Lipscomb Steve

Adam's college roommate, Steve, has made appearances on the blog before.  He's a big part of Adam's life.  I knew Steve before I met Adam.  Anyway, I've written about him working at Stetson University as an assistant men's basketball coach.  But I have some excellent news!  Steve and the coaching staff are moving back to Nashville!!!  We are so excited to have Steve and his wife Brittany back home.  But there is only one problem.  Steve is now the assistant basketball coach at Lipscomb University. 

Sigh.

Lipscomb.

Lipscomb University is Belmont's rival just right down the road dating back to both schools' NAIA days.  When the two teams meet, it is called the Battle of the Boulevard.  Belmont moved up to NCAA division I and the two teams didn't meet again until Lipscomb joined them in the ASUN conference and started the Battle of the Boulevard again in 2004, Adam and Steve's senior year. See THIS article to learn more about the rivalry. 

But to get down to the bottom of it, if you are Belmont...you hate Lipscomb. 

And now our beloved Steve is Lipscomb.  Lip-scum.  Lipscomb.

Sigh.

So what do you do if you are in our shoes?  We always go and cheer for Steve.  But this is different.  We will be cheering for Lipscomb.  That means that words like, "go Bisons" will come out of our mouth.  Or we will have to sit in their gym and act like we enjoy their time out crowd hype guy who is the most annoying person, ever.  And their sound system.  We are going to have to endure their sound system.  All for Steve.  Because we are HUGE Steve fans.  Huge. 

Steve and Brittany haven't sold their house yet in Florida so they are staying with us in Nashville.  We definitely have the room.  It actually worked out perfectly because Steve got the job and was in town right when Adam and I left for Costa Rica.  So he was actually a lifesaver for my mom because he came home every evening in time for supper to help with the kids, play with them, and help give baths and put them down at night.  And that is a large task, folks.  It takes a lot of patience because I have this one middle child who is known to wake up from a nap like a fire-breathing dragon and be a stubborn mule at the dinner table.  But luckily, this middle child LOVES her some Uncle Steve. 

She only likes the way Uncle Steve pushes her in the swing. 
She cries when he leaves for work.
She yells, "Wait!!!" and runs and kisses him on the lips when he leaves.
She asks when he's coming back from work.
She yells, "Uncle Steve!  YOU CAME BACK!!!" when he gets home from work.

And I love having Brittany around.  She's an excellent cook and she cooks REALLY healthy.  So healthy, it makes Adam nervous to look in the pantry and see things like almond flour and quinoa.  But I love it and I really enjoy her company.  Adam and Steve haven't seen much of each other because July is an important month for recruiting for Steve and Adam and I have done a lot of traveling.  But by August, we should all be around the house to enjoy each other.  I secretly hope they don't sell their house and we get to enjoy them for a long time.  We are so happy they are back...even if that means Steve is a coach at Lipscomb.

Steve has enjoyed bringing home Lipscomb t-shirts.  When Adam returned from Costa Rica, Steve had hung a Lipscomb shirt that draped over his dresser and Adam jerked it down.  He says, "Babe, I don't know if I can do it.  I mean, it's like kissing your sister.  It's just wrong!"  But we are so proud of Steve.  He really likes it at Lipscomb and we know he'll be successful.  Lipscomb is lucky to have our Steve. 

So, no more Stetson Steve.  Now it is Lipscomb Steve.  But remember, behind that yellow and purple shirt and tie is the kid who bled red and blue, wore number 14 and knee-high socks, and reeked havoc in that Lipscomb gym 9 years ago.

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