Here and now

My dog hates me. Wait. It seems I've said this before. Well, she does. Or is she doesn't, she should. But she's a dog and she'll get over it, right? I mean I could do without the shit on the floor...but when I'm on the couch next to her, she's all up in my face. Maybe she doesn't hate me.

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 I work in a pretty smart environment. Two things happened yesterday that made me chuckle. No really. Only two. First, one of our student managers walked into the office and said: are they repainting in there? There meaning the fieldhouse that is in the back of the actual gameday arena. Hmmm. Are they painting? Let's investigate. There's plastic tarps down everywhere, all of the curtains are covered, our windows are covered, there are three men in white paint-splattered uniforms operating paint sprayers and there are paint chips everywhere from when they scraped the walls. Last but not least, there are lethal paint fumes permeating every pore. Unless they're painting for the first time, all signs lead to the fact they're repainting. Here's YOUR sign.

 Second, not as funny but still got a chuckle. I answer the phone: Wildcat Basketball! The guy on the other end said.."um, is this, um, is this the Basketball Office at Northwestern?" NO silly, it's the women's field hockey office! That's why I said, "Wildcat Basketball!!"

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 My job is pretty cool (which I mean to say is UBER cool!). Even solely for the fact that I worked for this same entity when I was a college student and my boss and her boss are STILL IN THEIR SAME POSITIONS! Longevity. A Miracle. I got my first tattoo the day that Coach F broke his leg in the Iowa game in the winter of 95. I could have watched the Co-Prez's of my booster club play ball if I'd have wanted..but I wasn't the cool b ball fan that I am now! It's a wonder to me and I relish in it. Even when I found out that someone that I knew back in the day had ZERO recollection of me. Nada. No clue. Zip. (Thank god for small favors)

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 The Men's B Ball team had their presence at the NU Relay for Life this evening. We had been able to gather $9100 in donations leading up to the opening ceremonies and the guys volunteered for another fundraising event during the relay. I never understood how much our team is looked up to until I saw the line waiting to play them in the Knock Out Tournament. All of these students donated $5 to try to beat on of the Men's guys. Funny point is that one of them did. Drew was the first man out! What was the best part...even more so than seeing Dave S. win the whole damn thing...was to see my guys competing, for fun, against each other and their peers. I LOVED the crowd participation when things went good/bad for those involved. And major props to the guy in the navy blue polo and skinny khakis...he was second!!!