Everyone can talk about their favorite place in the world, but my favorite place is in Knoxville, Tennessee, wherever Mark is. When I look back, I don’t know why I didn’t come sooner. It sure feels good to be home, in Tennessee, where things are always sweeter.

The Wreckers: Tennessee

(Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PBEF9wQX_Y)

I listened to that song over and over while I was in Kentucky.

Yesterday, we got to eat the best burger in Knoxville at Coyote Joe’s. Today, we get to watch my first football game of the season (my favorite team!) with friends I feel like I’ve known all my life. Later on, we’ll go to my first Blogfest.

And then, we’ll come home.

To our home.

The weekend started with a nice drive to Campbell County. It was the Campbell County Cougar’s season opener against the Union County Patriots. My step-son to be is a Cougar and my ass promised to be there.

It was hotter than 10 hells on Friday and I was not dressed to go to a football game straight from work. I was in a short, black skirt and dressy tank top. Not exactly the gear I’d prefer to be wearing whilst resting my ass on 110 degree concrete bleachers.

The fun part was that my friends, Duck & Debbie, well, their son plays for Union County. So there we are… Me & Anthony and Duck & Debbie. Rooting for our respective kids. When the guy on the P.A. makes the announcement that the kids in the league are encouraged to have good sportsman-like conduct, and how we as parents, should be the same way.

I looked at Debbie and told her as soon as Union County scored I was gonna punch her right square in the mouth. Well I didn’t get to pop her a good one because I had no more than said that when Campbell County scored, twice, in the second quarter.

Good sports-man-ship my ass.

It seemed like we were gonna be pulling splinters out of the boy’s ass from his riding of the bench, but lo and behold, the last 3 minutes 22 seconds of the game they finally put his ass in. He made a serious tackle and assisted in a final touchdown. Go Boy Go!

I decided not to tell him that the majority of the Powell team was there watching them play. I reckon they wanted to see how hard it’s gonna be to whoop up on some Cougar ass.

I don’t know what to do when Powell and Campbell County play. I gradu-ma-wated from Powell several moons ago. But the boy is a Cougar.

I suppose I sew the back of a Powell shirt to the front of a Cougar shirt and be for both.

     I snorted coffee through my nose watching Knoxville’s Number One Son…

Tip: Thanks, Laura!

     We won.

     Yay.

     Can we get rid of “Mr. Can’t Pass But To the Opposite Team,” aka “Help me, I can’t judge Big Orange compared the Crowd so I’ll keep throwing that way,” aka Mr. Eric Ainge?

     Can we get rid of Phil Fulmer?

     Please?

     Can we win some for real?