As many of you know, I committed the cardinal sin and married a boy from the other side of the tracks. Over the past 10 years, we have learned to live in harmony, but boy it has been tough. Especially since 9 of those years, the longhorns have been very good at football. There is also that wonderful holiday where we are supposed to be giving thanks for all of the blessings the good Lord has bestowed upon us and, well, that is hard to do come about 7 pm that evening. We have learned that both Casey and I really need to watch that game alone in our home, NOT with family. (For the record, Casey does not like to participate in the Oliver Family yell practice that we do. NOR does he really dig the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band CD - I know folks, I don't get it either). But we overcame all of these hurdles. We both learned when to quit running our mouths, and we really try to follow the rules (for the most part) that we have set regarding fan pariphernalia purchases and what we teach our children.
Speaking of our children....Riley is going to make a great politician. He is an avid longhorn fan when Dad is around, but he changes quickly to a "Gig'em" when mom or Memaw is around. But Casey's brainwashing is slowly working more and more. He clothed his new Build A Bear purchase in a tu football uniform this past weekend. Bentley is still a little young, but I am working on her. She loves to be a "Gig'em" with her Mommy, but she also looks up to Bubba, so when he is leaning to the "hook'em" she tends to sway a bit too. These things really used to get to me, but now, I just don't have the energy to toil about it. I just have to turn this over to the Good Lord and pray that my kiddos will make a good choice.
Really, the whole reason for my post is just to boast about the awesome school I went to. I really do bleed maroon and I miss all that spirit that used to just flow from me. I believe that burnt orange cow has just worn me down these last 10 years. I love my school and I am proud of them, win or lose. (Although, I know this year (just like last year), A&M will kick tu's rear end, and he will just make excuses about why they lost). I love my husband and I love my school and we can co-exist, I just have to expel a lot of love for my Aggies on my blog.
As for their move to the SEC.....wouldn't you want to get away from ol' orange if you could?
Gig'em and God Bless!!!
P.S. I wanted to call this post "House Divided", but my Daddy always worried about Casey and I using that term. He felt that if we keep referring to ourselves as divided, it very well could drive a wedge between us. I believe our relationship is too strong for that, but I also believe that a lot of what happens in our day to day lives has a lot to do with the things you confess. So Gig'em Aggies it is!!!
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