Spring Break: We're Glad You're Here

It has certainly been whirlwind the last several weeks. In addition to all the exciting developments with Chelsea's pregnancy, the little lady is just three weeks away from the due date (YIPEEE), I have battled through quite the flu, dealt with the exciting stress of finals and managed to travel a bit as well.

Two weeks ago, my beat writer Tom and I ventured down to Ogden to cover the Big Sky Basketball Tournament hosted by the purple-clad people at Weber State University. The Vikings, the team that we cover, ended up winning the tournament and claimed a berth in the NCAA Tourney. Great news...

We found out where the team was headed last Sunday and then had to scramble to complete all our finals before we headed to...(drumroll)...Boise, Idaho. In addition to Tom and myself, we traveled with the editor-in-chief and an expert photographer. Portland State played Xavier on Friday afternoon and although the team lost, we had a terrific time.

It was interesting to see how my colleagues reacted to Boise. When we first found out, they were not super excited. The other options were more appealing: Minneapolis, Dayton, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Kansas City or Miami. Those did mostly sound nice. But Boise was certainly more accessible to us and we were able to drive there and get a nice hotel room for pretty cheap.

This week we are excited to spend some time together. I am happy to get my taking-care-of-Chelsea muscles back into shape. She doesn't ask for much but hopefully all will continue to go well in these next few weeks.

School will start next Monday and I couldn't be happier to be in my final term. Terrific! I am in the process of applying to grad school and the pressure of graduation, frequent travel and a new baby make the time go by pretty quick. In addition to that, I am headed to Charlotte, NC next week for a conference.

Anyhow Chels has been bugging me for awhile to put a post up here.... so hope you like it. I wanted to add my new favorite youtube video... It is a must see... If you check out just one youtube video this lifetime- make it this one...