Final Cougar Home Game

I woke up about five hours after going to bed. I decided it was time to get up and get ready to head to Ben’s place for the pre-game activities. Ben gave me a call and let me know things were underway.

I went to Rosauers for some lunch and then headed off to Pullman. I got my ticket from my office and got my warm clothing from my truck. I drove towards Ben apartment and found a place to park really close. I walked to his place from there and went inside. There were several people there playing games and watching TV.

Ben poured some rum in my pop. We played a card drinking game for a little bit, then people moved on to playing with Ben’s plastic BB guns. He shot me with one and I shot him back. It was a lot of fun. I also got a beer to go down after the hard A. But I had to stop drinking early on because I was going to be on call after the game and needed time for the alcohol to work through the system.

We had some dinner at the apartment next door with someone who was going to be coming to the game with us. I headed up early with some other people. They were sitting in assigned seats in section two. I went to section twenty-seven and went to the top row. I was there until kick off. I called Ben and found out where he was sitting. He was in the end zone so I went down there to be with him, Ryan, and Mike. It was a good game, as have been all the games this season so far.

Ben was pretty drunk and he kept hold onto me and he would hug me a lot. He is one of those people who likes to touch. Towards the end of the game Ben and his girlfriend left to go back to the apartment. Mike and I went near the tunnel where some reserves seats are for the marketing people. We sat there because he knows the people. They were neat seats. But as the second half wore on Oregon scored a lot of points and took a lead. The Cougs tied it up with a field goal, but needed a defensive stop. Oregon however drove the field and scored a game winning field goal with four seconds to go.

I walked back to my truck and went to my office where I got into my uniform for the fire department. I went to the deuce and waited for rescue to get back. Then I found out I was going to be on the engine. I left a little after midnight and got some pizza then I went to my office and played some ESPN poker. I did that for about two hours and I was falling asleep. So I went to sleep only to be called out about seven minutes later. It was a delta call. I did not go on it, but I had to go to the station and stand by. I slept on the couch until the guys got back. Then I went back to my office.

Around five in the morning we got a call for a fire in a backyard that someone was trying to put out. I was unsure if we were supposed to go on it, so I went to the station. We ended up going, even though it was an open burn, something reserves don’t go on. When we got to the scene we were asked to come up and help. The fire was out, but we had to break it apart and make sure it was extinguished. I used the trash hook and pulled the plastic pallets that they were burning. It was probably not the smartest thing someone has done in the world. They had run out of wood and decided to keep the fire going with something and they had the plastic pallets right there. We spent a while pouring water from their garden hose on it.

Finally we pulled the trash line and put about two hundred gallons and foam on the fire area to make sure it would not rekindle. As we left around seven in the morning, it was starting to snow. Michael, Kyle, and I met up at Dissmores and got some hot cocoa. I went to my office and changed back into street clothes and headed to Colfax where I would go to bed.