So…this weekend was the annual matchup between UF and Tennessee for 2009 and the Volunteers were coming to town. It was an odd weekend as generally one of my friends hosts the game at their house and we have a big party and no one was doing so. The new better half and I decided to step out publicly and go tailgating with some friends.

The day started off with a quick stop at Publix and then a drive over to Huffman’s who lives near campus and is a great friend for letting us park at his place on Game Day. After speaking with Huffman for a few minutes, we walked towards campus and the tailgate for Tyler’s Hope, a charity organization run by Rick Staab which promotes discovering treatment and cures for Dystonia which two of his children have. Rick certainly does things right and was able to offer us an air conditioned bus to relax on!

We ran into a few other friends such as Patrick Banis and basically hung out for two hours and had a great time. I think I ate about a 1/2 dozen sugar cookies with icing on top…and I was taking it easy! The AT&T network in Gainesville by campus was apparently overloaded because no one had Internet connections and texts took 4 or 5 hours to receive! It sucked! We were unable to make plans to meet up with other friends and decided to watch the game with some Moe’s at home.

Following the game, I helped with some curtain rod and picture hanging adventures and pretty much called it a day. Sunday wasn’t very exciting as I just brought some car parts home and organized a little. I’m getting a bit sleepy and am ready to go to bed and start tomorrow fresh!