that’s how much chocolate candy i got today. Mom put a chocolate egg at everyone’s place at the dinner table, and i ate mine during the meal. plus i got a gigantic basket stuffed with chocolate from randy. more than i ever dreamed i’d get. as i said to my friend ann today, it’s like giving a heroin addict a big bag of heroin. i ate plenty today, but then NO MORE!
i forgot to mention the very exciting Illini basketball game friday night. maybe you watched it. maybe EVERYBODY watched it. probably everybody watched it.
i may have mentioned that i never watch sports. i had one boyfriend who was kind of into football, and i got somewhat interested in watching a football game on tv now and then, but that’s it for the sports. I graduated from the U of Illinois in Champaign, so that should be further reason why i’d be interested in this INCREDIBLE STUPENDOUS team.
but i haven’t been. up till now.
friday night, though, i watched the last 12 minutes or so of the second half. i quickly got RIVETED. this is fairly unprecedented. it was rather scary, because they were so far behind, and it was discouraging, because they suddenly had about four minutes and they had to make so many points, like 12 or something, and i figured it was all over. the chief problem seemed to be that they just couldn’t make a basket. and then the other team would dribble the ball back to their side and they kept making more baskets, and all looked very, very bleak.
but then, amazing things happened. they were really astounding.
you have to understand how interesting this is to me, because i NEVER EVER WATCH SPORTS. but i was suddenly excited by it all, and was so excited because they tied the score! and then, somehow, they managed to win the game. i kept thinking, “is this real here, or is this some fake thing, some movie of a dramatic basketball game?”
riveting. life-changing, almost. i plan on watching next saturday, when i understand they’ll be in the final four. it seems that they should win all the games that they have to win (four, i’d guess? but i have no idea), since they’re number one in the NATION. but, you never know.
you never know.
this doesn’t mean, by the way, that i’m going to start watching a bunch of sports. and maybe i’ll suddenly find something more captivating to do next saturday, and i’ll forget about watching, and that 12 minutes of the dramatic basketball game is all i’ll ever see.
but maybe not. you never know.
whew, i’m tired. i have many, many more things to say, but i’ve run out of energy in my fingers tonight.
warm and sunny this week. i’m gonna run outside, a whole lot.
ok then,
grace caught up in illini fever for the moment at least.