So tonight, I was watching the Michigan State vs. Ohio State game on TV. First of all, I want it to go on record LOUDLY AND CLEARLY that I am NEITHER a Buckeye fan NOR Spartan fan by any means!!! I owe U of M way too much money for any of that! But, football is football.
As I was sitting watching the game, I felt my legs tightening up a bit so I thought I would stand on the commercial breaks to loosen them up a bit. So I stood for part of one commercial break. It felt good standing so on the next commercial break I tried to stand for the entire break. I did! So I text Jesse and Phil and tell them what I did. They both thought that was great and Jesse challenged me to stand for the entire halftime break. I texted back “challenge accepted!”
So as soon as halftime started, I stood up and started my timer. I did my best to straighten up and stand tall. I glanced down at the timer and saw that it was over a minute and it did not seem hard at all so I was feeling pretty good. As I kept glancing down at the timer it was exciting to see how long I was standing and the fact that I felt OK. Standing that long made me feel really good. At about the seven and a half minute mark my legs started to shake and my arms as well. A little after the 8 minute mark, the room started getting dark and I began to feel light-headed and I thought I was going to pass out. This definitely was me going until fatigue and I sat down with confidence that I gave it my best shot. I didn’t stand for the entire halftime break but I stood for 8 minutes and 48.2 seconds! I texted Jesse what I had done and he was impressed. I told him that I was going to text Phil to tell him about it. He texted me to tell Phil to challenge me too.
So I text Phil and tell him about my 8 minutes and 48.2 seconds and he told me that it was good work and he’s proud of me. I told him that Jesse said he needs to challenge me now too. He told me to do it again for the Lions game tomorrow and for now to rest up. Jesse says that that challenge is perfect. Because I am neither a Buckeye fan nor a Spartan fan I decided to hit the hay. My legs were and still are so shaky after standing so long, the longest I’ve stood for years; I thought it might make them feel better if I laid down flat. Then I texted Phil that I would possibly post about this because there is still SO MUCH adrenaline surging through my body right now. So here it is.