Husker Volleyball

I got the opportunity this weekend to go the Nebraska Volleyball game...well actually the kicker was that my two friends Keri & Lisa had tickets and were going and they got wind that Dave took the weekend off so they asked if I wanted to go and try and get tickets at the game. I thought what the heck, how often do I get a chance to go out of town so I said I would go. I kind of convinced myself that I wouldn't actually be able to get tickets--last home game & senior night! Dave posted a question on his Nebraska Rivals message boards and asked what people thought about my chances--the response he got was from someone who had been looking for tickets for a few weeks and wasn't having any luck. So I figured I'd be doing some shopping while the game was going on...and I was okay with that--I would of been disappointed of course but I knew the trip would still be fun! We leave town about three and stop and eat in the Old Market beforehand and head over to the collisium about 6 or so. As we are walking towards the building we keep seeing more and more people with their fingers in the air looking for tickets...there were quite a few people looking...yeah, I'm not getting any! So we walk in by the entrance and decide to make one more walk along the sidewalk and if there wasn't anyone selling I was going to have the others girls just go in and I'd figure it out--no need for all of us to be standing out in the cold! Keri catches wind of someone with a ticket but there are about 5 people all around him -- she asks if he has a ticket and that we only needed one. He hands her a ticket and starts to walk away! We're trying to ask him if he wants anything for it as he's walking but he says no!! Man that was easy---and a free ticket to top it off!! So I got in--we were so excited!! Lisa & Keri's tickets were on the West side and mine on the East side and we could see each other across the court! The man who gave me the ticket was in the seat next to me of course and he was just the nicest man ever!! When I sat down he handed me a program that he bought for me also! His name was Stan and his wife passed away 2 years ago but he kept his season tickets and always finds someone to use the other one or gives it to someone who looks like they really want to watch the game (that was us!!). He totally reminded me of the scientist guy from Jurassic Park! We talked throughout the game about my kids and his grandkids and he was a wealth of knowledge about the players stats too! It was great fun and I'm so glad I ended up going!! I'm a little under the weather today though as we hit a few bars on the way home and stayed up entirely too late!! Did you know there is a little town called Touhy?? We always see the sign so we checked it out on the way home...yep pretty much just a bar, a church and a few houses!! But the people there were very nice also!! It was a great little trip and on top of it the Huskers won in 3 sets!!