March Madness...

Even though this year has probably been the least amount of college basketball I have watched in years, March Madness has instantly sucked me back in. First off, thanks to Traci for organizing a ESPN pool again (although of course she's winning again). You can check out my bracket here. I didn't really get that much time to think about it due to the ski trip the week prior, which may have been good because it's usually best just to go with your gut.

Let me describe the events of Thursday to give you a good picture of how awesome March Madness can be...

Get home from work, immediately turn on the Duke-LSU game (now that I'm used to them, 5:00 MT start times work out pretty well). Although this was by all accounts a pretty ugly game for both teams, I was getting quite a kick out of LSU's defense really frustrating Duke and their star player JJ. When LSU finally won, not only was I happy to watch Duke choke its way to another early tournament exit, but I also picked LSU in this game to beat Duke (double score).

Next up the tournament for the winter session of Sarah and I's indoor volleyball league. We finished second during the regular season and "got invited" to the big dance. After a tough first round bye, and struggling (but still winning) in the semi-finals. We went out to face the #1 seed in the championship match. Luckily, we really turned it on and won two close games to take the title. Although it wasn't that great of a league, its still nice to win.

We actually made it back home right before the end of the UCLA-Gonzaga game, and I got to watch Gonzaga blow the rest of my bracket (I had them all the way to the final game) by somehow losing at the end. Thus is life in March Madness, you make one good (lucky) pick but then get burned by another, unless your name is Traci...

The adventures continue...

So its been quite the break between blog entries, I could take responsiblity for my own actions but there are many things to blame - our first overnight vistors, ski vacations, march madness, and of course Sarah's drinking problem.

The good thing is my brain has recorded lots of bloggable material over the past several weeks, so stay tuned as I rapidly get back on track with blogging.

First things first, the Adventures of the Freakishly Tall will continue, but it looks like I won't be able to call the blog Rocky Mountain Wahoos any more. As some of you may have already heard, I have more or less come to terms for my 3rd and final year long rotation with my company. Yes, Sarah and I will be making our triumphant return to Northern Virginia by late July. Certainly I'm glad to have found what sounds like a good job, and it will be really nice to be close to family and friends again. I definitely think its for the best, but there are some bittersweet parts. I do enjoy the mile-high city a lot, having remarked at least on one occasion "why can't everyone just move out here." And, of course, I'm not looking forward to trading Breckenridge for Wintergreen.

The job is in Herndon, so relatively soon Sarah and I will be figuring out where to live (to best avoid the dreaded DC traffic) and planning for another move - its only about four months away. I'll plan on keeping everyone posted...