Hello again everyone. I hope you all had a good weekend. All went well with Miss last and thanks for all the well wishes and prayers! They really helped and are much appreciated. It's nice to have the support of friends. There's that moment of helplessness when you say your goodbyes with the fear of the unknown deeply entrenched in your gut and then the wait seems to last forever! 

We had to stay over which wasn't expected but as a precautionary measure ordered by our doctor. He's the kind of man that has befriended my family moreover than simply "the family doctor". He takes the extra time to converse with us and makes sure the patient, in this case my daughter, is doing ok. We were not expecting to stay, but did throw tooth brushes in a bag just in case beforehand. My wife stayed with Miss last to make sure all is well. My baby girl is not always the best patient and she had some complications with the first surgery, so we wanted to make sure she had all the support she needed. I quickly found a nearby hotel and crashed there for a few hours.

The next day (Saturday) we headed home. The ugly snow had to rear its head once more. I groaned when I woke and opened the curtains to a white, wet and windy snow fall. The roads were good since the temperature stayed slightly above freezing. We made it home in time to see my youngest in the play Fiddler on the Roof. He had a small roll and Miss last was up for going. We all sat back and enjoyed the show. It was great to see sister and brother share a smile during the opening curtain.

I took her back to school yesterday. She's doing really well. She's barely taking the prescribed pain med's and that's a great sign. We parted ways with roommates watching over her. Thank God everything worked out well.

Not so for my brackets...oh my goodness! I had Kansas in all 4 of my brackets. 3 of the 4 brackets I had the Jayhawks National Champs. So much for listening to the "experts" and not watching many teams myself...I would suppose there are many better educated basketballers out there with the same busted brackets as I. But, who has Cornell? N. Iowa? How about St Mary's?

Now I can just sit back and enjoy the games. I don't have to gripe about teams like Northern Iowa winning. Heck, if I didn't pick Kansas, I would have been rooting for the Panthers all along. I always root for the Midwest. It's too bad the Big East has taken their knocks and the one that I thought would stumble (Syracuse) has played well. I haven't seen Duke play yet, and the remaining #1 seeds 'Cuse and Kentucky look really good so far. I say "so far" because you don't know what's next: this year for sure. The only teams in the Final Four I have left in all 4 brackets are Duke, Kansas St. and West Virginia. West Virginia is my only National Champ hopeful. I think I'll root for Michigan St, Ohio State and Purdue since I'm a Midwest guy and all. I really don't think N. Iowa will continue to wear the glass slipper, but I'll root for them just the same. If the first weekend is any indicator, there will be many more surprises. Enjoy the games! 

If the weather permits we'll have our first baseball game today. I'm so excited! We haven't been outside much since the warm weather has been gradual. It will be interesting to see how our kids gel. It may take some time, but the good thing is we have depth. We are much more of a baseball team than last year. Today's game is against an across the river rival and they are a solid team. We'll have to play our best to beat them. We also are scheduled for a double header on Saturday so we'll find out early what kind of team we have. My youngest will play for a couple weeks. His surgery is tentatively scheduled for April 14th. It should be a fun week!

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