Mixed Feelings About the Upcoming Husker Season

The calendar has turned my friends, which means we have reached my favorite part of the year, Husker Season!  Yesterday was Husker Fan Day, the day when the media coverage picks up and the internal excitement for the upcoming season starts to build.  There is no way for me to describe the feeling of joy I get from being in our seats for pregame with all the action in the stadium and then the Husker vision screen goes black and it starts….the tunnel walk!  With all that said, this year I have mixed feelings.  

Anyone who knows me and my husband, knows that starting towards the end of August through Thanksgiving, on home game Saturdays from 8:00 am until sundown we can be found in the great city of Lincoln, NE.  My husband has attended every home game for the past ten years, and our annual vacations are set around Husker away games.  Some of my favorite memories of my husband and I were made at the Husker home games we have attended.  The Stadium holds a special place in our hearts, so much that when he proposed to me, he did so as we were on a walk around the outside of the Stadium.  That proposal was over 6 years ago now, our lives have changed since then and are about to change in a big way very soon.

As my belly continues to grow and I head into the last 3 weeks of pregnancy, reality is setting in. While I am totally overjoyed about this little boy growing inside of me and can hardly contain the excitement to meet him, a piece of me is sad that I know my normal fall Saturday routine will be changing.  As a new Mom-to-be, I don’t really know what all the changes will entail.  I do know that sometime very soon my Saturdays will probably start before 8:00 am, and won’t include loading up the car, stopping by both the coffee and donut shop before heading to Lincoln.  My Saturday mornings will include new things like getting my little man dressed for game day which, thanks to his dad, he has a plethora of outfits to choose from. They will also include late night, early morning and all day feedings, naps, snuggles and passing along the love of Husker football to my little man from the comfort of the couch. 

 

While my Saturdays may change for awhile, I also know that there is no shortage of family that will be willing to watch my little man, so that my husband and I can have a “Date Day” in Lincoln and I can experience the joy and excitement of Husker season from inside Memorial Stadium.  While I will always cherish the memories of Husker home games from the past seasons and will miss not making new ones at every game this year, I have no doubt the memories I will make with my little man this season will easily become some of my new favorites!

Go Big Red!