New pets

Indiana got racked with rain this week, especially in the Terre Haute region. One day we got about five inches in about twenty hours. So, that being said, the water level of the pond in my back yard went up. A lot. The corner of my dock is actually under water. Plus, for those who saw it, the little "dam" or "levee" that I made in the ditch (when I was really bored over the summer) was overflowed. It was the first time the water got even close to the top, and it rose and breached it on the right and left parts. The highest part, though, in the middle, is still slightly above water. Why do I mention this? It's about the only piece of land in the area above water. So, it has become the habitat of about eight different rather large turtles. They were sunning themselves this afternoon. It was pretty cool...although they ran off when I tried to get close enough for a picture. Bummer.

Championship Basketball

I saw something really cool at the 3A high school semi-state basketball game yesterday at Seymour. Washington, behind absolute stud Tyler Zeller, won 73-69. Note, they were down 26-24 at half. Tyler absolutely took over in the second half. But what was cool was with about 30 seconds left, Batesville was trying to foul. Washington inbounded the ball to a guard, and he got fouled before he could get the ball to Tyler. And what did the guard do? The guard apologized to Tyler. No ego. Total focus on the team. He realized the best chance to win was to get the ball to Tyler, and he was ok with that. Winning was more important than points or personal glory. He apologized. So cool...

I also wish our guys could have gone and see how hard the guys on the court played. If we played that hard this year, we would have had 6 wins before the Wabash Valley Classic, not at the end of the season.

Philosophical Dilemma

Assuming no massive upsets, which is a big assumption given the recent trend of things, IU and Purdue will play in the semis of the Big Ten Tourney. Now, I bet two of my friends on the results of the previous meeting of these two teams (which IU won, of course). The bets revolved around pop and bulletin boards (don't ask). Now, of course, neither of these losers has paid off their bet yet--an object lesson in taking the word of a Purdue fan.

Which leads to my dilemma. Since then, Coach Sampson has been fired, and IU has since packed it in for the season. They don't care any more, and aren't really playing very hard, especially on defense. So, what do I do in terms of these bets? Do I get cocky and give these people "outs" and double or nothing anyway? Or do I try to quietly hide and stay away from these people so I don't have to face any bets over this match-up? And if so, does that make me a bad fan, even though I seriously doubt IU will win?

What makes it worse, one of these friends actually has tickets to the game, assuming it happens. I seriously expect a text message the moment the game would end...

Note: The double or nothing offer has officially been made--do I accept?

Ouch

So how do I take this?

I spent a night this weekend with a female friend. It was someone I hadn't seen in a while, and we just hung out, ate some food, and just had some fun. Anyway, beforehand a co-worker overheard us making some final plans, and talked to the lady after hearing that. She asked first if we were dating (of course--two single people spending time together clearing must be dating), and when told we aren't, made a comment to the effect of, "Ok, I don't want you to get your heart broken."

So, my friend told me this, so she obviously isn't too worried about that. But, what does that say about my co-workers opinion of me? How am I supposed to take that?