that\u2019s how much chocolate candy i got today. Mom put a chocolate egg at everyone\u2019s 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\u2019d get. as i said to my friend ann today, it\u2019s like giving a heroin addict a big bag of heroin. i ate plenty today, but then NO MORE!<\/p>\n
i forgot to mention the very exciting Illini basketball game friday night. maybe you watched it. maybe EVERYBODY watched it. probably everybody watched it.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s it for the sports. I graduated from the U of Illinois in Champaign, so that should be further reason why i\u2019d be interested in this INCREDIBLE STUPENDOUS team.<\/p>\n
but i haven\u2019t been. up till now.<\/p>\n
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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n
but then, amazing things happened. they were really astounding.<\/p>\n
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?”<\/p>\n
riveting. life-changing, almost. i plan on watching next saturday, when i understand they\u2019ll be in the final four. it seems that they should win all the games that they have to win (four, i\u2019d guess? but i have no idea), since they\u2019re number one in the NATION. but, you never know.<\/p>\n
you never know. <\/p>\n
this doesn\u2019t mean, by the way, that i\u2019m going to start watching a bunch of sports. and maybe i\u2019ll suddenly find something more captivating to do next saturday, and i\u2019ll forget about watching, and that 12 minutes of the dramatic basketball game is all i\u2019ll ever see. <\/p>\n
but maybe not. you never know.<\/p>\n
whew, i\u2019m tired. i have many, many more things to say, but i\u2019ve run out of energy in my fingers tonight. <\/p>\n
warm and sunny this week. i\u2019m gonna run outside, a whole lot. <\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
grace caught up in illini fever for the moment at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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