Hoosiers Win Back The Old Oaken Bucket In 27-24 Thriller

On Saturday, November 17, Doug and I traveled to Bloomington, In. along with our great friends Jeff and Molly to watch the Indiana Hoosiers BEAT :) the Purdue Boilmakers!!! GO HOOSIERS...sorry all you Purdue fans out there!!! The drive down was exhausting as we all sat in miles and miles of bumper to bumper traffic traveling to Memorial Stadium for the game. I believe this was the first sold out game they have had in quite some time so I'm not sure the police were really prepared for the amount of people they would be filing in. Aside from that we had a blast! It was very relaxing to hang out with good friends, tailgate for a while, eat some tasty food:), have a few drinks and not have to be "responsible parents" for just a short while (though I must admit I always miss my little munchkins when I'm away from them!).

There was a family sitting in front of us with their two daughters who were decked out in their IU gear. They were absolutely adorable and it made me think on more than one occasion just how much fun it will be to take our trio with us to the games when they get a little older. We met a lot of very nice people sitting around us in the bleachers and also while tailgating. We were reminded of what a small world we live in as we started talking with this couple who ended up living in the same town Doug works in?!? They were very nice despite the fact they were there supporting Purdue:)

Once the game was over Jeff and Molly headed home to pick up their 3 mo. old little man from the sitter's house. This was the first time they had ever left him with anyone so I was surprised Molly did so well... Doug and I on the other hand took full advantage of the fact that we had some time alone and we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise for some dinner, drinks and listened to the "one man band" entertaining everyone who was actually pretty good. I was really hoping to take Doug to Macri's Deli as they used to serve his FAVORITE cheesecake when he lived down there but we were disappointed to find out they have gone out of business:( There were more than a few things that have changed in the eleven years since Doug was in college there.