Victories and Many Others

I haven't had a chance to sit down and scribble. It's not that there weren't anything interesting, but I guess time just went by so quickly. The week was filled with bits and pieces of almost anything and everything, so it would probably make sense to just do a single post -- about victories and many others.

The biggest victory of the week was probably that of the San Francisco 49ers against the Atlanta Falcons for the NFC Championship. The win earned them a spot at the Super Bowl against the Baltimore Ravens. The game was played on Sunday, and practically everyone, who cared about the 49ers, was glued to their television sets. As much as I wanted to do the same, I couldn't. My son wanted to watch the volleyball games of his female classmates at a tournament at Moreau. Fortunately, one of the participating teams in the tournament brought a TV set and tuned in on the game. I was able to watch parts of the 4th quarter, including the winning touchdown of the 49ers' Frank Gore.

Another victory came from our very own 8A boys basketball team on Saturday. They defeated cellar-dweller Holy Spirit, 52-23, to maintain first place with an 8-1 record. The boys will have their final game of the regular season on Sunday, the 26th, against St. Anne. A win gives the team an automatic seed to the Diocese championship late next month.

The Golden State Warriors won 1 of 3 games they played during the week, and this was against the New Orleans Hornets. They were severely beaten by Lebron and the Miami Heat, and another from the San Antonio Spurs. Continuing with the string of losses, the St. Joe 8th grade girls volleyball team (which we watched at Moreau) won their first game against St. Lawrence O'Toole, but lost the second versus St. Anne, and was eliminated in the tournament.

At work, it's probably our busiest time of the year, as we prepare to implement annual review. This is the time employees find out if they've been naughty or nice in the past year. I conducted training sessions on 4 out of the 5 week days on this process, and there are 3 more this coming week. Although I've done this for the past so many years, the thought of having to do it all over again is just exhausting.

Then, of course, there were the usual chores that needed to be done -- picked up my son after drama practices; took son to basketball practices; and did a quick grocery run. I even had time to attend a school board meeting, and listened to a cutlery (aka knife) demonstration (and ended up buying, too).

In the midst of all the chaos and confusion of the week, I had time to enjoy a little bit. We got invited to a dinner (it was more like a feast) mid week, which was a nice break. Over the weekend, an impromptu potluck (another feast, I must say) was hosted by a dear friend. And later that evening, the mahjong table was rolled out and the karaoke microphone was passed around. All these took place without a single drop of alcohol. Imagine what else would have taken place if there was???

Today, the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Day. POTUS (President of the United States) also took his oath for his second term. And I did laundry -- 4 loads of it. I also swept, vacuumed, polished, and dusted. So did my wife and son. It was a day off, and we put it to good use. Till the next holiday....