, I’ve been slow to get excited this year.  But we’re in full swing now and I’m getting psyched.

My schools are Georgia Tech (underrate) and U. of Florida (graduate school).  Last week, my TV recording ran out with one minute to play and Florida ahead by 1 point but with Kentucky moving and in range of an easy field goal.  I went to bed thinking Florida had lost.  Next morning, I read that Kentucky missed the field goal and Florida, running out the clock, had a long run for a touchdown.  Florida won by eight points.

Fortunately, I was returning from the mountains when Georgia Tech was beaten by Citadel.  How could that possibly happen?

I also pull for teams from the Triangle.  Unfortunately, UNC and NC State lost games they should have won.  Only Duke won.

Each year I seem to have less interest in the NFL, except for the Carolina Panthers.  The Panthers have looked awful and are 0 - 2.

Oh, Well.  Football season will pick up even if I had to adopt new teams.

Seasoned Man

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Water Issues

Jennifer asked us to house sit and stay with Jack while they took grandson, Ben,
to college at Brown University in Rhode Island.  We looked forward to a change
and the opportunity to spend more time with Jack.

On the morning they left, Jennifer called and told us the water heater started
leaking badly and they had to shut it off.  We volunteered to coordinate the
installation of a new water heater with their plumber while they were away.
But it was Labor Day weekend, and the plumber couldn’t install the new
water heater until Tuesday.  

After a night without hot water, we decided to go back to our home for the
night.  Jack took a bath in our walk-in tub, but when he finished, the
water for the tub wouldn’t shut off.  I couldn’t find a shut-off valve
for the tub, so I turned the water off to the house. I would turn it on
again when we needed to do laundry or fill the toilet tanks.

The next three days we alternated between houses, carrying food
back and forth, showering at our house, enjoying cold water
all the time at Jennifer’s.  

We were dead tired by the time the water heater at Jennifer’s
was installed and she and Peter returned home.  Then the next
day, our tub was repaired and a shut-off valve was installed for
the tub. What a relief.

While the house sitting didn’t go as we expected, we did have
quality time with Jack.  He even went with me to fly my model
airplane, and he flew it perfectly and seemed to enjoy it.

I’m now going to turn the kitchen faucet on and off just
because I can.

Seasoned Man

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