Unplugged

This weekend, I watched NCAA basketball and chased my kids around the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas. We met up with a large group of extended family, played in the indoor water park, and stayed up late socializing and reminiscing about old times. I picked Kansas to go all the way to win the national title, but with them, Villanova, and Georgetown biting the early dust, I've falling from expert prognosticator down the rungs to enthusiastic homer (Go Ags!).

What I didn't do was: think about work, the short story I have out for query, the WIP, or the completed manuscript(s) that really deserves a good rewrite. It was a nice couple days of taking a break from the normal grind.

Lately, writing has been my unplug, but as I become more embroiled in one project after another, it's moving from hobby to labor, and not in a good way. So, concentrating on family and basketball has been a nice change.

That's it for this week, nothing complicated. I'm going to have a beer, watch a movie with my wife, and continue the unplugging-mission for a little longer.

Aggies Robbed at the Buzzer

Storyline reads "Shipp blocks Sloan to preserve win." Shipp himself said he got "all ball." Now I wouldn't normally post this in what I try to maintian as a "military blog" but since this is MY blog, I suppose I can post whatever I want. Yes, this is post-game bitching and it accomplishes nothing, but it makes me feel better. Maybe someone at the NCAA will see these pics and admonish the officiating crew, but I doubt it. The Ags had a season that was inconsistent to say the least, but they finished strong and made us proud.

It's a shame things ended like this: