Day 23

Magic in the Hamptons by Social House ft. Lil Yachty

Remember that guy I told you about earlier who told me to “stop hitting the ball like a f****** p****?”

Turns out that guys one of my best friends.

We played a little together during high school but our friendship didn’t blossom until after. We’d spend the summers in between coaching for our alma mater as a way to kill time before next season.

He was our backup QB – a little flatfooted but dude could absolutely sling it. Also one of the brightest football minds I’ve been around.

I remember I actually got my license suspended heading into my sophomore year of college (one too many speeding tickets back at G-Vegas) and I made him drive all the way to pick me up before work.

He lived a block away from work.

Anyways, turns out those car rides we started to get pretty close. I guess there was some good that came out of a suspended license after all.

We started working out together over the summer. I was a DB but needed to get some cardio in, so I would run routes while he threw me the rock.

What started out as a summer workout buddy grew to a lifelong friendship in the Spring of 2020.

One day I was drinking a Pilsner, the next I was sent home. My abroad roommate was out that same night. Trump closed the borders and we were done.

The beginning of covid actually felt a lot like when Squidward moves to squidville. The routine of doing nothing with nothing to worry about was nice. All for about 4 days and I started to lose my mind.

That’s when my boy reeder and I had the summer of our lives. We were getting the band back together.

Just us, a ball, a speaker, and the skokie playfields.

We must’ve went out there nearly every day. It was like football was the boogie board we rode in the midst of all the craziness around COVID. It was one of the best times of my life. I’m glad I got to share it with one of my absolute boys.

Anyways, he played this song as an absolute throwback during one of our workout sessions. It always reminds me of a chaotic time, yet we made the most with what we had when all we had was a football field, ball, speaker, and an undersized slot with a flatfooted QB.