Monday, February 8, 2010

Superbowl Monday?

Superbowl Sunday was a bit different for us this year than it has been in the past. We'll set aside the fact that we are trying to assimilate in a 3rd world country and really everything is different. So Superbowl Sunday started out like any other. We woke up, went to church, had lunch and then I went to the market with my family. That didn't seem right seeing as how it was the day of the Superbowl and all. But nonetheless, we hung out afterwards and got Alex ready to go to High School Bible camp this week. He ended up riding away from our house with a friend of his on a moto to spend the night at the boys home. Alex and all the boys were planning on walking to school in the morning to catch the bus for the 5hr trip to bible camp. We are so excited for him. But that still leaves us sitting at home on Super Sunday without a game to watch. Quite an adjustment as I was not relishing nor resenting a win or loss, I was preparing to meet some friends at a sports bar at 6:15 Monday morning. Superbowl Monday! It was actually quite enjoyable. Different but good. There were many expats there watching the game and the restaurant capitalized on it. They had special menus printed up with the Superbowl logo and special prices, higher than normal Khmai prices for food. I had a bacon cheeseburger (at 6:45 a.m.) and it was worth the inflated $6 price. And for those who are reading this and may be a little more on the legalistic side, I will have you know that I did not have a beer at that early hour...although it was 5:00 somewhere.
So we watched the game and it was good. The satellite feed was really consistent with one problem. We got the whole game but it was on ESPN out of Thailand so we got exactly zero of the highly anticipated commercials. Every single commercial (EVERY ONE) was an ESPN commercial. We also got football (soccer) and cricket updates...thrilling. Regardless, we enjoyed the game and I got my fix of AMERICAN football. God does care about the little things.

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