Living La Vida Lopez: Auburn's A-Day 2010

Auburn University A-Day Game 2010

I was able to talk Rod right into taking his two favorite girls to Auburn last Saturday for Auburn's A-Day game...can you believe it? Poor Rod, the 'Bama grad, married a die-hard Auburn fan & grad (not to forget that I also appeared in their national tv spot during my senior year!) who just can't stay away from Auburn football and the town for very long! The weather was supposed to be perfect, but hot. We made plans to meet up with my brother, Jim, and his girlfriend Amber Saturday morning. Can you believe us Lopez's were ready for departure from Montgomery 45mins EARLY? Believe it, because it happened! We all suited up in the orange & blue (minus Rod who opted for blue...it's progress & I'll take it...slow & steady wins the race ;-) ). Sophia & I happily chatted & chanted "War Eagle" while shaking our shakers in the car & Rod navigated to Jim's house. Upon arrival, Sophia wanted to visit with Hemi, Jim's large & in-charge lab/boxer mix (?). He's huge. Jim then showed us his 'man-cave'....I should've taken a photo...it's awesome. Sophia loved all of his cars in there - to my surprise he let her mess with them & drive them everywhere (he's usually very OCD about placement of his 'things')! We all decided on lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings in Tiger Town to avoid the big crowds of downtown Auburn - the service was so-so & took way too long so we missed out on some of the pre-game festivities. Oh well. We were all full & happy & ready to go to the game. Bummer is when we finally got to the game the stadium was packed to the gills & not a seat was available in the shade - the temp was 90+ with humidity & it was 1pm...brutal. Luckily, we were able to go to the east end of the stadium (across from the student section, but facing west) & we huddled up underneath the smaller scoreboard for a smidgeon of shade. Whew. Poor Jim & Amber stuck it out in the sun for awhile. None of us lasted much past half-time. We were all sweating, tired & ready to get in the a/c! We left the game & mosied to the campus bookstore...it was swamped. But cool. Sophia began a meltdown here, but couldn't be blamed as she was at least 2hrs past her naptime. We bribed her with a tiger print binoculars and a new Auburn cheerleading outfit for Fall (40% off!). After that, we decided it was time to head home. We had such a fun day up on the plains & can't believe that the next time we attend A-Day, Baby Lopez will be 5.5mos old!