Oh, March, where did you go? You went by so fast. Before you’re completely gone, I do want to document what you taught me.
1. “The West Wing” characters have Twitter accounts. And they’re funny and relevant.
I happened upon President Bartlet’s Twitter account when someone else I follow retweeted one of this tweets about March Madness. When I clicked on it, I discovered Josh Lyman, Sam Seaborn, and Donna Moss. And I’m really glad about that for several reasons – most importantly because I already miss them even though Greg and I just finished binge watching the show earlier this week.
You’re welcome.
2. Picking out paint colors makes me indecisive, and I’m usually decisive.
But I managed to pick out colors for the kitchen, living spaces and hallways, and three bedrooms in the house we bought last week. We aren’t moving right away because we are doing some cosmetic improvements and having a fourth bedroom added on.
(Also, could Joanna Gaines please come to Kentucky? Speaking of her, my daughter and I are in love with “Fixer Upper.” Yes, I’m a little late to the bandwagon, I know.)
3. We’re moving to the country. Well, you know, 10 minutes from town, where we live now.
So we bought a new house that sits on 33 acres. Living on some land has been a long-time dream for Greg and I’ve slowly gotten on board. This house and land fit us and we’re excited for our next adventure there.
(Read more about that – and how I learned dreams can change.)
4. When changes are on the horizon, I hesitate and then embrace change in multiple areas of my life at once.
Moving is the change theme right now. In addition to moving our family to a different house, I’m also working with a professional to move my blog to WordPress and redesign my online space too. Plus I got a haircut this month.
5. I can cheer for Austin Peay State University.
The background on this one is we’re hardcore Murray State fans and APSU is our rival. It’s also the school where my sister went on a soccer scholarship and ended up meeting her husband, who played basketball there. We always rooted for them, and it’s easier to do in soccer than basketball. But we still always preferred Murray State to do better.
Well, Murray State had a rough year, at least by its usual standards, and was eliminated earlier than we liked in the conference tournament. Meanwhile, Austin Peay barely made the tournament and then ended up winning four games in four days to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Yes, we cheered for the Governors. (They ended up losing to overall No. 1 Kansas.)
6. Murray State’s two previous coaches made it to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen – and that’s why I love March Madness.
If you’re a college basketball fan, you probably saw Steve Prohm dance – literally – after his Iowa State team advanced and then heard about Billy Kennedy’s Aggies erase a double-digit lead in less than a minute. With Murray State and Kentucky out, these have been my teams.
These two coaches are perfect examples of why I love sports. They’re the good guys. Kennedy gave the glory to God after Texas A&M stunned Northern Iowa. He’s living with Parkinson’s disease, but believes in building a team and leading men.
(And here’s another article about Coach Billy Kennedy from a local writer.)
And, yes, I wish these two teams were still playing because I feel like I don’t have any rooting interest.
7. Sometimes the kids who have been arguing just need to put on their bathing suits and do a science experiment in the bathtub.
A friend let us borrow “Bathtub Science” and I earned some cool points by letting them put on their bathing suits and make colors with food coloring and water in the bathtub. And all the mamas said, “Whatever works!”
8. I was excited to caucus at the beginning of the month and now get stressed out thinking about the presidential election.
Kentucky Republicans had a caucus (Thanks, Rand Paul!) for the first time ever. I went in with high hopes for Marco Rubio, but that all quickly went down hill. Now I’m keeping up with the presidential primaries from a distance and hoping what seems to be happening isn’t actually happening.
How was your March?
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