Monday, April 03, 2006
Go Mason!
On the spur of the moment, with Nora’s blessing, I flew out to Northern Virginia to watch George Mason play in the NCAA Final Four with my fraternity brothers and their families (I graduated from Mason). What a blast.
I got in Friday night and spent the evening catching up with a former roommate (I was his best man about 10 years ago). The next day was morning tennis with the same guy, then a hop down the road to visit some more wonderful people through the afternoon –I was christened Uncle Eric by their children.
Mason lost Saturday night to Florida. They fought with heart, but they were clearly outmatched. I don’t think any of us watching were all that surprised, but the Cinderella story has finally ended. The house was stuffed with some of the greatest people I know. The house was awash in everyone’s children (all between the ages of about 2 and 6 years old). At any given time I think at least 2 kids were crying.
All of my friends looked great, and quite a few of them had lost a significant amount of weight. Some were thinner than they were in school. I’m glad for all of them –everyone seems happy, healthy and successful.
After playing video games until 4:00 am with my evening’s host, I got a couple of hours sleep until it was time to head off for my return flight. Note to self –never stay up extremely late on the night of daylights savings time. Ouch.
-Eric (Dad)
I got in Friday night and spent the evening catching up with a former roommate (I was his best man about 10 years ago). The next day was morning tennis with the same guy, then a hop down the road to visit some more wonderful people through the afternoon –I was christened Uncle Eric by their children.
Mason lost Saturday night to Florida. They fought with heart, but they were clearly outmatched. I don’t think any of us watching were all that surprised, but the Cinderella story has finally ended. The house was stuffed with some of the greatest people I know. The house was awash in everyone’s children (all between the ages of about 2 and 6 years old). At any given time I think at least 2 kids were crying.
All of my friends looked great, and quite a few of them had lost a significant amount of weight. Some were thinner than they were in school. I’m glad for all of them –everyone seems happy, healthy and successful.
After playing video games until 4:00 am with my evening’s host, I got a couple of hours sleep until it was time to head off for my return flight. Note to self –never stay up extremely late on the night of daylights savings time. Ouch.
-Eric (Dad)
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]