OUT WITH THE SHORTS, IN WITH THE LONG

Well folks, fall here in Montana is over. It was a nice three weeks while it lasted, but it's now into winter. The mountains are snowcapped, there's snow on the ground in VC, and we're starting to see cars arrive in town with snow on them.

And I had to scrape windows this morning before leaving for work.

Yes, it would seem winter has arrived. And it looks like it's going to be a doozy.

I worked a junior high game in Dillon yesterday. Actually, I worked two of them. They schedule a game for the 7th graders and then a game for the 8th graders.

Folks ... IT WAS DAMN COLD!!! It's been a long time since I've been that cold. Air temp was about 25, and the wind was blowing something awful. One of my partners tossed the ball to me and the wind caught it; I now have a very fat index finger. At least it wasn't raining or snowing, so that was good.

The cold and the wind took alot out of me; and even though I'm a morning person, I could've slept until 9 a.m. easily.

Today I worked a game over in Lima. They play 6-man football there. It's sort of like being on a playground. Or, as someone said tonight, "Calvin Ball!" But they play against Twin alot, and Twin plays 8-man ball. So they have this deal where when Lima is on offense, they use 6-man rules, and when Twin is on offense, they use 8-man rules. Lima only had nine players, and one got hurt. Not too hard to know if they have the right number of guys on the field.

But the wind from yesterday blew all the stuff out of here, so it was just very crisp. It was a perfect day for football. I was thinking I had over dressed, but then after halftime it started to cool down substantially, so I was okay.

That's about it. I think I'll go to bed early tonight.