(Note: See update at end of post)
As in my last post, I want to say how good a run of sports we here in Wisconsin, USA - for my international reader(s) - thus far this fall. The Badgers rolled over Nebraska, a powerhouse in their own right, in their Big Ten (+2) opener. The Packers have a ten game winning streak all the way back to last season and they still have lots of work to do to get as good as they were last year. Then there are the Brewers. Just last week they looked unstoppable as they were up two games to none in their divisional playoff. Then they had to travel to Phoenix.
Before they left Milwaukee, I stated that all the Brewers had to do was win one lousy game. Well, instead they lost two. A train wreak ensued where their fortunes reversed and the series was tied. I figured their season, though very successful and exciting, was over. Their mettle was tested and was lacking. They choked. Still, all they needed was to win one lousy game today; just one lousy game. They've already won over ninety, what's one more. Well, it was a good ride while it lasted and we will, as all real fans do, "wait until next season".
Long story short, yaddah, yaddah, yadda, wonder of wonders, the Brewers WON their fifth in the series in the tenth! On to the League Championship Series against....well we don't know yet. the other series, also taken to five games, was played after the Brewers-Diamondback series.
Still, a great time to be a sports fan in Wisconsin this fall of 2011.
Update: This just in: The St. Louis Cardinals defeated "the best team in baseball", The Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0. This means the Brewers get home field advantage through the NLCS vs the Cards beginning Sunday. Go, Brewers!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
A BLOG UPDATE
A lot has occurred since my last entry.
I've learned of a future grandson to be in our arms by Easter (hopefully). Tiz cannot wait to be a big sister. A boy will be a new adventure for me (us) as all other offspring of our generation have been female - my two girls, my brother's three and my brother-in-law with one. Even my son-in-law as three nieces.
Then, we've reconnected with two separate old friend couples. One, Sherri and Jeff, form college whose wedding we attended and Sherri wore my wife's dress of the year before. The other, Patti and Tom who shared our apartment building with us in our first as a married couple on our own away from familiarity.
I've also been reminded of the circle of life. Just as I learned of the joy of hearing of a grandson, I learned of the fate of my mother as cancer biopsies were undertaken. She failed the tests. That is, she was given six to nine months remaining with chemotherapy helping relieve her discomfort. Then as the first chemo was given, more tests, of course, and the prognosis not only changed, it worsened. The original was revised to two weeks and heavy pain relievers and the ceasing of chemo. Even more tests, with revised prognosis to maybe the weekend. As my mother was being transferred form the hospital of the testing to the hospice, the weekend prognosis proved incorrect as well. She barely made it to the next morning. On our way to our reunion with Patti and Tom mentioned above, we received the call from my sister, the P.O.A. and first contact, that Mom had passed. My wife and I stopped by to console my sister and discuss the next step(s). It was decided that nothing would be done over the weekend and postponing our trip would not prove anything.
The weekend proved cathartic and very therapeutic as both Patti and Tom have lost. parents as well as my wife.
Also, within this time frame, the Milwaukee Brewers clinched their division title and home field advantage in round one, the Wisconsin Badger football team beat Nebraska, an annual powerhouse, handily after four straight weeks of inferior opponents and my beloved Green Bay Packers have dominated their first four (this season) to begin 4-0, and extended their winning streak to ten, including last season and the Superbowl.
All-in-all, it is a great time to be alive in Wisconsin right now, though, I know that my heavenly home is to be far more glorious and joy-filled.
I've learned of a future grandson to be in our arms by Easter (hopefully). Tiz cannot wait to be a big sister. A boy will be a new adventure for me (us) as all other offspring of our generation have been female - my two girls, my brother's three and my brother-in-law with one. Even my son-in-law as three nieces.
Then, we've reconnected with two separate old friend couples. One, Sherri and Jeff, form college whose wedding we attended and Sherri wore my wife's dress of the year before. The other, Patti and Tom who shared our apartment building with us in our first as a married couple on our own away from familiarity.
I've also been reminded of the circle of life. Just as I learned of the joy of hearing of a grandson, I learned of the fate of my mother as cancer biopsies were undertaken. She failed the tests. That is, she was given six to nine months remaining with chemotherapy helping relieve her discomfort. Then as the first chemo was given, more tests, of course, and the prognosis not only changed, it worsened. The original was revised to two weeks and heavy pain relievers and the ceasing of chemo. Even more tests, with revised prognosis to maybe the weekend. As my mother was being transferred form the hospital of the testing to the hospice, the weekend prognosis proved incorrect as well. She barely made it to the next morning. On our way to our reunion with Patti and Tom mentioned above, we received the call from my sister, the P.O.A. and first contact, that Mom had passed. My wife and I stopped by to console my sister and discuss the next step(s). It was decided that nothing would be done over the weekend and postponing our trip would not prove anything.
The weekend proved cathartic and very therapeutic as both Patti and Tom have lost. parents as well as my wife.
Also, within this time frame, the Milwaukee Brewers clinched their division title and home field advantage in round one, the Wisconsin Badger football team beat Nebraska, an annual powerhouse, handily after four straight weeks of inferior opponents and my beloved Green Bay Packers have dominated their first four (this season) to begin 4-0, and extended their winning streak to ten, including last season and the Superbowl.
All-in-all, it is a great time to be alive in Wisconsin right now, though, I know that my heavenly home is to be far more glorious and joy-filled.
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