Saturday, 26 September 2009

A Little Hokie



The picture almost says it all. Erin and I wanted to watch the Virginia Tech/Miami game today, but we only had two options since the British aren't interested in watching "football" with pads and helmets. Our internet connection isn't all that great to begin with, but we thought if Andrea and Tim could position their webcam and turn up the volume just right we could watch the game over Skype. Foreseeing the difficulties that would cause we decided to buy a months subscription to ESPN360. Coverage of almost every sport and every game for a month!! Great, but then there was that crappy internet connection. We found a spot were we seemed to get the best signal and set up shop. We surrounded ourselves on the smallest couch with wings, pizza, celery & hummus and beer to watch VT on the smallest screen I've ever seen. Just hearing the roar of the crowd and the announcers makes it worth while even if we can't really see where the ball is. We loose connection every 10 minutes so Erin decided to start crocheting a blanket for baby while I continued fixing the laptop as quickly as possible. It's halftime and thus far an excellent game. We keep thinking of our friends Jon and Amy getting married in Southern Virginia today. The rain must have justified the backup plan. We miss being with them and all our VT friends, but this little screen on this little couch surrounded by Hokie wings and a crocheted baby bklanket (?) makes me feel like we're there. GO HOKIES!!

3 comments:

  1. that is awesome! GOOOO HOKIES!!!

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  2. Great Game Day!! Your Hokies must have felt the cheer clear across the pond!

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