Somehow I have accumulated a ton of soccer boys in our room (all of them I think!). I’m happy to have them but I must say they smell like boys (and they haven’t even played a game yet), occasionally they talk in a fake British accent, and discuss girlfriends or lack thereof. Oh heavens, I’m not ready for all this! Jake set up a PS4 in our room so we have drawn a crowd and if we don’t get kicked out, we are sure to get a noise complaint at any second. I might have to pour myself a glass of wine and it’s only 10 am.
We’ve also played a little parking lot soccer…didn’t know there was such a thing, but with this group, there is!
It’s actually a beautiful day here and Jake and I have a lovely view from our room…
I’m kidding! In the far distance there is water…but for the most part it’s a gigantic Wal-Mart. Many of the boys have been walking over there for entertainment and buying random snacks and stuff. Jake never asked to go over there probably because he knew my answer would be a resounding NO! He’s a smart boy…sometimes.
A better view is out the front lobby of the hotel which is this magnificent praying hands sculpture in the entrance of Oral Roberts University. It’s very impressive!
FINALLY it’s time for some soccer…the reason we are here right!? The first game was a physical one against an Oklahoma team. A windy and warm 86 degree day and we tied 1-1. Most of us were pretty thrilled with this outcome as this team has won many tournaments in the past.
After the game we met up with the team at Buffalo Wild Wings for a late lunch. I’m not going to lie, I’m a bit of a food snob (right, dad!?). BWW would never be my top choice of an eatery, but Jake loves it so I’m up for whatever makes my guy happy.
We did have a little bit of drama in there when the manager discovered that some of our boys had smuggled in Jersey Mike’s subs. I’m pretty sure we are now officially banned from this restaurant in all states. He even posted a sign on all the doors saying no outside food allowed. oops! Let’s just pretend like that never happened.
I’ve now spent about $900 on toll roads going back and forth to this soccer complex and I may have a warrant out for my arrest for blowing through several of them. I’m sorry…I don’t always have exact change for .40 or .85 cents! Come on Oklahoma…are you serious with these tolls!? I will not be sad to never see another coin in my lifetime! I’m already stressing out if I have enough to get me through tomorrow!
Game two was against another very talented team and we are on the field that Jake played one of the best games I’ve ever seen him play (2 years ago). It will forever stick out in my mind. He played so hard again today, scored a goal and they tied this Oklahoma club team 3-3. It was a hard fought game among surmountable conditions. The wind was gusting so hard I’m surprised some of them didn’t blow right off the field. They couldn’t even keep the ball still to kick it off! Another tie was not what we hoped for because it makes it a long shot to advance past our game tomorrow morning.
Jake, I absolutely love watching you play and I’m so happy to be here with you this weekend! I feel very blessed!
We had a quick 45 minutes to shower and walk over to our team dinner at Zio’s across the street. 80 people jammed in a back room that was a million degrees. ugh…not ideal conditions, but I did get to catch up with some of my friends from our old team (the 2006 boys), we had a nice meal, and I have to hand it to the staff…what an undertaking to accommodate all these people ordering off the menu at once. yikes! By a shear miracle our bill was correct and we made it out of there about 2.5 hours later. By the way, even if the bill had been $100 I probably would’ve paid it anyway, just to to be done with it!
We did have quite a laugh when they decided to open the back door right by where I was sitting and a giant gust of wind came through which caught my hair. The dads busted into singing Whitesnake’s “here I go again…on my own…” Remember that song when Tawny Kitean is blowing in the wind out of the car window in the music video? Ok I’m totally dating myself here because I think that video released in 1987, but it was quite hilarious! I’ll probably never live that one down! It could be a “you had to be there” type of moment to get the humor.
Meanwhile, Brian is doing an awesome job keeping me updated on Drew’s baseball and soccer tourney games and he’s had 2 wins and a tie – so a great day for Drew boo! The only bad part is, he now has to choose between his baseball and soccer tourney tomorrow as all the games happen at once. ugh! And it appears Morgan got to choose tonight’s dinner spot…Salty Iguana baby…that girl loves Mexican restaurants. Or should we basically say, she loves cheese dip and chips! Miss these cuties!
I laughed so hard when I pulled up behind this truck, I couldn’t help but take a picture! Jake and Aidan were mostly silent during our trip and engrossed in a movie so I had to find my own entertainment!
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