Watching from our living room

After much agonizing debate, J and I decided that we'll be staying in central IL to watch the Illini play in the Rose Bowl. (How we ever bought a house or a vehicle without being commited, I will never know.) We developed numerous travel scenarios and had a grandma willing to watch Jer but we both decided that at this point in our lives, there are probably several other things that we could do with the amount of money we were talking about spending.

So, instead we are exploring options of renting a big screen or hoping that there may be some exciting game watch parties in town. We've been estimating how many people we would need to justify purchasing a pony-keg.

AND.....we started to check out travel deals to take a trip in March or April to celebrate John's graduation and our fifth anniversary. We can go on a trip and still pay for some home improvements and a swing set for Jer with the money we would have paid to get to the "Grand Daddy of them All". Oh, and now we can actually afford to pay for the outrageous amount that we will have to pay for season tickets next year.

Now, we're hoping and praying that it's not another 20 years before we have the opportunity again. We want to go someday. Today was just not the right time.