But it wasn't just going to the Razorback game....it was the sheer joy of getting away with my sweet hubby sans sweet Caleb. Yep, just the two of us for two whole days....that in itself is almost a miracle since sweet hubby doesn't usually take time off for himself and rarely gets away from the homefront. But for me on my birthday he did just that.
We drove to Hogville on Friday afternoon (in the rain- lots of rain). Then we checked into our wonderful Marriot room, changed clothes and headed to downtown Hogville where all the action is on the night before a home game...crowded streets, full restaurants, lots of red, lots of Razorbacks...ahhhh, heaven, yes, yes, heaven for a Hog fan!!! We wanted to go eat at Doe's Steaks but we knew we were only dreaming...cause there was a two hour wait at Doe's on a Friday night, before home game, at 8:00 pm....we were hungry and didn't really want to wait two hours so we settled for the next best thing...Jose's Mexican -- down the street from Doe's Place. Yes, it was crowded but we were able to get a table pretty fast, and then ran into friends from home who were there for the fun as well.
Here is the evidence --- yeah, I was really there - in the nosebleed section- but hey,when you buy last minute tickets you take what you can get!! What a game it was!!!
Friday night at Jose's with my mocktail - Virgin Strawberry Diaquiri
Ok, so here I am not actually in side the stadium yet!!! I am outside on a hill looking down at the stadium for the kickoff....why outside for the kickoff, well, it had been raining a lot and I left my sunglasses in the car. As we walked to the stadium the sun came out.....and.......sweet hubby walked back up the hill to fetch my sunglasses out of the car.....did I mentioned we parked 20 miles away from the stadium (well, not really but it sure seemed like it when I walked back to the car!!) anyway.....did I mention that I have a wonderful sweet hubby?????? He is. He really is. Who else would walk back up the hill to get sunglasses and miss the kickoff!!!!!
Very intense when Auburn decided to show up in the last quarter of the game to score 21 points - bam, bam, bam!!!! Hey, my Razorbacks rallied back to beat Auburn 43 - 21!!! Woohoo Go Hogs!!
My sweet hubby.
Half time -- Band formation - Go Hogs
Celebrating a Razorback victory!!!!
After the game we made our way back to the car (20 miles up hill!!) and then headed south towards home.
On the way home sweet hubby offered to take me out for that steak that we missed the previous night, but no, no, no.....for me....I wanted to stop in Russellville and get STOBY's!!!! One of my all time favorites!!!
Where one must have the famous cheese dip (I mean hey, Kris Allen made a beeline to Stoby's in Conway for that cheese dip as soon as he hit Arkansas --- what can I say...ummm good!!
I love having the sliced chicken breast in a pita.......ahhh, sooo good.
I think this was actually one of the best birthday celebrations ever.....
thank you sweet hubby -- you are the best!!!!
For now the doctor is out.....listening to her sweet Caleb calling the hogs!!!!
