306 Steps to Detroit

Hello there. The last three days were rather busy ones.

First off, Friday. Jeremy and I were going to KVCC for a conference on diversity, and it had just snowed. I was rushing when I shouldn't have been and slipped on the ice on the steps of our building. My lower back landed on the edge of a step, and my 'yoru-zakura' tumbler from Starbucks Japan fell from my hand. I spent the rest of the day wincing at my sore back, and lamenting my lovely, now useless, travel mug. u_u It's okay if you cry for it, too... Before we left campus, we stopped by to pick up pedometers from the Wellness Director, Ken. We're gonna try and "walk across America." Then we drove off to the conference, which was pretty interesting--I suppose I took a few things away from it. Immediately after, Jeremy and I jumped in the car and headed off for Detroit. Apparently my pedometer thinks it took us 306 steps to get there, and was only .14 miles away. If only! Well, the reason we went to Ford Field in Detroit was to watch the Sweet Sixteen game between the University of Kansas and Villanova. Dan and his dad already had tickets themselves, so Becca decided to join us. It was a pretty dull game for us, Kansas maintained a pretty significant lead over Villanova the entire time, but we had fun. The best part was KU winning--heh heh. Which meant they would play again Sunday night and our tickets got us in then, too! However, Jeremy had business to attend to back here on Saturday, so we had to come back and then head back out to Detroit AGAIN on Sunday. I was really wishing my pedometer spoke the truth at this point...

The game on Sunday was a lot more tense, and a much better game overall. ^^; Of course, it doesn't hurt that we won again--so now KU is off to the Final Four! They played Davidson this time--a small school, but they had a lot of bite! They certainly gave KU a run for their money, always within a few points of them, sometimes getting ahead. It was really nerve-wracking, but a lot of fun.

It was also great to hang out with Becca and Dan again. It had been about a month since we saw them last. Nothing really exciting to report--we just caught up on the little stuff and spent time together.

I'll get our pictures from Ford Field up soon, if I can. ^_^ Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU!

~In Loving Memory~