Sunday February 27, 2011

This was one of those busy weekends where many things were unplanned.

Friday night Jim and I were going to go to "Trader Joes" for date night. However about the time we were ready to walk out the door we received a phone call from friends to go out to eat. I guess we decided we always spend time with each other so we opted to go out to eat.

Saturday we went to the ISU men's basketball game. What a nailbiter. OT win by 1. Glad we got to see it. Love Fred Hoiberg as our new coach but it has been a tough season not helped any by injuries. Isn't that always the story. On the drive home we talked about going to the local boys game in Marshalltown. A win would send them to the state tournament. I think we kind of decided not to go as the game didn't start until 8:00 and it was going to be a long evening after we had already been gone all afternoon. But you guessed it.......we barely walked in the door and friends again called to see if we were going to the game. It's hard to say no to being around fun people, good friends. We had about an hour at home before we took off again. That game was another close one but not an overtime and they did pull out the win.

I don't really get into all the March Madness. If my teams win, great, but I don't really get all excited about it. I'd rather just have March go as fast as February did and have it be April and warmer, more sunny days to be outside. There is one plus this year. Working for Southeast Polk, I get out of school early at least one day this week as their girls are going to state. And I must admit, I want them to win, not so much for them, but if they do, then I get off work early again on Friday. Now that I get excited about.