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Maybe I Don’t Want to Move to Phoenix after All

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***We interrupt this otherwise girly blog to discuss 300-pound men who throw each other to the ground.***

As sad as I SHOULD be that OU lost, I really am not. It’s much easier to get emotional about games (both when we’re playing well and when we are playing poorly) when there are other fans around. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only OU fan on the entire East Coast.
Another way I can avoid getting attached to the outcome of the game is by doing something during it. While we’re playing well, I’m watching attentively. While we’re playing poorly, I read or write thank you notes to distract myself between downs. I wrote 7 thank you notes and read 10 pages of fairly intense reading, if that tells you anything about the state of the game.
The funny thing is, I have to turn around and do this again tomorrow. Though I’d rather have seen OU win, I’ll still be rooting for KU to finish well. Just because the best can’t (yes, I still think OU is the best), doesn’t mean the second best (okay, that’s not really true, but they are my second favorite) shouldn’t. I just hope they can.
Then, I’ll giggle gleefully when we can be the first to stun KU next year come October. That’ll end all my family’s trash talking, or at least muffle it for a while.
***Now we end this special bulletin about lost games in favor of our regularly scheduled programming of lost luggage and lost brains.***

Kansas Snow?

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First, I’m delayed a whole day thanks to the whiteout in Wichita. Then, my bag is delayed two more days (I got it on Christmas!).

Finally, when it is time to head to Oklahoma for a fun weekend with friends, it starts to snow again. Here’s hoping that all the snow they have gotten in the last year provides them the necessary experience to get the roads cleared this time, fast.

I grew up here, and I can only remember one time where we got more than 4 inches of snow. I also don’t remember there ever being more than 3 or 4 snows in a season; 2 was pretty normal. However, this is the 3rd snow that I’ve experienced here this season…over a period of 11 total days. That doesn’t even include the big snow/ice storm they had a few weeks ago!

I’m still hoping on heading out today, so I’ll probably not post over the weekend. Have a good one, everybody!

Ronnica
from the snowbound state of Kansas

Tripping

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I’m back from traversing across the country. My four-state tour is now complete and was a huge success.

My brother graduated from the great University of Kansas and is now attempting to enter the “real world.” He got a job before I did, and now he’ll get a real job before I do too.

I had a wonderful time laughing and learning with old friends in Oklahoma. I was with people non-stop but ended up encouraged and refreshed rather than exhausted and drained.

Florida was great. It was a little rainy for my preference, but it was still quite nice. I have a decent tan now, which is great. It was also good to have all of that time with the family.

In Georgia I was able to spend some time with April and her family and friends. It was great since we hadn’t gotten a lot of time together the last half of the semester.

Now that I’m back, I’ve moved into my new apartment. I’ll be working on that for the next few days, but I really enjoy that kind of work.

I’ll post some pictures of my trips online whenever I get Internet at home again.