Sincerely 'Fro Me to You - I've Got Spirit, Yes I Do!

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It's fall in Texas, ya'll, and you know what that means - HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL! I'm so excited because this year Daughter is a freshman at my alma mater! I still know the school song - the fight song - the cheers - it's like I just graduated last year! OK, it's been a few 22 years since I was attending football games as a senior. But I've still got that Falcon Spirit!

Last week the whole fam-damily decided to go to the game; Ike kinda messed up the football schedule, but we're back on track and we were pumped! Even Bubba's Mom and Dad came along. As we were talking about it at Bubba's Mom's house that afternoon, I jokingly said that I should wear my old drillteam uniform to the game! How funny would that be? (For the record, Daughter didn't think it would be funny. At. All.) Then Bubba's Mom threw down the gauntlet.

"You couldn't squeeze yourself into that thing if you tried!"

I sprinted to the hall closet and pulled out the red, white, and blue satin uniform - the white hat with a red band, the white, fringed gauntlets, the white boots. And I flashed back to the 80's, to dancing half-time shows on humid Friday nights, to cheering our team on to victory, to dating that cute guy on the football team.......

I was SO getting in that uniform.

Now I have never been a large person. In fact, I have never weighed much over 100 pounds (except when I was pregnant). I'm not bragging - it's just the way I am. But something about childbearing changes a woman. Changes her body. It's a mystery, really. I had to really work to get that sucker on, and then....I couldn't get it zipped.

Bubba's Mom had to help. It was a bit like Mammy trying to lace Scarlett into her corset. "Hold onter sumpin' an' suck in your breaf" she said. If only I had a bedpost to grab onto.....

But we did it! We got it zipped! All the way up, thankyouverymuch. It was a little hard to breathe, but I was IN MY 20-SOMETHING YEAR-OLD DRILLTEAM UNIFORM! Boo ya.

For some reason the hat was a little small for my head (Big head? I don't think so.). And the boots looked like they'd fall apart if I tried to stick my feet in them, so I set them aside. There used to be a belt - a big, wide, white leather belt that laced up in the front. I don't know where that is. But I was feeling proud! I was feeling the school spirit! I was feeling 17 again! I was feeling.......a little lightheaded. Much to Daughter's relief, I took it off. Back to my jeans and school T-shirt - much more comfortable for the game!

Go Team!