Last night was yet another partial game for me. End-of-season stumbles changed some expectations around aligning the family calendar and watching the games.
Thursday, I got scheduled for a couples date Spanish wine tasting at Barcelona and then we extended things with a yummy meal at Mecha Noodle Bar (New Haven), so I missed a lousy game.
Last night, I scheduled us for the Anat Cohen Quartet at Yale's Schwarzman Center - excellent! We returned home 5 minutes into the 2nd half, and I enjoyed watching (mostly) made free throws, reduced turnovers (by then), and defensive stops to maintain the lead (augmented by clutch 3s). It's enough to make me want to keep watching.
Today's timing allows me to go back for another great free concert this afternoon - Maria Schneider Orchestra. Assuming a delay for the scheduled 5pm start, I'll get to attend some or all of a gallery talk in the neighborhood before watching this evening's game, as we host our almost 10 year old granddaughter (and dog). Yes, I'm looking forward to it and, as always, want to see some good basketball.
It's a different kind of year, but it's still March, and I'm situated to co-host 3 more grandkids & their parents for an anniversary brunch tomorrow, and I committed here yesterday to heading up to Hartford for a Finals game if that's what presents itself. If not, it'll playing with the kids while their mom & dad get some anniversary time-off, and then joining neighbors for our weekly rotating soup group pot luck.
Again, it's a balance of options and fandom. Go Huskies.
