1) I took a few nanny jobs again- didn't realize how much I missed being with the kids.
2) On a bowling outing with the Nelson kids I bowled a 167 without bumpers- great for me and it is not too often that I bowl without bumpers so...
3) I have attended a few kids soccer and hockey practices and games, I forget how LONG an hour can be while there.
4) I spent a weekend with the youth from our church at Trout Lake Camp- well a new part of the camp.
5) I connected my jaw with a kid's head- don't worry he's fine, he has a hard head, however I chipped (or rather broke off part of) my back tooth and I need to get a crown- might as well do it all the way.
6) I'm headed to Iowa this week to talk about heading to Sierra Leone SOON. It is all coming together quite quickly and there is a good chance I will be leaving in early April. I'll let you know more after the meeting.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Conflicted Feelings
For some reason this season I have really not wanted the Patriots to go undefeated. The closer they got the more I rooted for the opposing teams. It is not that I dislike many of New England's players and to be honest I think I may be a bit tired of the 72 Dolphins. However my personality doesn't necessarily mesh with the way the Patriots organization is run and how they win. I am not right and they are not wrong, it just makes me want to cheer against their accomplishing the undefeated season. At least that is what I thought until last night.
Don't get me wrong, I yelled and jumped around the room along with my friends Brandon and Ebony (who brought their beautiful daughter Noelle along) wanting the Giants to win. Screaming as Eli scrambled out of a pack of Patriots and then leaping off the couch as Tyree caught the ball with his helmet- I was completely behind New York, but I would be lying if I didn't admit that a small part of me wanted Tom Brady to lead his team down the field in those last 35 seconds and once again pull it out at the last minute to put one final W on the board. Afterwards I would have told you how bummed I was that they won and went 19-0 and yet loving sports the way I do- I would have also told you that there is nothing like watching a team (or athlete) do something many have said is all but unattainable. I love those stories, just not with the New England Patriots being that team... until I watched them walk off the field.
I am still happy that the New York Giants are Super Bowl Champions (though it should have been the Packers:)), but I feel for the Patriots. How can you go 18-0, make both the single season records for scoring touchdowns (throwing and receiving), score the most points ever, have the league MVP... and now be remembered only as the team who could have made history but lost when it truly mattered.
I guess I am a contradiction. Like I said I didn't want them to win but today I find myself wanting to defend them as everyone tears them apart. Is there something wrong with me that I wanted them to be knocked off their high horse all season and then as soon as they are I suddenly have compassion for them? I am still not sure I would have truly wanted them to win, it is just that now I am also unsure if I wanted them to lose. Or maybe it is just that I truly am screwed up.
All this over a football game.
Don't get me wrong, I yelled and jumped around the room along with my friends Brandon and Ebony (who brought their beautiful daughter Noelle along) wanting the Giants to win. Screaming as Eli scrambled out of a pack of Patriots and then leaping off the couch as Tyree caught the ball with his helmet- I was completely behind New York, but I would be lying if I didn't admit that a small part of me wanted Tom Brady to lead his team down the field in those last 35 seconds and once again pull it out at the last minute to put one final W on the board. Afterwards I would have told you how bummed I was that they won and went 19-0 and yet loving sports the way I do- I would have also told you that there is nothing like watching a team (or athlete) do something many have said is all but unattainable. I love those stories, just not with the New England Patriots being that team... until I watched them walk off the field.
I am still happy that the New York Giants are Super Bowl Champions (though it should have been the Packers:)), but I feel for the Patriots. How can you go 18-0, make both the single season records for scoring touchdowns (throwing and receiving), score the most points ever, have the league MVP... and now be remembered only as the team who could have made history but lost when it truly mattered.
I guess I am a contradiction. Like I said I didn't want them to win but today I find myself wanting to defend them as everyone tears them apart. Is there something wrong with me that I wanted them to be knocked off their high horse all season and then as soon as they are I suddenly have compassion for them? I am still not sure I would have truly wanted them to win, it is just that now I am also unsure if I wanted them to lose. Or maybe it is just that I truly am screwed up.
All this over a football game.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Our Big Game
You don't have to tell me the Packers are not in the Super Bowl, believe me I know. Even so they are the team I love and as this football season comes to an end I feel the need to blog about them one more time. Tomorrow we'll watch the Giants and Patriots play in the "Big Game". Tomorrow I'll admit that it is only about them, however for Amy and I the "Big Game" for us was back on January 12th when the Pack played the Seahawks.
This year Amy and I received a Christmas present that made us scream- tickets to the Packer's playoff game- thanks to mom, dad, Grandma, and Gramps. We were even given a dollar each to buy a souviner (from Gramps because anything Packer is not worth more than a dollar).
In past playoff games we purchased exact seat tickets, but this year with tickets being so expensive we went through Packer Fan Tours and bought the package with seats in the endzone rows 1-25. To make a long story shorter when we arrived at the
ticket office (as the doors opened Sat. morning) we asked if we had choice of best seats available. I guess this is not the way things usually go, but we were told to wait as our new best friend went to check what was open. Coming back she told us the seats in the endzone but also mention we could up grade to the 50 yard line, row 9, 
behind the PACKERS BENCH for $50. No time needed to think about that- we took it (and tried unsuccessfully not to freak out too much until we got outside).
True to character we arrived at Lambeau Field as the doors opened, watched the players warm up, ate a brat, and got all giddy because we were actually there. What a game it was. No we didn't loose hope as we went behind by 14 in the first 3 minutes (just held our breath for a bit). We felt like we were a big part of the
team as we watched them on the sidelines pulling together. The game quickly turned around and we screamed in excitment from that moment on. Snow coming down, standing shoulder to shoulder with our new family (the Packer Fans around us), our team on the field playing like we know they can even if the lines were no longer visible- that was how memories were made as we (fans to the core) had a dream come true.
Yes I know the next week's game was not the same, I know the Pack didn't play like they should have against the Giants. I know tomorrow's Super Bowl does not include our team, but I also know that this game - against the Seahawks- was still A BLAST. We still bleed green and gold, and next year we'll be right back in it again.
(Of course a better ending would have been if we had attended a playoff game on their way to a Super Bowl Victory.)
Enjoy the game tomorrow!
This year Amy and I received a Christmas present that made us scream- tickets to the Packer's playoff game- thanks to mom, dad, Grandma, and Gramps. We were even given a dollar each to buy a souviner (from Gramps because anything Packer is not worth more than a dollar).In past playoff games we purchased exact seat tickets, but this year with tickets being so expensive we went through Packer Fan Tours and bought the package with seats in the endzone rows 1-25. To make a long story shorter when we arrived at the
ticket office (as the doors opened Sat. morning) we asked if we had choice of best seats available. I guess this is not the way things usually go, but we were told to wait as our new best friend went to check what was open. Coming back she told us the seats in the endzone but also mention we could up grade to the 50 yard line, row 9, 
behind the PACKERS BENCH for $50. No time needed to think about that- we took it (and tried unsuccessfully not to freak out too much until we got outside).True to character we arrived at Lambeau Field as the doors opened, watched the players warm up, ate a brat, and got all giddy because we were actually there. What a game it was. No we didn't loose hope as we went behind by 14 in the first 3 minutes (just held our breath for a bit). We felt like we were a big part of the
team as we watched them on the sidelines pulling together. The game quickly turned around and we screamed in excitment from that moment on. Snow coming down, standing shoulder to shoulder with our new family (the Packer Fans around us), our team on the field playing like we know they can even if the lines were no longer visible- that was how memories were made as we (fans to the core) had a dream come true.
(Of course a better ending would have been if we had attended a playoff game on their way to a Super Bowl Victory.)
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