Football frenzy

On Friday night, Garrett and I and a crew of friends went out to the football game. The Eskimos were playing the Stampeders in a rematch from Labour Day, where we (Eskimos) got walloped. I don't know the exact score and it's probably better that I don't. So on friday, our team came out to save face from their embarrassing loss a few days earlier.

Going to the game was part of the 'Garrett birthday extravaganza'. We got a group rate and some semi-decent seats. Well, we were up high but you can see everything just fine. The stadium is actually quite huge. It can cold 62,000 people, and we managed to pack it quite full on Friday with 48,000 people. The Eskimos started out strong to take the first quarter 16-0, however the second and third quarters were very mediocre and in the fourth quarter the score was 26-22 for the Stampeders. It was looking bleak for us by the end of the game, but in the last nine seconds, we scored a touchdown!!! Right on! The crowd went wild and we jumped around and cheered. It was really fun. Then, luck of all things, we picked up a fumbled ball and scored another touchdown in the last two seconds of the game. Bam!! Eskimos came out way on top and we were all pretty excited at the end.

We headed home then, but not before we saw two cockroaches!! It was super gross. They were huge and they were heading down the stairs with all the people. It was bizarre. We couldn't understand how cockroaches could survive in Edmonton - I suppose because it's been such a warm summer, they've been proliferating. Apparently people who have moved here from other places have brought them to Edmonton in their luggage, but they must mostly die in winter.