This morning I received a text message from the mother of a former student. This student graduated from our school in 2011 and four years later from the Air Force Academy. He is currently a fighter pilot. Anyway, here's the text of the message:
Hi Darren! Wanted to let you know--this Saturday is the AF/Army game (televised on CBS). <name redacted!> will be flying the F-35 for the flyover.
My reply was simple:
I'll wave from inside the stadium :-)
Yes, I'm taking tomorrow off work to fly to Texas for the Army-Air Force game. My class is having our 35th reunion this weekend, centering on the game. Sadly, I'm not as confident in our chances of victory this year as I was last year, but I still expect to have plenty of opportunities to hear the two sweetest words in the English language: TOUCHDOWN, ARMY!
Kickoff is at 11:30 Eastern, 8:30 Pacific. Physically I'll be in the Central Time Zone but my body will still be on Pacific Time. At least I'll get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night when we change the clocks back.
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