The possibility I was worried about came to pass Saturday evening, as the wedding was too much fun to try and duck away for multiple bursts of a few minutes here and there to catch any live game action. I monitored the proceedings steadily on my phone (I love smartphones), but saw no game action.
Incidentally, this is exactly the reason I wanted a smartphone, even as I determined there wasn't a good reason to justify the increase in plan price. I wasn't looking to stay connected for work purposes, I wasn't hoping to check facebook incessantly, I wasn't even hoping to finally kick some Words With Friends butt. I simply wanted to be able to press a few buttons and get the sports scores I cared about anywhere I could get a phone signal. Now, I can safely say that I'm enjoying beating my wife in Words With Friends (okay, she wins some games too), snapping pictures of little Miles and uploading them immediately to the web, and reading internet columns on the train, but I really love being able to check scores wherever I am.
So I don't have much for you in game commentary, but to substitute, I will submit the Miles highlights from our vacation:
3) On our second night there (and the night before the morning wedding ceremony), Miles woke up around 10:30 and was unhappy and inconsolable. The poor guy was exhausted, but he got upset and we could not calm him down at all. We tried most everything, but nothing could calm him. Finally, after midnight, we went to the car, strapped him in his car seat, and drove for 10-15 minutes. When we got back to the hotel, we briefly considered sleeping in the car, but resolved to take Miles back to the room and hope he'd go back to sleep again. Luckily, it worked. Wait, this wasn't a highlight, in fact, this wasn't fun at all. Clearly the lack of sleep is affecting my brain function. But, to his credit, Miles rallied and was terrific at the wedding, cocktail hour, and the part of the reception he was awake for.
2) On the drive home, we stopped at Friendly's. We got a kids meal for Miles, and said kids meal came with an ice cream sundae. The meal went as usual, and then our server brought out the ice cream, complete with whipped cream on top. At first, Miles simply stared at it, then we fed him a couple scoops of the whipped cream, and he decided he liked it. Then he got that glint in his eye. And before we knew what was happening, he grabbed a big hunk of whipped cream in his hand. Then he started giggling, and kept giggling as we quickly wiped the whipped cream off of his hand.
1) On Thursday afternoon we tried to put Miles down for his afternoon nap. He wasn't very interested, which probably wasn't helped by the fact that we were still in the room and available for playing. So we decided to pull the crib next to our bed and pretend to sleep on the bed. I was by the foot of the bed. This didn't convince Miles to sleep. Instead he stood at the edge of the crib and reached for me. When that didn't work he sat down in his crib. I figured this was progress and laid back down and closed my eyes. Soon I felt something soft on my face, but I figured it was one of the toys in the crib, so I kept my eyes closed and hoped Miles would fall asleep. About 10 minutes later we realized Miles would not yield, so we got up. It was at this point when I noticed Miles was barefoot (he had been wearing socks when we laid him down) and I realized that one of his socks was now sitting on my face. I should probably add that Miles has fairly stinky feet for a baby. Celinda thought this was hilarious.
Shoutouts:
To the 43 of you who correctly picked one of the two teams that will be meeting for the National Championship.
To the 8 of you who nailed both of the finalists: Julie S, Paula B, Nate G, Tammy F, Ed K (nice job Dad!), Andy M, Mo M, and Chuck M. Well done guys!
To our current leaderboard:
1) Julie S (--)
2) Manuel J (-1 pts)
3) Paula B (-3 pts)
4) Nate G (-6 pts)
5) Corey H (-7 pts)
To the six of you who have a chance to finish Top-3 this year, depending on tonight's outcome. Yes, no one will finish top-3 without picking the correct national champion. And only 3 of those 6 names are on the current leaderboard.
To David K, the pool's defending champion. He put forth a very solid effort in defending his title, but the pool will be crowning a new champion this year.
To Roshni and Mike (and their families), for putting on a tremendous and fun wedding weekend.
To Sue and Pete G, for being such a great help with little Miles over the weekend.
To whoever is responsible for greenlighting Anchorman 2. Unlike milk, that was a good choice.
Condemnations:
To the NCAA, starting your championship on after 9PM? Seriously? The West Coast doesn't matter! The East Coast has more people, and we're more important than the left-coasters. It's going to be really hard to watch the end of the game tonight just so Oregon, California, and Washington can see the opening tip without having to leave work a touch early. There's a reason NO OTHER SPORTING EVENT starts its championship games that late!!!!!
To the hostess at the Original Pancake House in NJ, for being a real witch to us. And then she walked off with the crayons she had brought to the table for Miles. And no, I don't mean witch.
Enjoy Day 10 and the end to March Madness!
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