Hey, I got it on the second try!

So the memory brain cells haven't all died yet. Good thing, I think I have a lot of years left in me.

Anyway, I won't be attending the 100th anniversary reunion either, but that's mostly because I have a hectic life this year. I won't bore you with details other than to say I've been elected president of the board for the kids' school (Holy Family) and I've been working with our brand new principal to bring him up to speed. School opens Thursday here in Upstate New York!

We will be attending the ND Syracuse game as I mentioned, so I'm digging out the long underwear already. Two kids with us, two will stay home with Grandma. Last time the four of us came for the ND-SU meeting, three of our party of four didn't believe they'd need the cold weather togs, and I think they learned their lessons when they abandoned the stadium for the Joyce Center. HA! They thought they were tough. Pays to be smart, too.

After watching Syracuse Saturday, ND shouldn't have too much trouble with them. I hope I don't have to revisit that statement later in the season. What I hope to see this season is more mental toughness. My biggest recollection of last year's season was we never saw the same kind of performance in both halves of the game! It seemed like one team came out of the locker room for the first half and then a completely different and often demoralized group came out for the second half (or the other way around, depending on the game.)

Even though I have a lot of projects to work on at home this year, I hope that my Saturdays aren't terribly productive. That will only happen if the Irish are a lot more interesting than ironing, cleaning, disposing of clutter, etc.

Rosie