My dirty little secret

Remember when I said there were layers to my personality, much like the layers of an onion? Well here goes another one. As a proud member of the Junior League, I am supposed to be this pristine upstanding member of society and for the most part I am... But there's a secret side to me, my dirty little secret that would surely get me kicked out of the League, maybe not kicked out but certainly noses would turn up at the secret I am about to reveal.... Here goes... I am a RAGING Nascar fan!!! There I said it... I love Nascar, my driver is of course #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. .... Usually every Sunday I would rush home after church to watch the race...But since the season ended last Sunday- Congrats to Tony Stewart and the Joe Gibbs Racing team for winning the Nextel Nascar Championship- and with the Vols season ending today, no post season bowl game, I am going into a period of mourning. That is until February when Nascar shifts back into gear with the Daytona 500....

I am a self procalimed sports junkie.. My parents instilled the love of sports in me. My mom has been taking me to UT football games since I was 5. I can talk football with the best of them. My momma used to tell me not to talk about football with guys b/c they would be intimidated by it... But as I've gotten older, I figured out that if a guy is intimidated by my knowledge of football, then we really don't need to be dating.. I went out with this one guy, very nice, nice looking, great job, etc... Well, when I asked him what his favorite college football team was, he said "I'm not really into sports, I would rather spend my Saturday curled up on the couch watching a good movie" I almost passed out... I was thinking either this guy was gay or just telling what he "thought" I wanted to hear. To say the least, we didn't go out again...

My daddy (yes, I am 30 years old and I still call him Daddy- it's a southern thing) is a Gamecock fan, has been for 25 years. They are used to losing seasons, he has been my counselor through the Vols losing season this year. If it weren't for football and Nascar, Daddy and I would have nothing to talk about...So precious is my Daddy!!

So there you have it, another layer... Underneath the Cardigan sweaters and pearls lies a sports loving beast..It's my dirty little secret...But I assure there are plenty more where that came from....