Catching Up

After being out of the office 4 days last week, I knew ahead of time that I would have a lot of catching up to do. This past weekend I spent much of my time relaxing and trying to rest for the upcoming week. I still went to a couple of Super Bowl parties, but was a little disappointed to see the Seahawks lose (I have several friends down here from the Seattle area, so I was pulling for them as much as anything else).

Today was one of those days where I could honestly say at the end of the day that I had made significant progress. In fact, I'm a little surprised by how much I was able to accomplish today making the rest of the week that much easier. I'm hoping by week's end, I'll feel like I far enough along that I'll be comfortable enjoying some time in Madison. Of course, tomorrow might set me back a little since I'll be gone the entire afternoon for a career fair at SLU, but at least it's in town.

With the football season over, I'm already starting to focus my attention to college basketball. As many of you know, March is my favorite time of the year. Once again, I have tickets for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. This year I'm expecting some excellent games to prime me for the Big Dance. The next several weeks I'll be spending plenty of time catching up on my college basketball viewing and reading (there are several columns I try to read every week online) before settling on my picks for this year's tournament. I'm hoping for another exciting Badger run, but they better get things turned around here shortly if they even want to dance. Knowing Bo Ryan, he'll find a way to put together some wins and get the team ready for the postseason. With a little luck, I might just be heading to Indianapolis to see my second consecutive Final Four.