As many of you already know, the first day of the college football season is celebrated as a holiday in the Cummings household a tradition begun by my beautiful wife some five years ago when she gave me a first day of football present the morning of the Texas-UNT opener in 2006. This year I was presented with a small book that had the words to the Eyes of Texas and the sonogram photos of our little girl with various Longhorn and football related stickers strategically placed on the photos. I got to watch the Texas game from the comfort of my own living room since it was on the main ESPN channel that we get. The Horns were solid if unspectacular and it was good to see them win though they aren't nearly the team of the last two years that challenged for a national title. With the youngster due in early November football this year really is taking a backseat to real life.
We finished our summer term last week and have a week of administrative duties before we start the fall term on the 13th. Late last week it looked like we might get our first storm of the season next week in Gaston but right now it is up in the air whether he will reform and if he does whether he will track our way. If he had you know that Katie who is a huge Beauty and Beast fan would have been humming Gaston's song from the movie and play all the time. Next week is our nephew Zachary Bernard's baptism and we want to send our love and thoughts up to Naperville to him and the whole Bernard family.
