The "Real Reason" We Went to Oklahoma City

From the comment Sarah made on my last blog post, I guess I must confess that the real reason we were in Oklahoma City was because of Glen's obsession with BYU sports. Even though he continually tries to con me with the belief that we are going on all these trips to "be together" and "spend some quality time with each other" and "get to go to a new temple", I do not buy into his story. I always know the ulterior motive of my husband, but, for a moment here or there I like to imagine that his sales job phrases are my reality. So, enough of the fantasy--let's just get down to the nitty gritty of the trip--here's the ball game part of the story:

We arrive at the Ford Center for the basketball tournament and Glen is giddy with anticipation for the game to begin.



We have some great seats 7 rows up from the floor right behind the team. Glen gets very anxious when the teams are playing neck and neck and then the game ends in a tie.




The teams huddle or rally or whatever they do and played overtime and that ends in another tie.




It was at that point that Glen's boss sent the following text message. We enjoyed his humor at that tense moment in time.


Some more action and then BYU WINS the second overtime!!! The crowd goes wild--or at least the BYU fans went wild.




I know Glen could have embellished the exciting story with great facts and play-by-play action, but I'm trying to figure out why I'm even posting this because everyone knows how it all turned out. BYU lost the other game and doesn't get to play in SLC and everyone's sad. Boo hoo!

Okay, enough about the games, except for a little story about when we went to pick up our tickets for the second game. Keep in mind that we had been experiencing totally awesome weather--70 degrees--and then Saturday hit and the temperature plummeted to below freezing.



We decided to brave the weather and entertain ourselves before game time by going to a movie and then to lunch at a nearby restaurant. We parked in a location between the Ford Center and the movie theater and braved the wind and the snow to get around on foot. It was a very wet, windy and cold day.


When we got to the Ford Center to the BYU will call window, Glen tried to pull out his identification and found that his wad of money and all his credit cards were missing. His money bundle had to be back at the restaurant we had just come from. Glen took off on a run to go all the way back while I watched from the warmth and protection of inside the ticket office.


When Glen got back, I asked if the restaurant had found the money and credit cards and Glen answered no. I was just sick about it. That was the only place it could be. Glen thought the same thing until he started re-checking in every single one of his pockets in his jacket, his pants and then finally his shirt and that's where the missing bundle of cash/cards was found. He then ran all the way back to the will call window to make his second--and this time successful--try at picking up our tickets.


Here are three things I really enjoyed about the ball games:




Food, padded seats and sitting by the one I love. Who could wish for more?