opening weekend

It's official, football season is here. Saturday was every man's dream. More football than can be imagined and it won't stop for about 13 more weeks. (And that doesn't include Pro, which I'm not a big fan of. So I only count college) Mississippi State had their Season opener against in state school Jackson State University. Because of our decision to not have cable in the house I'm always forced to head to a local bar or friend's house who has cable to catch one of the few games MSU gets broad casted. Luckily our season opener was one.
I headed down to a local favorite, Sunset Grille, to catch this walloping the bulldogs put on JSU. I arrived on time for kick-off and was dismayed that I couldn't immediately find the game. It was delayed due to weather. So kick-off was about 40 min late. But who cares when you get to watch your boys play, right? The first period was about typical of MSU football. Which confirmed my feelings for this season. (I will be totally happy with a .500 season) The boys played sloppy ball to start the game. Miss handled hand-offs, missed cues, missed easy tackles. but I've been a State fan long enough to know that this is how we start. Not to mention most of our team is VERY young. we are playing many freshmen this year. But by the end of the first quarter it was MSU 7 - JSU 0.
Just as the second quarter was getting started I was called back to fatherly duty. My loving wife very graciously let me, a father for just a few days, get some time to enjoy my favorite passion. Who wouldn't love a wife for that. So I left expecting the game to end with us at about 14 or 21 and JSU 7. Upon finishing my call of duty I got the computer turned on to catch the last few min of the game. To my surprise the score was 35 - 0. I guess ole Dan Mullen pulled the boys together and found a rythm. We put up 21 points in the 3rd quarter alone. The downfall to watching games on the computer is you don't get to see the action, just the result. So I can never assess how well we play just kinda guess at it. But The final score was 45 - 7.
I'm pleased with this outcome. I fully expected us to win this game but not by such a margin. I'm glad Dan got a win on his first outing. Now we look forward to Auburn next week. This will be more of a test to the program as Auburn is a conference school. But I'm hopeful. After next week I'll reassess my prediction of a .500 season. Below are a few pictures courtesy of a friend and the Mississippi State Football Facebook page.

I love our new helmets.

NEW ARRIVAL

On Monday morning at around 2am the Wife woke me to say it was time to head to the hospital. After many hours we were able to meet our new son Caleb Heath. He was born Aug 31 at 12:25 PM. He was the most gorgeous thing I'd ever seen. Even now when his eyes are open and looking at me I get lost and forget all else. After a 2 day stay at the hospital we were allowed to bring our little man home. (by the way, if any of you are in Durham, I highly recommend having a child @ Durham Regional Hospital. The staff was amazing and they made us feel so comfortable and gave amazing support). We have now been home for 2 days. And have just returned from our first doctor visit. Caleb is in good health and only one ounce away from returning to birth weight, which is amazing. Our sleeping hasn't been totally out of whack (or at least I don't feel that way.) We'll see when I return to work next week exactly how true that statement is. But so far so good. And if you haven't seen enough pictures here's a few more.

Such huge feet. Maybe he'll be taller than mom and dad. We can only hope!

WELCOME BACK

Well I've been absent for a long time. But I'm going to try and make a return. It has been a long year since the last post. And frankly the only thing worth talking about is that this week I will become a father. Caleb Heath Busbee has been long awaited and if he doesn't decide on his own to show up, we've scheduled to have him primed out on Friday. My wife has been a charm through this pregancy. I've heard so many horror stories through these past nine months of how women's hormones change and it effects their moods and has most men walking on eggshells. But I have to say I haven't gone through that. Mel has been very level headed about most things. there are hiccups but nothing major. So I will try and be better about communtication here. I will post pictures and such of Caleb when available.

It's good to be back