So, let's Talk Football.

Not something you'd expect me to say, right? Right. It was one thing when I was a sophomore cheerleader and pretended to be interested in what a "first down" was. And then it was ok when I went to BYU and did it for the social scene. I admit I went to one game at USC, but I was fine to never hear another vulgar swear word or experience the smell of alcohol and marijuana again in my lifetime.

I don't even watch football on TV. Of course I do my wifely duties and allow Stephen to tell me the scores while I smile and say "cool!" when the team he wants to win is in the lead. But really, I just don't care much. And I completely tune out anything "fantasy football."

Well, this last week there was a bit of a "miscommunication" at Stephen's work. Someone was under the impression he wanted a couple USC vs. OSU tickets. I'll spare you the long story- all you need to know is he knows he never told anyone to buy tickets for him. But Friday when he was leaving work he saw an envelope saying "DAVIS 2 Tickets- please write check to ______ for $150."

What?

I mean, the guy loves his football but to say he was stumped is an understatement.

We were actually offered two free tickets from another source, so we tried selling the pricey pair. Craigslist+lots of phone tag = a buyer.... but unfortunately we made it to the stadium 10 minutes too late. The guy had been offered free tickets from another stranger. While walking to the entrance two other people offered us free tickets.

Ugh. So there we were, stuck with these ridiculously expensive tickets that we didn't ask for while people were just handing them out like they were sticks of gum.

We figured we'd just try to make the best of it. We chugged our hot chocolate outside the gate- 'cause of course they wouldn't let us bring it in. We proudly wore our Cardinal Red and Gold in a sea of Orange and Camoflauge. I ate an "ok" hotdog and some chilli. And in the four hours, USC gave us one touchdown to cheer for. We lost. Big time. And the seats were nothing to write home about.... let alone blog about. :)

All we could do was laugh about it all. And take an iphone photo.

On the way home we couldn't help but think about all the things we could have done with $150. Bought another year's trip to Disneyland? Fly home to Utah? Go to an amazing concert that guaranteed real entertainment? Purchase some christmas gifts for our family and friends?

I mean, shouldn't the tickets be refunded if your team loses and the entire game was quite uneventful?

Too much information, I'm sure. I guess I just wanted to give the above PHOTO it's true story.

Yay for date night!

The end.