You know every year that Erik and I have a competition . . . The Ugliest UT Sweater competition. We use the same sweaters every year.
We took the opportunity today during our housewarming party to hold the competition; here are the results and a conversation.
Erik: Sheila, you should really win because your sweater is much uglier than mine.
Sheila: Well, I am kind of caught between wanting to win because, hello, winning is fun. At the same time, would you want to win any ugliest competition?
Erik talks during the ENTIRE party about how ugly Sheila's sweater is . . . of course we are wearing our sweaters.
People voted. Votes tallied. And, ERIK won the competition for the 2nd time in a row.
Erik: Sheila, you really do have the uglier sweater. I think mine is kind of debonair.
Sheila: Really? Since you think that your sweater is so cool, how come you don't choose to wear it out in public.
Erik: (silence)
Sheila: I mean, you should wear it out to dinner since you won and all.
Erik: (with his "I've been caught" guilty face that is the same for all the Sjolseth boys) Okay.
And, yes, he wore it to dinner. He is POSITIVE that people at the restaurant were pointing and laughing at him (why does he care, right, since the sweater isn't ugly?) . . . and he felt compelled to explain his sweater to the waiter who didn't really care (got it for $2 in Estonia, etc, etc).
But, he did wear the sweater the entire time--even when given the out to change out. What a winner!
