Coming Home

So, March Madness is here and so is my two week spring break... could life get any better? I can't help but have occasional feelings of guilt- while Jenny slaves away at the mercy of her employer, I am in a half-awake stupor with salsa and chip crumbs decorating my shirt as I watch Duke hand it to Southern in a typical 1 vs. 16 matchup. I get over those feelings pretty quick though.

ANYWAYS, last year about this time, while strolling through the aisles of Deseret Industries- the world's greatest thrift store (by the way, when is DI going to get with the 21st century and let me sift through their treasures online?) I found what I perceived to be possibly the greatest trophy ever. With hype building up for the Hansen Family's NCAA tourney challenge, I decided to drop the $0.75 and purchase this gem, making it the coveted reward for the most accurate bracket predictions. Well, as luck would have it- I lost and Jenny's Dad won. The trophy is now proudly displayed in THE BACK ROOM of their house. When I first saw this I was insulted that the trophy was not given more prominent placement, after all it is beautiful (see below!). Then, I began to realize that Jenny's Dad was doing this to taunt me. You see, the back room is the room that Jenny and I sleep in when we go to Merced to visit. Well that has me all fired up now, and heading into the second week of play I am off the lead by a mere 10 points. I have started to plan where I will display the trophy when it returns to my possession- although Jenny is not in 100% accordance with the center of the kitchen table I think that she will come around. This post is a declaration that when you see DUKE, UCLA, UCONN, and BC in the Final Four, you'll know that the trophy is on its way home!