Alternatives to Watching Football This Year

          Everyone’s favorite time of the year is here – Football season! Well…almost everyone’s favorite time of the year. For some people, football season is about enjoying the games, being loud, eating delicious food and cheering for your favorite teams. However, for those less excited about football season, this is the time of massive headaches, no fun and it's just a downright bore.  Here’s a list of alternative things to do for all of you out there that do not really like football. Of course most places are closed the big game day, so these are some simple but totally easy way to have fun even if you’re not at the game.

      1. Have an Anti-Super Bowl Party. Gather together your friends who have been deserted all football season and have an Anti Super Bowl Party. While the football fanatics are having Cokes and pizza, serve your friends more

     2. Get together with a friend for a nice relaxing weekend  

     3. Stay home and hold the TV remote ALL evening long!

    4. Have a mani/pedi party complete with lotions, nail polish and stick-on decals. Order take-out from your favorite gourmet shop for you and your girl friends  

    5.  Go to a movie somewhere and watch that new movie you’ve been wanting to see! What better time to go than when the theater will be practically empty because of the football season

    6.  Take some time to yourself and read a good old-fashioned book. Don’t worry if you don’t like to read all the time, it doesn’t have to be an every day thing – just something to pass the time. But for those people that love to read – WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

   7.  Take a short hibernation if you’ve been feeling like you just aren’t getting enough sleep.

   8.  Take a nice hike somewhere quiet. Take some time for yourself to just think, enjoy nature or maybe take a couple friends with you and just have some fun

  

If that is not enough activities to satisfy your boredom needs, just get creative with your friends and make a big project! Decorate the house, paint something, rearrange the furniture, and decorate some more! All the possibilities are really endless. And if you really cannot find anything else to do with your day while everyone is hopping on the football train, you might as well join in with them – hey, there’s free food involved!

Leah Oelrich

@Leah_Onomatopea