Not so sweet...... or is it?

STUDIO 48 -- It has been several weeks since my last correspondence. I apologize, but the internet in Gains Vegas is so slow that it frustrates me, so I avoid it (for the most part) while at home. My holiday break has been very good, very laid back, and much needed.

Yeah, well... we lost. Our defense just wasn’t prepared (thanks Willie). It hurts, but I’m moving on. The Sugar Bowl trip was more fun than I anticipated. I was worried that the location would hinder, but it was not a problem. As my third year in the Redcoat band comes to a close, I reflect back on the experiences that I have had as a part of this organization. There have been more good ones than bad. I have changed a lot over the past three years for the better and I have watched others do the same. The Redcoat Band is a love hate thing: You don’t like most of it when it happens, but realize months later that you were having a blast and didn’t take time to soak it up. It’s the people that make it that way. While you were running set to set on a Saturday morning and contemplating “why?”, you should have looked around and realized that the hell that you are going through is really heaven because of who you are going through it with. 400 individuals, compiled together in red and black patches of wool, nylon, and sequins, it sounds absurd and to be honest... it is. But I love it! I love those individuals and I love the entity that they form when they suit up on Saturdays.
I will end the suspense now: I will return for another year. As frustrated as I became with the directors and the whole bureaucracy, I just love the Band, its history, the free football and the people too much to pass up an opportunity to go at it one more time. My status as section leader may still be up in the air, but that decision is higher up than me. , so I am not worrying about it.
If I feel this sappy after one of the toughest losses in the history of Georgia football, imagine the Lifetime feature I would have written if we would have won. Wow! I will leave you all now and will continue the stream of consciousness that is my Blog at a later time.......