So ... here I am in a unique position. Ness has left town for the week, and I have to admit that the best day without Ness does not compare with the worst day with Ness. In other words, I miss having her around. But as many close friends and family know - I am a BIG fan of Confucious. One of my favorite phrases of his that I love to quote and live by (and a lot of the world would be much better off learning and living it) is "If there are no solutions then there are no problems". Think about it.
And (Sports-wise) it needs to be said that it has been difficult getting my children to be NY fans. If you looked into our closets, you would truly believe that we were only from IN and that we went to Purdue U. (It's odd that almost all of our sweatshirts are from PU even though I went to VT and Ball State and Ness went to IUPUI. This is because of "UCLE MICLE" and that is OK. But it needs being stated nonetheless.)
So...I have to admit that this is a WONDERFUL weekend to not have her around. It is the BEST weekend in the whole year of football, and to make it even better, the COLTS and the GIANTS and both involved. Thanks to AFN, I actually have the opportunity to watch 12 hours of football today. But despite my desire to watch 12 hours of football today (which I will not) and my desire to have a beer with breakfast (which I did not), I am still going to spoil my children with 6 hours of milk/juice/potato chip filled bliss until they fall asleep watching the INDY and then the NY game. Seriously, for a father attempting to get his children into the football spirit, this is a better day than any non-religious holiday! And we are living it up to the n-th degree. And by the way, for those completely disinterested in this blog- Ness arrived safely in the US. She will return safely next week. Until that happens, GO GIANTS and GO COLTS.
And also I should let you know that as soon as we Ness returns and we get some pictures from Mimi's camera you will all experience a wonderful part3 to the European Vacation, because it was THAT FUN!
Bye all.
3 comments:
Maybe you should put the beer in the kids' cereal and be done with it. Cheers!
Eric - I'm so glad you kept us filled in on events at the English household.
I hope you all fared better than the Colts.
Eric,
You'll appreciate this...Doug and I have taught our little one's how to do the "touchdown". Picture this...we say "touchdown" and all three of our kiddos immediately raise both of their arms over their heads in goal post formation with huge smiles on their faces followed by clapping. It is the most adorable thing you will ever see. They actually enjoy watching football with us too BUT despite our entire family being "blued out" in our Colt's gear on Sunday we sadly sat here and watched the season come to an end:( I need a tissue please...
Enjoy your time with your little one's while Ness is away. It already sounds like you are:)
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