Bye Week 2021 Plans

What's on everyone's calendar for the bye?

Wife day.

Since I will have no wifely demands, it will involve large quantities of watching other teams play CFB and probably a beverage or two.  Maybe three.

I'm playing a big band gig on Saturday afternoon at Shield's Pizza in Southfield- I'm filling in for a buddy of mine who wants to go see his grandkids. My wife is going to be gone all day playing an orchestra gig, so I'll probably practice the rest of the afternoon, since I've got a recital coming up in November, with about 55 minutes of music on it, and I need to keep cleaning up a few passages in the big concerto on the program.

Anyone who's not giving every ounce of their soul and being to figuring out how to bea(s)t OSU should be fired! That goes for fans, too! Everything that's circular, sibilant, or udder-shaped should be removed from our homes, the campus, and Schembechler Hall! Rinse, repeat. 

Feel like I'm starting to do this right. . . 

EDIT: Have the kid's last travel soccer matches of the fall in Kissimmee, FL, before the high school season begins. Will be some college coaches there, and she is pumped. Trying to be excited for her. 

Headed to the beach and some fun/games with the kiddos (12 & 9) in Destin.

I'm working just like I do almost every Saturday. 

Annual corn maze (maize) & pumpkin farm trip. 

Daughter Day/weekend. We're going to NYC to visit our daughter who is a freshman in college. 

Just tested positive for covid, so I suppose that's my excuse to isolate at home and watch football all day. Too bad the slate of games isn't all that enticing. 

with 2 sons playing college football, it's not 'wife day' for us.  we'll be in a stadium somewhere rooting our heads off.  

Try to borrow my neighbor’s air compressor (huge Nebraska fan from Omaha) to blow out my sprinklers. I might be on my own this year ?

We do a Bye Week Biking (and Beers) get together here with the alumni club, basically just a fun, easy bike ride that starts and ends at a brewery.

Then just a relaxing afternoon, enjoying some college football and maybe catching some Disney fireworks in the evening.

My wife is having surgery on Friday. Wife day is taking a back seat to kids weekend while she recovers. I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old. Please keep me in your thoughts in these trying times.

Kids, soccer, watching other CFB games and hoping for as many upsets as we can get!

Very much a wife day for me. Beginning to turn our spare bedroom into a nursery for our baby boy on the way.

Michigan Hockey! I have longed for the hockey team to come to Duluth, and they're here this weekend. The bye week is perfectly timed, because attending hockey and cheering for Michigan with my family a mere 10 minutes from my home is the sports priority.

I am way, way excited for this.

YMCA Indian guides camping trip with the boy! Hopefully fishing and hiking! Looks like decent weather.

Every year I plan taking the boat, hoist and dock out of the lake on Michigan's bye. It won't be any different this year. I'm heading north.

My 7 year old son has a pizza party for his football team.  Should be an interesting time.

Friday night:   Soak in my son's last regular season high school football game.   Playoffs start next week in Wisconsin. I don't know if I can handle the playoff stress after not experiencing it last year.

Saturday:  Escape up north.   Fell a few dead trees on the property.   Split lots of firewood.   Eat a hearty dinner and catch a late college football game on TV.

Sunday:  Rinse and repeat sans college football (no NFL for me these days).

Heading to Arizona for a little trip with the in-laws.

Going to the farmers market in the morning, lunch at our favorite hole in the wall place and then going to an arts festival. Getting a babysitter at night so I can finally have a date night with my wife. 

Wrapping up all the outdoor house chores before winter comes in. It'll be nice to have a free Saturday to take a break and get some stuff done. Maybe watch other CFB without having to be stressed about our own game

Normally, watching games during the bye week has the added luxury of no stress.  But this Saturday's slate of games is...woof.

In the B1G, with Michigan, Penn State and OSU off we have...

Army @ Wisconsin

MSU @ Indiana

Nebraska @ Minnesota

Purdue @ Iowa

Rutgers @ Northwestern

None of those games will tell us anything.  And Penix is still most likely out for Indiana. 

*The* game of the day will most likely be a surprising 6-0 Kentucky team playing at Georgia but I expect that game to probably be over in the 2nd quarter. 

Really a snoozfest of schedule.  If you're out and about, you won't be missing much. 

Wife Day Plans:  Fly to rural, Western New Mexico to hike on Saturday-Sunday.  Drive to Albuquerque to pick up friends on Monday.  AirBnB in Taos for the week.  Hiking at 11k+ altitude.  Hoping for snow in Taos, but clear skies in Western NM to see some stars.

Temporary cryogenic freezing

The wifeday posts of yesteryear were some of my favorites. Shopping-bag-toting Denard one of the best pics ever. For this year (and reasons) I propose self-care day. 

Be good to yourselves, whatever that means, and find the good in all you can.

Go Blue 

We are going to a Chinese Cultural Festival in Mellon Park (Pittsburgh) in the afternoon for the wife and Paintball Zombie Assault at night for me.

Taking my sons to their first hockey game -- Kraken @ Blue Jackets baby, let's go Beejers!

Bye week is coming at a great time. Wife's 40th birthday party on Saturday, so just a full day of drinking in downtown Kzoo. 

Stress-free college football viewing and maybe grading student work if I'm not too hung-over.