This week I decided to drop the "New Life" title after 102 weeks. For those reading this years down the road, only time will tell if that is premature, but for now, life feels almost as close to the old normal as I think it will ever feel again. Again, time will tell.
Last week I neglected to get a blog written. We finished the state tournament (more on that in a moment) about 3:30 and headed home. We should have made it home by about 6:30 but unfortunately we ignored the warnings on our GPS to change courses about 40 mins from home and suddenly came to a dead stop. The next 2 hours were rough. The freeway was apocalyptic with the side of road littered with seemingly empty (I am sure the drivers were in back) semis and cars parked as far as the eye could see. What was the cause you ask? Cows! A tractor trailer carrying like 30 cows got in an accident and consequently let the cows loose on the freeway. We arrived on the scene 2 hours after the incident had taken place and, obviously, it was still a mess. Anyway, we did eventually make it home.
And now, without further ado, the state tournament recap. Day one, we had two games. The first game, we led pretty significantly most of the game, then, at the end of the second half, we pushed the self-destruct button. We ended up losing by 1 in a game we definitely should have won. The second game was a very similar story. We led until the very end and then ended up in OT where we ultimately lost by 5. The disappointing thing was not that we lost both games, but that we really should have won both. Day two, the team regrouped and had two dominant wins. While we didn't win the tournament by a long shot, the team had lots of fun hanging out together off the court and had tons to be proud of over the season. The team ended up playing 54 games over the season and ended with a record of 42W/12L and the majority of those wins were against A level teams. It was a great season!
Now on to this week's recap. To be honest, this past week has left a bit like mailing it in. We were all recovering from the tournament weekend and the time change with daylight savings. We were all also just counting down the days until Spring Break, which started Thursday for the girls and I and Friday for Merrick. Jeremy, unfortunately, doesn't really get a Spring Break, but he will be taking next Friday off so we can do something fun together.
Since Jeremy is gone during the week, we decided to make the most of our day together yesterday by heading up to Mt. Hood for some sledding. It snowed most the time we were up there but we still had a great time...up until the last two minutes, where the snow turned into more of a blizzard and the girls ended up in tears from being too cold. Once safely back in the car and warmed up, I think everyone decided it was, all in all, a great time.
More Spring Break fun to come in the week ahead. Millie is also having the Spring Break of her dreams with her cousin dog, Gigi, visiting for 2 weeks while her family is out of town. Some of the rest of us might not be so excited about some of the consequences of having her here but the dogs are definitely having a blast.
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