OK, today has started off in a rather unusual fashion. I've been down in the dumps lately (more on that later in a separate posting) and you would think this morning's kickoff would have sent me right over the edge. Conversely, it kind of made me laugh it off and say out loud "what could go wrong next?"
April 16th... the morning after having to write my first check to the IRS. Obviously I was not a happy camper (and a much poorer one at that). Anyway, I go downstairs to get into my car for work and find my Sirius Satellite Radio gone. Sure, I'm guessing I left the door unlocked because there was no damage, but come on people. Working in the dark of night, the criminals must have thought the receiver was a GPS unit. They took the radio and the car power adapter, but didn't steal the antenna. Add to that fact that I reported the stolen serial number to the company and they canceled the service. This leaves the unit virtually worthless.
Off to work... and of course the prerequisite goof-off over morning coffee. Check into ESPN.com and there it was... UMass Basketball coach Travis Ford likely to take Oklahoma State job. A double-whammy... no radio and now this. Travis and his staff are tremendous people and in three seasons have transformed the culture surrounding UMass Hoops. I was afforded the honor to work closely two of those three seasons with Travis, James, Steve, Adam, etc. They are something special and IF (now WHEN... confirmed at 4:30 PDT) they leave for Stillwater it will be a tremendous loss for UMass and a program which was finally returning to it's prominence on a national stage. I'm still a "MinuteFan" and will continue with or without Travis... it will just be tougher.
So where's all of this going? Lately, all of these things would have piled up and totally thrown me into a funk. The day would have been ruined (by 9:00am) and would have made the potential disappointments and frustrations of the day even more dramatic. Well, that didn't happen. I laughed it off. Ha ha, you guys stole a worthless radio when you could have taken the expensive (and more valuable) golf clubs out of the trunk. I even got my revenge by calling to suspend the service... that will show you for messing with me. Travis could be gone... ok that sucks but it was bound to happen sometime after being courted by LSU and Providence just last month. On top of that, he's the one that's going to have to live in Oklahoma not me (no offense... just not my kind of place to live).
Are all my troubles, problems, and current frustrations solved? No. But am I a miserable, depressed wreck that I was about a week ago? No to that too. Somehow I shrugged this off... and will keep the attitude that things will get better on other fronts too (more later on that).
April 16th... the morning after having to write my first check to the IRS. Obviously I was not a happy camper (and a much poorer one at that). Anyway, I go downstairs to get into my car for work and find my Sirius Satellite Radio gone. Sure, I'm guessing I left the door unlocked because there was no damage, but come on people. Working in the dark of night, the criminals must have thought the receiver was a GPS unit. They took the radio and the car power adapter, but didn't steal the antenna. Add to that fact that I reported the stolen serial number to the company and they canceled the service. This leaves the unit virtually worthless.
Off to work... and of course the prerequisite goof-off over morning coffee. Check into ESPN.com and there it was... UMass Basketball coach Travis Ford likely to take Oklahoma State job. A double-whammy... no radio and now this. Travis and his staff are tremendous people and in three seasons have transformed the culture surrounding UMass Hoops. I was afforded the honor to work closely two of those three seasons with Travis, James, Steve, Adam, etc. They are something special and IF (now WHEN... confirmed at 4:30 PDT) they leave for Stillwater it will be a tremendous loss for UMass and a program which was finally returning to it's prominence on a national stage. I'm still a "MinuteFan" and will continue with or without Travis... it will just be tougher.So where's all of this going? Lately, all of these things would have piled up and totally thrown me into a funk. The day would have been ruined (by 9:00am) and would have made the potential disappointments and frustrations of the day even more dramatic. Well, that didn't happen. I laughed it off. Ha ha, you guys stole a worthless radio when you could have taken the expensive (and more valuable) golf clubs out of the trunk. I even got my revenge by calling to suspend the service... that will show you for messing with me. Travis could be gone... ok that sucks but it was bound to happen sometime after being courted by LSU and Providence just last month. On top of that, he's the one that's going to have to live in Oklahoma not me (no offense... just not my kind of place to live).
Are all my troubles, problems, and current frustrations solved? No. But am I a miserable, depressed wreck that I was about a week ago? No to that too. Somehow I shrugged this off... and will keep the attitude that things will get better on other fronts too (more later on that).
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