Here are a few of the text’s I received as a result of my Texas Tech Red Raiders beating the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night in Lubbock on national tv.
Maria M. 10:31pm: Pull it together! Beat them will ya? (OU grad student)
Maria M. 11:00pm: Your stupid fans!
Dad 11:23pm: Oh my!
Chris H. 11:24pm: Beautiful! (former roommate, Miss. State grad)
Mom 11:24pm: That was awesome!!!
Mike B. 11:25pm: Why didn’t Leach go for two? (uncle in law)
Maria M. 11:25pm: No way! Were you one of the morons that ran on the field before it was over? You are so lucky that didn’t go badly! (Katie and I made sure there was no time on the clock before we ran on the field.)
Anthony B. 11:25pm: I have no words to describe what just happened with that game. (UT grad, bf from high school)
Anthony B. 11:32pm: Wow…that’s all I have to say, Tech better run the table or else this will be for nothing.

…both literally and figuratively. There are many things you can count on in life and one of those things is that mosquitos are a pain in the ass, or in my case, a pain in the hand. I got murdered by thousands of these little suckers at Camp Rio Blanco in Crosbyton, TX this weekend while helping out at 