Tech played Stanford tonight in the Seattle bowl, and won! Woohoo! I knew I was doing the right thing rooting for my alma mater instead of for my current stomping grounds. Sadly enough, Katie and I almost forgot about the game entirely. I was sitting at the kitchen table pondering how to spend the evening and flipping through the sports page when all of a sudden I saw the blurb about the bowl game. It took a few seconds for the thoughts to filter through: “…we’re in the Seattle bowl, which is on the 27th…is today the 27th?…today is the 27th…oh NO!…what time is the game??…4:00??…it’s already 6:00!!” At that point, my thoughts transformed to voice as I screeched “KATIE! WE’RE MISSING THE GAME!!!” and bounded into the den to flip on the TV. We saw most of the last half.
Other than that excitement, it was just another quiet day in Charlotte. I’ve got three more days left at home. How the break has flown by… Dad and I had breakfast with four of his cousins who were in town, including the California contingent of Anne, Peter and Anna, and John and Leslie. Turns out John (who I’d never met) lives in Mountain View (which is two miles or so from Stanford…I go there all the time to go to Target). I could have passed him on the street and not known who he was! Small world, eh?
After I tore through the first Harry Potter book on Christmas Eve, I thought about starting in on the second again. Instead, I’ve started reading Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities that my dad gave me for Christmas. I don’t know anything about it, other than they made a movie out of it. It’s ok so far. Tomorrow though, I’m going to have to postpone reading and instead spend some time working on my Europe scrapbook and shopping. I need a new pair of jeans. Guess I’ll hit the mall.
