Days left in Africa (this time): 20
Days until the season opener: 112
Minutes until I flip out about the merging of two of this blog's topics that should not be mixed: 2.7
I mean, we joke about football being a religion in Texas. Because it's serious. It matters. And we organize our lives around it, at least from August through New Year's. And admittedly, occasionally some of us (not me mind you, but some of us) have more consistent home game attendance records than we do in Sunday School.
But come on. Only in Alabama.
I am just back from vacation week and promise to start posting regularly again on Monday. For the moment, I'm tired from the journey and angry at the border officials who refused to give me a one-month visa. Right now I have one for 8 days. Here's hoping there will be another 8 after that. Otherwise I'm going to Vic Falls. To do this.
(By the way, I'm particularly proud of the lyric referenced in the title of this post. The song from which it comes is linked there.)