World Cup Soccer

So, a few weeks ago I had several great blog ideas in a row…  Now, I have nothing again!  I tried thinking about what is going on in my life.  Well, I’m pregnant, it’s summer, the kids are out of school, and World Cup soccer is on!  SO!!  I thought, cool!  I’ll write about that!  I LOVE soccer!  I have loved it since I was 6 years old!  I had a friend named Luke Swartz who was a great athlete even as a kid.  He was my best friend and we would hold hands under our knees during computer class in Elementary school!  (Until my Mom told me I was too young to be holding hands…)  So, he loved sports, and at the time specifically soccer.  He had a great move we called the Luke Juke!  Anyways.  So, that’s how I got introduced to soccer.  From that point on I was playing!  I played age 6 through the 6th grade!  During 7th and 8th grade I took a break because I had too many other sports I could do in school.  So I played basketball, volleyball, and ran track!  When I hit high school, some friends told me to try out for the soccer team!  I LOVED it and had forgotten how much I enjoyed soccer (and I was somewhat good)!  Anyways!  You get the point!  I didn’t get to play my whole freshman year because of mono, but I played Sophomore and Junior years and then chose not to play my senior year.  By that point, I had to choose between soccer and singing.  I knew I wasn’t a “star” soccer player, so I chose singing!  The reason I actually met my husband was all because of soccer!  We were playing volleyball and I noticed his Adidas shirt and shoes, and then couldn’t miss the fact that instead of playing with his arms, he kept going for the volleyball with his feet.  So I asked, “Are you a soccer player?!”  I had his attention from that point on!  Points for me!!  My husband and I got married in 2003 and met in August of 2002.  So, the 2002 World Cup Soccer was over.  In 2006 we had been married 3 years and had an almost 2 year old.  I was completely unaware of how World Cup Soccer went!  I had no clue what was about to happen in my life!  The husband that couldn’t wake up in the morning for the life of him, suddenly was waking up at 4AM TO WATCH A SOCCER GAME.  Remember, I LOVE soccer, but this irritated the CRAP out of me.  I could count on one hand the number of times he’d woken up in the middle of the night or in the morning with our daughter…  OH MAN.  That whole month and a half of World Cup was NOT pretty.   Instead of enjoying the soccer games, I was irritated beyond all get out!  LUCKILY, we both learned a lot from that experience and when this year’s World Cup games were coming up, I knew exactly how things would go!  PHEW.  This year I am actually really enjoying it!!!  On Saturday I watched all three games TWICE…  My hubby works, and I watched them with my brother and future sister-in-law!  So, I recorded the games for him and watched them with the fam!  When he got home, that’s what we did the REST of the evening.  I have to admit, that may not happen again…  It was a little much for me!  I will probably bombard a friends’ house and hang out over there for a little bit, or take the girls swimming or SOMETHING!  Anyways!  I am enjoying watching the games and although I have no need to watch EVERY game, I am enjoying the time I get to spend with my husband and it’s proof to both me and him that he is capable of waking up in the morning and still function!  Regardless, it’s been a blast to watch some GOOD FUTBOL!!!!!!!!!!!  GO USA!!!!!!!!!!

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