Heartbreak and Football....A Winning Combination

I have always prided myself on being a guy’s girl. I’m usually down for whatever, I’ll watch the game and will be legitimately interested in it, I can hold my own when it comes to alcohol, and above all else I don’t get emotionally attached. Well, at least I thought I didn’t. I had this vision of my senior year being filled with fun and debauchery. Single girl in her last year. Somehow I found myself falling for someone, an exchange student no less. Perfect right? I finally like someone and he comes with an expiration date. I decided it would be better to have fun and go with it, thinking “what could it hurt?” Well, turns out it could hurt me. See, not only did this particular boy have to leave in December; he also chose to bring another girl home in front of me. Ouch! Was it her winning personality? Her great sense of humor? Or maybe it was just her significantly larger cup size and blonde hair. Who knows, but l ended up doing something no girl should ever do, I cried in the bar. Humiliating right? We’ll luckily I had some great friends to take my mind off things and another San Diego event to experience. My friend Jess invited me to the Chargers v. Raiders game that Sunday. Her brother has season tickets that happen to be 8^th row on the 50 yard line; pretty great way to see your first Chargers game. Now, it was difficult for this die hard Patriots fan to cheer on the Chargers, but in the spirit of San Diego adventures I gave it my all. Unfortunately, my cheering didn’t help; they lost…27-35. I should also warn all novice fans that, for this particular game, the stadium takes extra precautions with alcohol. Fans are only allowed one drink at a time and all drinks are served in plastic cups. They also stop serving alcohol at the half. Apparently, Raiders fans are so crazy and the rivalry is so great that security fears drunken fights and bottles being thrown. Never the less, the game was great. Jess and I had made a pact to not discuss our boy troubles during the game so it was a nice change of pace. Despite the Chargers losing effort, everyone was having a great time around us and the mood was contagious. Nothing like a day of hard hitting sports with drunken strangers to get over drama! It’s no Patriots game, but the Chargers game reminded me to be myself and just have fun, stressing over men just isn’t worth it. If you want a day of fun, go to a game. Even if you don’t know all of the rules and all of the players, the fun, exciting atmosphere will definitely improve any mood.