Survive and Advance

Well, that was... an interesting Duke game.  It was certainly exciting, and for 80% of it my thoughts were "There is no way this team can win this game" and "For all of the NIL money they are getting, we deserve better."  I mean, all of the missed FT, the unfinished layups, the stupid turnovers; it really is a bit much.  To be sure, St. John's regressed to the mean on 3s, Duke played a bit better, Caleb Foster did his Willis Reed impression, Duke went to the line 24 times for 8 for St. John's (nothing to see there), and... I am not sure?  The Brotherhood pulled it out?  I was making (and still am!) a seven-layer jello for a family fest, otherwise I would have had a coronary.

I have decided that the only way to make sure the jello layer are perfect is that you have to wait a full 30 minutes for each one to set.  Yes, it takes time, and yes I could let the bottom layers bleed a bit, but that would not be right, and we all know how I feel about that.  In the meantime, I can do all sorts of things -- laundry, paperwork, not cleaning my house.

I went to the PSRCH today to attend the Communion of All Saints fish fry and meet their new Conference President.  Getting there was a bit of an adventure -- traffic and East Side driving certainly made it an interesting trip.  The food was...pretty good?  Decent-sized cod filet, seasoned well, nice presentation.  Bit pricey but quite solid.  The natives were friendly, though I couldn't but feel like a lion in the Daniel's den.  I didn't stay long, as I had to get to Stations (not missing it with the Duke game) and I made it just in time.  Last evening Stations, as Holy Week is upon us!

My sister gave me a pile of photos, and I took some time this evening to put them into an album.  I have a whole box of them, and I was thinking I really should looking through these things more, and I should echo my mother and start labeling them... of course, there are so many other things to do, as with so many other thigs in life...