The weather forecast for Houston, Hail! Michigan came through and won the national championship. Harry even stayed up to watch the game in its entirety. We watched the game on some weird ESPN channel. It showed no commercials, and when the normal broadcast went to commercial break, it stayed on the field. On a positive note, it showed the halftime show. In lieu of commercials, we saw various on field award presentations. One of these awards were for teachers. Watching this caused Anne to remember a dream that she had had while she was still teaching.
In her dream she was subbing at the high school. A kid acted up in class and she called him out for it. This boy was on the football team and when coach heard about his behavior, he benched him for that night’s game. Our high school was small and fielding a football team was difficult. I remember going to see a game and at halftime, one of the players, still in his football uniform, joined the marching band as the tuba player. So, in this dream, when Anne heard that the student that she had called out had been benched, she felt compelled to take his place on the field, as a substitute sort of speak. Dressing for the game, she began to feel some trepidation. Especially, when she donned her shoulder pads. She remembered wondering, if she should take one or two Advil before the game.
