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smg01You know what's more nerve-wracking than watching a your team in a tense elimination game where you know that everyone who isn't a fan of your team is rooting for the other team?*
Watching the tense back-and-forth game while spending the entire second half trying to keep a very restless puppy corralled. I had a strategy. We took our regular long walk in the morning. Then at noon, instead of our regular mid-range walk, we took the long route again. It almost worked. He slept until the first half was winding down. I took him on a jaunt around the complex at half time hoping he would resettle when we got back. Instead, I spent the second half chasing Tom away from trash cans, away from tables, off furniture, etc. Actually, that wasn't entirely bad. It allowed me to burn off nervous energy by moving around.
I'm not really looking forward to the hype and over-hype about the Kansas/UNC matchup, but for now I'm happy that we'll be there to play the game.
*Heck, I was almost rooting for Davidson. I think they're a good team, a great story, and Stephen Curry is just a fabulous player. But I spent the whole weekend living in fear that my team would be the only #1 seed not to advance to the Final Four. *whew*
Watching the tense back-and-forth game while spending the entire second half trying to keep a very restless puppy corralled. I had a strategy. We took our regular long walk in the morning. Then at noon, instead of our regular mid-range walk, we took the long route again. It almost worked. He slept until the first half was winding down. I took him on a jaunt around the complex at half time hoping he would resettle when we got back. Instead, I spent the second half chasing Tom away from trash cans, away from tables, off furniture, etc. Actually, that wasn't entirely bad. It allowed me to burn off nervous energy by moving around.
I'm not really looking forward to the hype and over-hype about the Kansas/UNC matchup, but for now I'm happy that we'll be there to play the game.
*Heck, I was almost rooting for Davidson. I think they're a good team, a great story, and Stephen Curry is just a fabulous player. But I spent the whole weekend living in fear that my team would be the only #1 seed not to advance to the Final Four. *whew*
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Date: 2008-03-31 02:17 am (UTC)In anticipation of the game, and not wanting to have to deal with the dogs as I possibly would yell and scream during the game, I planned a head and played outside with them for an hour before the game, so they'd be too tired to care. Unfortunately my big dog was afraid of the 2 year old that was over as well, so she wasn't able to relax anymore than I was during the game.
But KU won, and now I can be nervous all week for the match-up with Roy. Not to mention deal with all the heckling that will go on with all of my K-State fan co-workers through the week.
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Date: 2008-03-31 03:14 am (UTC)The similarities between KU's tournament run this year and the one in '88 when they won it all have been positively eerie. I'm really happy for this team. Some teams are just special, and I think this is one of 'em.
Hey KSU fans can heckle all they want. We're still playing. They went home more than a week ago. :)