Another long delay between posts, but I do see
anyone beating down my door in an attempt to get me to post again. So
this past weekend was the Super Bowl, which I had honestly in part
forgotten. I was trying to figure out what I had going
on Sunday night, but it was hazy on the edge of my mind and took me
quite some time to remember that Ray Lewis was playing his final game, a
game that I had no idea what to expect of. It could have been a very
boring and drawn out game were nothing exciting
happened, or the firework show that the second half turned out to be.
The Ravens defense behaved at their best and at their worst, allowing 24
points in less than five minutes but also held the 49ers without a
touchdown on 3 drives into the 20, including their
final possession. Kaepernick was arrogant, the 49ers safeties were
spearing with their heads, Jacoby Jones was still too unprofessional for
me to respect him as the athletic speed demon he is, and Boldin and
Flacco can be a dangerous combination. Ray Rice
still fumbled, Delani Walker was actually catching the ball, and the
refs let everyone play. If it wasn’t blatant, they didn’t call it. It
made it one of the more exciting games to watch simply because everyone
could play their game without much consequence
at all.
Saturday night was a lot of fun as well. I had my first meeting with the
Manitowoc County Mariners,
and the banquet was tasty, the company was fun, and the team seems
excited moving forward. They went 5-5 this past season, and may be
losing out on a number of important players, but
they seemed eager for the upcoming challenges. I ate with two of the
team captains, as well as two players I would consider semi-starters. I
reminded me of eating in the caf at good ol’ SNC. Man I miss that place…
Also, last week was a very busy one for me. A bank
in our area closed down and it seems as though everyone who went to that
branch is now coming in to us. Our daily transaction total has about
doubled from what it was. We are seeing tons
of new faces, and even introducing new customers to Associated Bank. We
also finally have a manager again. I ended up working 50 hours last
week, and that was with calling it quits early some nights. It was an
exhausting time. So on my day off I decided some
rest and relaxation was called for, so I went back to high school! I
got to play badminton for 4 ½ hours! It was so much fun, and got more
challenging as the classes went on. The freshman class I played against
originally I outscored 94-9 in 6 games, and the
I went undefeated, but the score average dropped to 4-1 in the second
class, and then it went back up to about 6-1 for the last class. Oh, and
the cafeteria’s Salisbury steak was pretty tasty, too.
Another fun thing going on in my life is training
time with my mother. My dad and I collaborated a little bit and he got
her a membership at Planet Fitness and I go there with her every
Saturday morning and a few times during the week to
workout with her. It keeps us both regular… I mean, it helps us be
regular with our attendance at PF.
Another fun development would be a new series of
books. I only know of two books so far, but the first one was pretty
amazing. It was titled the Warded Man. So good. It is about a people who
fight demons, and when I say fight I mean they
hide behind magical symbols called wards that hold them back when they
come in the night. It mainly follows three characters; one a boy who
wants to be a messenger, one of the few brave souls who would ride
beyond the warded walls of the homes; a girl who
trainers as an herb gatherer, the medical and scientific professionals
of the world; the third is a boy, who lost his family and was raised by
a jester. It’s hard to tell much more about it aside from the suspense
and intrigue of the book goes like this.
“This is pretty good. Haven’t read this same story before. Oh,
suspense. I like it. Oh, more back story. Well told, though. Oh, that’s
cool. Woah, that was pretty awesome. No way… no friggin way. OH, SO DANG
COOL!!!
OMIGOSH THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!! MOM, WHERE’S BOOK TWO?!?!?!” So I am really looking forward to reading the Desert Spear.
To wrap up a couple other things, I really liked
the naming of the winter storms this year. I noticed ones named Draco,
Luna, and Gandalf. Not sure exactly who it is that is naming these
storms, but I bet they are a bit of a fan of magic.
At least that is the connection I am making in my head.
Also, for those of you who like bows, my dad was
gifted a bow by a generous man in my congregation, and I plan on
shooting it at my friends farm this weekend before heading inside to
play Age of Empires for 6 hours. BOOM!!And as any typical day off would have it, I am currently being snowed in by a surprise storm. I do not know this ones name, though. Probably Winter Storm Quirrell...
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