Madness

For those of you not receiving regular updates, Kim is running away with my NCAA pool, 21 points ahead of second place Shmu. This weekend was down to about 9% Jeffrey family activities (a surprisingly delicious St. Patrick's Day dinner at Aunt Judy's), from an average of 157% the past three weekends. I'm looking forward to the return of O'Connor family activities in four weeks.

Much more of the weekend was devoted to watching Syracuse, Kansas, Wake Forest, and Connecticut bow out of the NCAA Tournament. For those of you in second chance pools, I'm thinking the rest of the tournament plays out like this:

Illinois over Oklahoma State
Louisville over Texas Tech
UNC over NC State
Michigan State over Utah

UNC over Louisville for the title.

This weekend's best surprise was a birthday card/gift from Jan and Alan 26 days after my birthday. Their second attempt at my address went to the house next door for a few days. The worst surprise was that Jill and I didn't buy enough pipe insulation for the heat pipes in the basement, meaning another trip to Home Depot may be in order.

Those of you reading from the Tar Heel state, be sure to put on your NC State hats this weekend. They're due. Or something.