The High Holidays (St. Patrick's Day) came and went without incident. I decided to march this year. I wasn't going to, but Devin really wanted to and I didn't want him to go by himself. It turned out to be a lovely day, despite being the 8th anniversary of Dan's death.
Speaking of Devin, he's been home with me for a few months now. He had to have back surgery. Poor thing. His back is "messed up." Those were the words of the Dr. when he came into his room the day after surgery.
Some good news. My niece Queen Elisabeth is engaged. Wedding date is May 27th, 2012. The best part is she is having her wedding at Fallingwater. I am so excited. More wedding plans to keep me busy. Woo Hoo!
So enough with the catching up.......
How about this years March Madness!!!! Holy Shit. First let me say that I come from a long line of basketball crazies.
Last night after Virginia Commonwealth University and Kentucky both won by making last minute shots I immediately called my father. It was well after 1 am. As I was dialing his number I heard my friend say something like "You father is going to be up and would answer the phone at this time of the night?" Not only was he up. He picked up the phone on the first ring. Instead of hello he started screaming. "Can you believe it, can you believe it? Both games won in the last second. I can't believe it.... Hello." He didn't know who was calling. He figured it was one of his kids or grandkids. I'm sure he had already talked to my brother 20 times throughout the night. He was so wound up. I'm betting he stayed up most of the night watching replays on ESPN.
And how about Butler's coach! He looks like he's about 15 years old.
How cute is he??? Even though they beat my beloved Pitt. I'll be rooting for them to make it to the finals. As I said above about the Green Bay, at least Pitt wasn't beat by a bunch of creeps. (ie Duke!!)Best all round image so far for this years March Madness
Please look at how high this kid is jumping. Unfuckingbelievable!!! Who does that??????
The Madness continues...........................(in more ways than one!!!!!)
2 comments:
I LOVE how your dad answered the phone...I can hear the excitement in his voice..!!!!
You sound pretty excited too....b'ball is obviously in the DNA!!!!
whooo hooo....enjoy the excitement...
Basketball in the DNA of all good Catholics. I asked Mrs. McConnell (mother of the Pittsburgh McConnell's of Basketball royalty) how they all became basketball stars (well, all except her daughter Patty...one of my bff's..)....she told me that when you have 8 kids, basketball is the cheapest way to keep them occupied...it only takes one ball and a hoop. So, there was no magic to it. As for why my friend Patty is not a basketball star...Mrs. McConnell told me she liked boys, beer and cigarettes more. No wonder she is my friend....
Welcome back to blogging!!! Missed ya....
Judi
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