This morning it snowed and snowed. Anna Banana II was in the state for just a few days, and she was planning to come to town this morning so we could all hang out, but because of the snow she couldn't come until mid afternoon. Our place wasn't plowed, so we just hung out at home, but of course I didn't clean. We watched some of my old YouTube videos, we took a walk out in the snow, and I read my blog posts from our recent Florida trip.
Finally, about four we headed to Rich's house. They still hadn't plowed at our place, but Travalon's vehicle was able to drive through the snow. By then it had warmed up a lot, so we took a walk in Rich's neighborhood with him and Anna Banana II. Then we tried to go to the Hubbard Avenue Diner, but they don't take reservations, and they didn't have a table big enough for us, since Kathbert and OK Cap were joining us. We ended up going to Amber Indian Restaurant, the one Travalon and I go to on Christmas Eve, and I introduced Anna Banana II to the wonders of rose milk. It's so good! The six of us had a lovely dinner, then Anna Banana II really wanted to go to the Hubbard Avenue Diner for pie, but I was stuffed. Also, the co-op was right next door, and we needed to go grocery shopping, so we bid adieu to everyone. I got home just in time to join Night Prayer, which was being led by the Dairyman's Daughter. Unfortunately, Jilly Moose had to work this evening, so she couldn't join the festivities.
Travalon is really into watching the NCAA Tournament. Today he told me something shocking: Holy Cross College is a Division I school whose football team had a 12-1 season, but they didn't get invited to a bowl! And we got invited to a bowl with our lousy 6-6 record! They were in some sort of postseason tournament, so maybe that's better than a bowl? Still, it seems like these little teams have to really have amazing records to get invited to bowls and tournaments and stuff. Speaking of which, St. Francis College in Brooklyn has the oldest basketball team in New York City, but they are shutting down their entire athletic program. It makes me sad, because while athletics is a huge money generator for the big name universities, the smaller ones must lose out on money because they don't get invited to tournaments or bowls. It seems so unjust - your postseason should be determined by how good your season was, not by how big a name your school is. I hate the NCAA.
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