AWAY: UGA vs. USC

The Georgia vs. South Carolina football game was delayed a day because of Hurricane Matthew so we left for South Carolina Saturday afternoon. Driving to South Carolina, the wind gusts were strong as it pushed against the RV. It felt like we were swerving back and forth within the lane.

I grabbed a chair and rode shotgun, opposed to sitting in the back, to help alleviate the motion sickness I was feeling.

Prayers for everyone that was in the path of Hurricane Matthew! Thankfully, Savannah wasn't hit as hard as expected, but Fort Pulaski nearby did see record high tides and is still underwater. Shout out to my dad who's spent the last week and a half working his a$$ off to make sure his food stores were back up and running for residents in affected areas. You never think about the people who are responsible for running operations, but kudos to my dad and his teams who spent hours on conference calls putting the plan of actions into place for stores that were affected! 

11 of the grocery stores that he oversees lost power and lost everything refrigerated and frozen. That's 11+ stores that had to be gutted and cleaned out due to water damage and spoiled foods. Although we spent the weekend in South Carolina for the Georgia game, he wasn't able to enjoy much of it as he and his team were consumed with recovering from this natural disaster. Shout out to all hands involved whether it's store operations, linemen, servicemen and servicewomen, red cross disaster relief workers, or people in the community coming together to help one another. It truly takes a community to unite and re-build post-disaster and we appreciate each and every one of you! 

Saturday night, we celebrated the birthday boy! We took him to Longhorns for his birthday. As we waited to be seated, we stood in the bar area watching the Tennessee vs. Texas A&M game. What an ENDING! Way to beat Tennessee in overtime, Texas! It brought us so much joy to see Tennessee's streak come to an end after their hail mary win against UGA last weekend.

Sunday we enjoyed the Dawgs vs. Gamecocks game at Williams-Brice Stadium. We couldn't help but laugh seeing gamecock fans wearing hats that read "COCKS" across the front. "What exactly is a gamecock?" we wondered. It's a rooster bred and trained for fighting, specifically cockfighting. In a cockfight, two roosters will fight each other to death. People place bets on which gamecock they think will win. Gory!

We had a great view of the stadium from our seats and some interesting seats for game day drama. We had a fight break out at the end of our row between two female gamecock fans. The girl at the end of our row was being mouthy the whole game, trash-talking the dawgs and cussing out surrounding dawg fans. A lady a couple rows up from her asked the girl to stop and be respectful. After all, we're all there to enjoy the football game. It only escalated further when the girl at the end of our row told the other girl, "You're not my mom. You don't control me. F**k off". Both ladies ended up leaving during half-time and never returned. We were wondering if they ran into each other again during half-time and got escorted out. 

If that wasn't interesting enough, a drunk girl behind us starts crying. She was crying because she was drunk and "hated the drunk feeling". We were cracking up laughing. She starts yelling, "Why am I crying?! I only cry when I watch Grey's Anatomy!" 10 minutes later, the girl starts puking everywhere! The area we were sitting in wasn't super crowded so we all got up and moved down a few rows in front of us. Gotta love gamecock fans! 

My beautiful glamour shots of before game and after the game. This is what seats in the blistering South Carolina sun will get you. Even though it was only 80, it felt so much hotter as the sun beamed down on us for 4 quarters. It was all worth it when the Dawgs won the game, 28-14. Go Dawgs! Another weekend for the tailgating books.