HOPE

I can't wait for tomorrow.

2009, Baby!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

2008 was a tough year, I'm hoping 2009 brings some good things. I know of several coming up just in January alone, so I've got high hopes! Here's what I'm looking forward to in January:

• BABIES!!! I have several friends due any day now. I can't wait to meet their little ones.
• OBAMA. AKA, no more Bush.
  
• Josh and I have awesome tickets to a Warriors game. Even though the Warriors suck, the game should be fun.
• Lots of Dinners out. We've got several Gift Certificates to use up, so it looks like Josh and I are eating for free on Saturdays.
  

So, that's it, but hey, it's just one month and it's more than I can say for 2008 total.

Emerald Bowl - A nutty good time.

The Finley Clan made an appearance at the Emerald Bowl this year. Josh was way excited to see his favorite team (The "U") on this side of the country. Much cheaper than flying to Miami. Trust me, I've had to do that with him once already. That trip involved very expensive drinks, and lots of freezing showers, but that's a story for another day.

The only problem with the Emerald Bowl was Miami was playing Cal, his other favorite team. This posed multiple problems.

1) What to wear? Josh's solution was a Cal T shirt under a Miami Kosar Jersey. And a Miami hat. A teamsters jacket completed the ensemble, adding just the right amount of "tough guy" to his look.


2) An even bigger problem - who to root for? This one was not solved as easily. In fact, I don't think we ever tackled (please note my clever usage of a Football term - pun intended) this one. Anyway. Josh seemed pretty torn the whole game.


3) Because Josh choose to outwardly display his Miami gear, we were stuck defending his Cal fan-ness the entire day. Cal fans would begin the smack talk and we would cut them off saying, "No, reeeeally, we're Cal fans, too, please don't punch me in the head. See?" At which point we lifted Josh's Jersey to display evidence of our loyalty in the form of his Cal shirt. I'm sure we scared more than a few people with our stripper act.

All in all, though, we had a good time. The weather wasn't quite as cold as I expected, and the game itself was a good one.