Football Fever

OK, one word - WORLD CUP (that's 2 isn't it). OMG, my house has lost it's mind with soccer.

My husband has order HDTV, just for the next 2 weeks, and some device like TiVo that can record any game he misses at any time. Then he wants to rig his computer the TV so he can record the games to disk or something. Meanwhile my little 5 year old son is running around the house at 5 am, turning on ESPN and yelling 'RONDALINHO', 'WAYNE ROONEY' and 'THIERRY HENRY' as loud as he can, in an English accent no less. FYI, we are not English. He has had the theme song of their favorite soccer channel stuck in his head for the past three days and has been humming it to himself nonstop, particularly when playing his Play Station FIFA soccer game. The two of them are even chanting common English soccer phrases (yes, in the English accent again) to each other like 'what a lovely bit of skill' and 'brilliant footwork'. No one in my house has ever used the word brilliant as an adjective to describe a physical skill until now. They don't even call soccer soccer any more. Now it's football.

I like the World Cup too, but I have to admit, I can't wait for this to be over. Bloody hell.