Rock Chalk!

As you might have already guessed, we had a great time savoring the KU victory over North Carolina this weekend. We didn't do anything particularly special for the game, but we watched it at home and spent time glowing afterwards. Well, we watched almost the entire game. We had to stop watching for a couple of minutes during the second half because we couldn't stand the stress :)

Cate was all decked out in her Jayhawk gear for the game. She stayed up to watch the first half with us. She likes to mimic our cheering and she definitely knows what a Jayhawk looks like.

Last week was a really crazy week for us. To start off our week, we hit some kind of small animal on the interstate with one of our cars. One small animal can do a lot of damage to a car. Fortunately, our insurance company seems to be very easy to work with and we are getting it fixed this week. We've got a nice rental car (2008 Explorer) to replace the Escape while it's in the shop. I may have a hard time returning this rental -- leather interior, all kinds of nice features.

Unfortunately, my horrible sinus infection/cold/etc has returned. I got progressively worse each day last week and I was miserable by Thursday evening. I can't breathe at all through my nose, my head is pounding about 90% of the time and I have a terrible sore throat. Luckily, my cough is not a bad as it was around the holidays. At my last doctor's appointment, he suggested that I should schedule an induction as soon as I hit the 38-week mark. I have been suffering with this sinus problem so long that even my doctor feels sorry for me. It looks like we are going to tentatively book an induction on Tuesday, May 27. When we get more details about that, I'll be sure to let everyone know.

On the upside of things, the Legislature here has reached first adjournment, so they are out of session until April 30. Both Stephen and I were extremely busy with work last week as the Legislature was wrapping up many matters before their first break. I spent a good part of every day at the Capitol and Steve had several meetings there as well. Hopefully, we'll both get a little more even pace at work for a few weeks until they return. Stephen and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary this weekend. We didn't have a big celebration, other than fixing a nicer-than-usual dinner at home. We are going out of town for the weekend here soon, so we'll try to use that opportunity to both celebrate our anniversary and have a little time together before Keaton arrives in a few more weeks. 10 years (we've known each other that long), 1 3/4 children and 2 wiener dogs later, we're doing great. I can't imagine things being any other way.