Such a Fan!
It’s been almost three years together, and I think Frank just fully realized how much of a football fan I really am. Sometime in October, my dad generously gave us 2 tickets to the Cal/USC game. As the date grew closer, we realized that it would probably rain on the day of the game. Little did Frank know that I’ve happily sat through a fair share of 49er games in the rain. He was like “If it’s going to rain, maybe we shouldn’t go.” My response: “Are you kidding? It’s just a little rain. We’re not wimping out!”
So on that Saturday, I kind of dragged Frank to the store to buy ponchos and off to the game we went.
Sure enough, it started raining on our way there. And it didn’t let up for the rest of the day. We sat in the rain for the entire game. I cheered and yelled as I normally do, without complaining once about the rain, which I think came to a surprise to Frank. I think he gained a new appreciation of just how fanatical I truly can be. And he was such a trooper! It was great–well, except that we lost!
Can you tell we were cold?
We looked a little Smurf-like too! The rain soaked through our sweatshirt sleeves and by the end of the game, they were wet up to our shoulders. At least we got some Top Dog out of it! Frank was so hungry that he scarfed down 2 Top Dogs, and I officially had my first Top Dog ever (even after spending 6 years of my life in Berkeley doing undergrad and grad school, I had never eaten a Top Dog).
When we saw my dad later that weekend and he asked if we had fun, Frank’s response was “Mr. Leung, your daughter is hard core! We sat IN THE RAIN!”
He never imagined he would ever do that. Just he other day, he said that he’s become more of a football fan after meeting me. And I guess I can say that now I’m more of a hot dog fan. 
Go BEARS!