Jason's Untimely Thoughts

Winter blahs are definitely here.  Understandably hitting me substantially harder than normal.  Like most businesses, including ours here, I’m down for the year.

Boredom, sadness, and general ugh rule the night, the days take care of themselves.  First parent-teacher conference at Adelaide’s school is tonight.  She got all pluses and checks on her first report card.  Seems to me like smiley faces were a better way of rolling.

After saying for weeks and months that there was no way I was going to Ames, Iowa, in November for a football game, I committed to doing exactly that last weekend.  But now it looks like the other is no longer interested, which should be fine.  Except now I’m all interested in going.  Drive up solo would even be OK, just drive back that would likely suck.  I’d really like to get hooked up with a sideline pass and just watch the whole game down there, whilst I’m wishing.

I ate lunch at the country club yesterday, next to a table of old timers who were discussing football.  “The reason they win so many games these days is because the schedule is so bad.  Yeah, and because they play more games.  We should play Arkansas and Iowa every year.  We played Illinois, but they’re not any good this year.”

Mizzou did play Arkansas last year, destroyed them.  Arkansas and Iowa are both bad this year.  The bad Illinois team Mizzou did beat this year beat the Iowa team that we evidently need to play to improve our schedule.  Maybe the reason Mizzou wins so many games these days is because they’re freaking good.   Winning is hard, enjoy it.

So seems more likley I’m driving to Ames now, doesn’t it?