In blatant disacknowledgement of THIS...
In outright protest of doing THIS on October 12 (today).....
It was a hot day.
It was a beautifully hot day.
It was a beautifully hot day to sit outside and watch football!
Go Wheaton!
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Only little white fluffy things in the sky...no shade...
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Here was my view. Are you all aware that I'm claustrophobic? ...that I hate hot tight places? Like grounded airplanes in August? Like the back of the suburban on long trips in the winter? Like packed bleachers in the hot sun next to a fence? Just look at that little patch of shade. I did! ...over and over and over.....I fantasized about climbing over the fence and down to that sweet coolness...
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When I got tired of looking at the patch of shade below me, I'd look at the clear blue sky above....and clutch the fence and wonder what I'd do if there was a fire.
It may not make sense, but it felt like a real possibility.
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It certainly didn't make me feel any cooler to look at Lily!
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It certainly didn't make me feel any cooler to look at Lily!
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Still Tim smiled. He really loves Wheaton. Looking at the two of them, I knew if she sat on my lap I would faint.
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Then she did this! I think I did faint.
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Wait! What's that! Could it be? Yes it was!.....the little white cloud turned into a little grey cloud. It saved me! This cloud honestly saved me from a panic attack and possible death from heat. It was from God.
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We lasted in the stands until halftime, and then....
I ran over about ten senior citizens to get down the stairs and to the shade. I was ruthless. It was the survival instinct. Wheaton survived too, winning the game in the last two seconds with a twenty yard pass into the endzone...and I was right down by the endzone to see it...because (of the shade) I love football.
Go Wheaton.
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