Today was a day of unlooked-for gifts. This morning Quaid handed Jill two tickets to the Texans game. He had been given them by someone else but couldn’t use them. They were good seats (50 yard line, 3rd level). We decided that Blake and I would go, although we would be late as I had church-duties until noon, which was the game’s start time.

After grabbing some McDonalds Blake and I took off on our road-trip to Reliant Stadium, and we arrived as the 2nd quarter was ending. Being that late was a bit of a perq; our second gift of the day was not having to pay for parking.

As we were walking into the lot one of the tailgaters gave me two tickets. He asked me if I wanted them. Thinking him a scalper I replied “no thanks, I already have tickets”. “Not as good as these”, he replied. They were fifth row, field-level, endzone. Playing along, I said “how much?”

“I’m giving them to you. Thought your kid might like them,” he replied.

Sweet! That was gift three. I’d never sat so close to the action.

The final gift? Nearly a miracle. The Texans won!

It was Blake’s first professional football game (and he’s totally into the NFL right now).

Good day!