Another weekend back in Iowa

I don't normally go home every weekend, but I have gone home the last two. Last weekend, as I said, was my little sisters' birthdays. This weekend my family had tickets to the Iowa State v Nebraska football games in Ames! I was disappointed that I had to miss Fall Formal back at the Mount, but I hadn't been to an ISU game in two years and really wanted to go.
My trip didn't turn out to be near as exciting as I had hoped, though. I woke up at 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. We had planned to leave for my cousin's house at 7:30 to meet and go to the game. I don't know if I was just so excited that I couldn't sleep, but I finally gave up on trying and got out of bed and showered at 5:30.
We met my cousin and went to the game. Before the game even started, I knew it wasn't going to be good. The announcer had spent at least five minutes pumping up the crowd. The band had just played the fight song, and smoke had started to come from the tunnel. Then, as the team came running out of the tunnel onto the field, one of the very first player ran out and right into the goal post. What a proud moment for Cyclone fans!
The rest of the game went just about the same. The Huskers killed my Cyclones, and I left the stadium a very unhappy fan. By the end of the night, I was missing the Mount and wishing I had stayed for Fall Formal instead.