Today I stayed in my pajamas until lunchtime (that was actually my goal). It was great. After lunch, we put the kids down for naptime. As soon as we felt we were in the clear, we jumped in Ben's Cherokee and began our official tour of Coastal Carolina with Coastal's very own "Birdman". Well, at least that's what everyone calls him. Everyone! Even the head coach. They mostly call him "Bird." I don't care what they call him. Everyone is so proud of Ben.
Our first stop was the Chanticleer football locker room. It was awesome! The coolest part was a machine that automatically looosens up your muscles. Ben put me on it without telling me what would happen. Before I jumped on it he told me to try to touch my toes. I am not exactly a flexible person, so I reached and barely touched to top of my shoes (not exactly my toes). Well, I jumped on the machine and held on for dear life as it began to vibrate at an amazing rate. It lasted for about 20 seconds. As soon as it was over, Ben told me to jump off and try to touch my toes. I didn't just touch my toes, I palmed the floor! And did so with amazing ease! It was incredible!
After that we went met some of Ben's coaches and the school's Atheletic Director - Warren "Moose" Koegel. He played at Penn State and went on to play for the Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets. He showed us his football card from his time with the Jets.
After our visit with the coaches, we visited the campus bookstore where I purchased my new Coastal pullover, and Ashley her new Coastal shirt. I could have bought the entire store!!! But everything is a bit pricy. Fortunately we were able to leave with a couple of goodies without splurging too much.
Our next stop was the Presidential Suite at Brooks Stadium, the CCU football field. It was incredible! Very elite! Ben told us that there have been several famous people to visit the suite, including none other than Michael Jordan who has ties with the CCU basketball coach. That was a very neat place to visit.
Before we headed back the beach house we made one last stop. Ben is a part of a discipleship group through CCU Campus Outreach. The guys that lead the group live in a home close to campus. We stopped by the house for one thing, and it wasn't to meet more people. There was one thing that we were interested in seeing, Ben's busted up moped.
Earlier this year, Ben was involved in a very serious moped accident while heading to a beach house at Myrtle Beach. He was conscious, but sustained serious injuries to his head and leg. It is an absolute miracle that Ben survived the accident. In fact, he didn't break a single bone. He broke his nose, but that was already broken during high school, so that didn't take much. His scars on his leg are amazing. And now he is punting like never before and just made All Conference!
Not a game goes by where we sit back and thank God for how he spared Ben's life. God has big plans for Big Ben, I know it. I'm so excited for him and so proud of him.
So...another day is gone, but plenty more ahead. Good times indeed.
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