lolemo :|
Today I played video games. I got my paycheck. I went to Target to pick up prescriptions and picture frames. I took a nap. I went to work.
Today I did not have class. I did not panic because it looked like it was going to rain before practice. I did not go to the trailer early to help with uniforms. I did not listen to the band director tell us about how the first game of the season is going to play out. I did not feel the excitement at the end of practice, that's if there even was practice (who knows with the rain), when everyone is called to attention for dismissal. I did not help load the truck. I did not spend the night at Megan's so I wouldn't have to wake up at the crack of dawn so I could drive to campus and be on the field by eight in the morning.
Tomorrow I will sleep in. I will paint. I will go to a barbeque.
Tomorrow is the first football game of the season. I will not wake up at 7:30 wishing I could sleep for just a few more minutes. I will not drag myself to the field and be in circles by 8. I will not do block. I will not participate in the first gameday toes of the season. I will not work my ass off for the hour and a half or so of practice before the game. I will not help serve lunch. I will not huddle in the trailer with the sisters and fret over uniforms and last minute preparations. I will not have lunch in the rehearsal hall with my friends. I will not meet by the union for circles. I will not play the first "official" runthrough in front of the union for the crowd. I will not march through the drunken and kind of hilarious tailgaters. I will not be on the field for the first pregame show of the season. I will not be in the stands talking with my friends. I will not play the fight song. I will not complain about having to play the Chant over and over and over and over and over again and DEAR GOD CAN WE PLEASE PLAY SOMETHING ELSE. I will not be on the field to perform the first halftime show of the season. I will not be there at the end of the game to sing the alma mater. I will not load the truck and hitch a ride back to the trailer with the sisters from one of the shuttles.
Today I missed band. Today I missed my friends. Tomorrow I will miss it all even more.
Today I did not have class. I did not panic because it looked like it was going to rain before practice. I did not go to the trailer early to help with uniforms. I did not listen to the band director tell us about how the first game of the season is going to play out. I did not feel the excitement at the end of practice, that's if there even was practice (who knows with the rain), when everyone is called to attention for dismissal. I did not help load the truck. I did not spend the night at Megan's so I wouldn't have to wake up at the crack of dawn so I could drive to campus and be on the field by eight in the morning.
Tomorrow I will sleep in. I will paint. I will go to a barbeque.
Tomorrow is the first football game of the season. I will not wake up at 7:30 wishing I could sleep for just a few more minutes. I will not drag myself to the field and be in circles by 8. I will not do block. I will not participate in the first gameday toes of the season. I will not work my ass off for the hour and a half or so of practice before the game. I will not help serve lunch. I will not huddle in the trailer with the sisters and fret over uniforms and last minute preparations. I will not have lunch in the rehearsal hall with my friends. I will not meet by the union for circles. I will not play the first "official" runthrough in front of the union for the crowd. I will not march through the drunken and kind of hilarious tailgaters. I will not be on the field for the first pregame show of the season. I will not be in the stands talking with my friends. I will not play the fight song. I will not complain about having to play the Chant over and over and over and over and over again and DEAR GOD CAN WE PLEASE PLAY SOMETHING ELSE. I will not be on the field to perform the first halftime show of the season. I will not be there at the end of the game to sing the alma mater. I will not load the truck and hitch a ride back to the trailer with the sisters from one of the shuttles.
Today I missed band. Today I missed my friends. Tomorrow I will miss it all even more.